Gap In Frameless Shower Door

It is 1 8 at the top and 3 8 at the bottom.

Gap in frameless shower door.

We ve had our bathroom remodeled and i have a question about the frameless shower door. Invest in a shower door side seal to solve the leakage issue from the sides. To cover up the space they installed a transparent flap that s supposed to close the gap. Hold the door closed with the handle as your assistant installs wooden shims at the underside the door and the top of the shower dam.

Solutions for fixing the leaks on either side of the frameless shower door. I just had seamless shower doors installed today in my brand new bathroom. I design frameless showers every day and install the complicated ones. The edge seal along that edge is probably there to hide the condition you are describing.

Frameless showers are not aquariums i don t mean to be facetious but consumers have somehow come to believe that no water will escape a frameless shower. We use 1 4 at the hinge side and 3 16 at the strike side. Hinge side gap is 5 at the top 25 in the middle and 25 at the bottom. The industry standard is 1 16 but i think even that is pushing it.

The standard tolerance for frameless shower glass is plus or minus 1 8. Gap spacing in frameless shower doors 09 february 2015. This is the industry standard. I think it is reasonable to reject the 1 4 difference in size of the gap between the door and fixed panel.

If you find frameless shower door leaks at both the sides of the glass then you will have to seal the gap between the door and the adjacent glass wall. The gap you are showing is 3 8 that s about 1 8 to 3 16 above the accepted norm. Lift up on the handle while your assistant fits the shims as. The glass was custom measured but when the door was installed the gap between the door and the adjacent glass isn t uniform.

The gap from glass to glass where the strike side of the door meets the fixed panel at the vertical gap is normally 3 16. As the door is currently installed the strike side gap is 1 1 8 at the top 1 3 8 in the middle and 1 1 2 at the bottom. Unlike a framed shower unit the door in a frameless shower cannot be sealed shut and therefore small amounts of water can escape.