Plumbing – Can an escutcheon be mounted without the valve body plate

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The previous owners of the house never had the plumber install the plate on the valve body that the escutcheon would mount to. Instead they tiled right to the valve body cover:

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The replacement American Standard trim kit has a screw-less escutcheon. Any ideas how how I could mount the escutcheon? The hole for the plate are right on the edge of the tile so i could not drill a hole in the tile

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Best Answer

You could get a pressure sensitive double stick tape to hold it in place while the clear caulk that is used to fix it in place cures.

The tape I refer to has a foam layer in the middle, so multiple layers can be used to hold it in place if needed.