How To Put A Shower Door Back On

Using your tape measure measure horizontally and vertically between the surfaces where the door hardware will be mounted across the tub or the opening for the shower and up the wall.

How to put a shower door back on.

Hold the shower guide above the bottom of the track as much as you can while you slide it onto the edges of the shower doors. Make sure you use a drop cloth to protect your shower from any scratches. Simply lift the sliding shower door and put it back onto the track. Make slight adjustments and.

To begin you will need to unscrew the guide rail from the bottom of the shower track. Old sterling shower doors from abo. Place the glass clamp sweep into place on the door s bottom edge and secure it at the door clamp. Use your tape measure to check whether the opposite edge of the door is plumb or running straight up and down where it meets the strike side jamb.

Slide the shower doors back to one side and place the guide in the middle area of the shower track. Attach the seal strip to the bottom of the door and cut it to the required length. Next lift the sliding door out of the track. Ideally you will want to get the doors close to the halfway point on the guide so they are secure in it.

Slide the vinyl sweep back into the groove in the rail. You put the door in by putting it an angle with the bottom away from the opening. This is how to repair and put a shower door back on track. Place the rollers on the top frame flange of both door panels and secure them with lock washers and machine screws.

Prepare the doors by installing roller and if applicable handle towel bar hardware. Top rollers adjustment and bottom guide replacement and repair. Cut the drip rail with a hacksaw to match the width of the door. Again using the screwdriver loosen the screw holding the roller and adjust it in the slanted slot it is attached to.

Slowly put it in the channel until you feels the wheels. The rollers on the top of the shower door ride on this. Round off the ends of the cut with a file. Raise or lower the doors and test the adjustment.

Place end caps on the tops of the wall channels. Measure the space where you re installing the door. Installing the door panels is easiest from outside the shower. Pull the thin vinyl sweep out of the drip rail and set it aside.

Attach the door handles and any towel bars. Hanging the door panels.