How To Adjust A Swinging Frameless Shower Door

Most pivot doors are designed to be reversible and can be installed with the pivots on the right or left side of the enclosure.

How to adjust a swinging frameless shower door.

Hinges for frameless shower doors have hex head machine bolts at the inside that secure the hinges in place. This makes the glass sturdier and not in need of a frame to secure or stabilize it. Damage to the door and frame can result as well as water damage to the floor. Repeated opening and closing rough handling and humidity can cause swinging shower doors to sag.

Many people have difficulty with frameless shower doors sticking or fitting poorly. Frameless glass shower doors can hang from an overhead track or from side hinges. Adjusting the doors the first thing that should be ascertained is that the doors can actually be fixed as some damage will call for total replacement. Since they do not have a frame the track or hinges must be attached directly to the glass or at least appear to be.

If the door is new the most common reason for these problems is that the frames or floors are not square or level most pre made frameless doors are adjustable to about half an inch which helps if you have slightly uneven walls. Frameless showers and shower doors are made from 3 8 to 1 2 inch thick glass. If the problem has simply been building up over time rather than being caused by sudden damage it should be possible to adjust your shower doors. Typically this sagging occurs on the door s handle side.

Adjusting frameless shower doors the difference between a framed hinged and frameless shower door is the thickness of the glass. Actually the hardware usually clamps the door when you tighten the screws and a rubber gasket between the hardware and the door prevents damage to the glass. Learning how to install a shower door is simply a matter of the right tools and good technique.