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hey there
Does anyone recommend a height for installing a tile soap dish at the time of ceramic tile install, inside a bathtub shower? On the wall under the shower, or on the side? I also want to install two 1/4 round corner shelves (granite type), but am wondering how high.
Thanks a lot for any advice
 
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Soap dish on the valve side, goes between the shower head and valve, usually depends somewhat on the tile layout to avoid a deco line. On the 60" back wall side, usually in the middle about 10-16 inches off the tub. Corner shelves once again sometimes depend on layout according to missing a deco line. Also space between should be bit bigger than tallest item to be placed in the lower shelf.
 
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shelf goes in corner away from shower head about 5' above floor, soap dish goes on side wall near corner away from shower spray about 4' above floor.

Keep them away from the spray and in a place where one need not put ones head under the spray to access the fixture.
 
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Made templates for three-piece granite arch, re-framed shower ceiling for arch and tiled the whole room. Took a while; worst thing (or most curious) was doing demo on the old-school tile floor and subfloor-- many yards of waste, including many many yards of pumice and other filler items between joists which i also asked about on Contractor Talk and learned they used all kinds of things like seashells back in the day for sound and fire insulation between floors.
Bath came out beautiful. Design fits perfectly in Astoria, Queens NY, which has a huge Greek population. The house has a similar arch like this granite one entering the living room from the entry foyer.
 
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Yes sir, it is low, and it was always there and it was surprisingly not in too bad a shape when I redid it, granite against vinyl with silicon, should be okay, I thought, and it is holding fine, I am told. There was a wood sill in there before!
 
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