What Does It Mean If My Soap Dish Falls Off Of The Tile Shower Wall?   If properly installed, a soap dish should fit nice and snug for the life of the shower. A good bond between the ceramic dish and the dry wall or cement board will be maintained with an adhesive or cementious bed. If the soap dish is loose or has fallen off, this may be a sign of something worse. A loose soap dish can be an indication of a moisture issue behind the tiles. In most cases you will not be able to see a problem until it was too late. The reason for the soap dish failure is that the material has likely gotten soft and the dish no longer had a firm grip on a solid surface. There may be other indicators of a problem too. Loose tiles are a good sign of a problem, and are generally the first to fail. The most... 01/12/2013