How To Remove Old Shower Doors From Tub

After the softener has worked for half an hour begin removing the caulk using a caulk removal tool and a razor blade holder.

How to remove old shower doors from tub.

How to evacuate swinging doors. It was one of those can t do this soon enough tasks that was at the top of our list. Pop off the covers on the faucet knobs if you have a hot and cold knob. This is the story of removing the sliding shower doors in our bathroom.

How to remove shower doors step 1. Take out the doors. You don t want to leave cuts in the wall and tub surfaces you just want to separate the frame from the wall. Carefully lower the door and remove from the bathroom.

Lift the door straight up and tilt the base of the door toward you while leaning the top of the door out of its track. Be sure to hold the knife parallel to the wall and tub not perpendicular. Remove the shower doors from inside the shower. It s no hard task to take out a sliding door from its bracket as it doesn t take much to.

If you have a single water adjustment handle in the middle of the shower remove. Standing in the shower grasp the inside shower door with both hands halfway up on the both sides. Treat with 100 mineral spirits paint thinner first. Heat it up with a blow dryer on high or your iron on high no steam with paper towels between the glue and the iron so you don t ruin the iron.

Let that sit for a a few minutes then use single edge blade or metal caulk scraper to remove. Not only did they enclose the tub in a way that a soft white fabric curtain wouldn t they had seen better days. So there were lines of rust around them. Trust me you want to take it out.

Hinges hold swinging doors in position to make it easy to unfold and shut. Apply caulk softener to the side rails of the door and remove the screws that hold it to the tile there are usually three screws on each side. Remove the screws and pull off the knobs. Carefully cut any caulked joints use your utility knife to break the seal between the frame and the walls and tub.

Just lift up to pull them from the track at the bottom and remove. Once the doors and door channels are removed from the shower walls the caulk often remains behind because it is adhered to the shower walls.