Installing Stand Up Shower Door

How to install a basic sliding tub shower door.

Installing stand up shower door.

Installing a shower door over a fiberglass shower is the easiest type of shower door to install because there is no need for additional anchors or masonry bits like there is for concrete or tile installation. With a fiberglass shower all you have to do is screw in the shower door and seal it in place. Place end caps on the tops of the wall channels. Attach the seal strip to the bottom of the door and cut it to the required length.

Attach the mounting post then attach the glass wall. Once everything is screwed and snapped into place the roller wheels go on the doors and the doors themselves are lifted into place image 1. Make sure that the space between the wall and the ends of the track is the same on both ends. 3 piece glue up alcove shower wall door and base kit with left hand drain in white subway tile view the passage shower collection 1 617 00.

The interior door goes in first and then the exterior door is installed from the bottom up. Tap a plastic anchor into the pre drilled holes in the tile image 3. You install the bottom track on the top edge of the shower base or tub. Acrylic modules that install straight to studs using screws are appropriate substrates for any 3 16 or 1 4 glass shower enclosure.

Attach the door handles and any towel bars. Attach the spray head tower unit over the supply lines in the shower base. Drill proper holes into the walls for the side rails. Place the glass clamp sweep into place on the door s bottom edge and secure it at the door clamp.

And if you re simply replacing like for like and don t have to move any plumbing round the. If your shower area is already pre plumbed mark the screw holes for the glass wall mounting post. How to install a basic sliding tub shower door. Install the handles and the rubber stoppers image 2.

Upgrading an old shower is a great way to refresh your bathroom. Acrylic shower walls that install by gluing panels to drywall are not an appropriate substrate on which to install any shower door. Place the bottom track on the flattest part of the shower base or tub ledge following the manufacturer s instructions to determine which side of the track faces out. Run a bead of silicone on the underside of the threshold piece image 1.

Attach the support rail then make.