Install A Shower Door Sweep

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Install a shower door sweep.

Snap or push new door sweep onto bottom of door. Place end caps on the tops of the wall channels. Using the old shower door sweep as a guide head to the hardware store to buy a new shower door sweep. Crimp the ends of the groove closed with pliers to hold the sweep permanently in place.

Most of these types of door bottoms have a single or double kerf cut in the bottom of the door for the sweep to lock into. Attach the door handles and any towel bars. Carefully grasp the edge of the door sweep pulling it towards the outside of the door until the strip has come loose from the track. Mark and cut to length if necessary the new door sweep.

Grab the edge of the sweep and pull it toward the outside of the door until the strip is removed from its track see a. The spacing of the kerfs vary and you will want to match profiles. Step 3 buy your new sweep. Slide the vinyl sweep back into the groove in the rail.

Round off the ends of the cut with a file. Depending on the type of door sweep that is currently in use it may be necessary to unscrew the door sweep from the track. Remove the existing door bottom. Buy frameless shower door sweeps from dulles glass mirror.

Open the shower door from the inside and leave it propped open. Bring the old shower door sweep to a hardware or home supply. The basic steps are simple. You will notice that the longer the sweep is the more expensive it is as well.

How to replace a shower door sweep. Cut new door sweep to length if needed. The video covers installing a strip door sweep. Attach the seal strip to the bottom of the door and cut it to the required length.

Always follow the manufacturer s instruction for installation. Cut the drip rail with a hacksaw to match the width of the door. Most just pry off. Place the glass clamp sweep into place on the door s bottom edge and secure it at the door clamp.

Pull the thin vinyl sweep out of the drip rail and set it aside. You don t need to find a sweep that matches but it does need to be at least as long if not longer than the original sweep.