Installing Shower Doors On Tile

Fit the panel into the base track.

Installing shower doors on tile.

Step 3 find your drill bit. Place a carpenter s level against the wall jamb and adjust it until the wall piece is plumb. To install a glass side panel slip the remaining jamb onto one of the panel s edges and the magnetic strike rail onto the other. Run a bead of silicone on the underside of the threshold piece image 1.

Repeat this process for the wall channel on the opposite wall. Make sure that all of your. Attach hanger brackets to the tops of the door panels. In our project one wall is 31 inches and the other is 36 inches.

Tap a plastic anchor into the pre drilled holes in the tile image 3. How to anchor a frameless shower door on glass tile. Identify the 2 mounting holes on either side of the upper edge of both panels. Follow the steps necessary to determine where the holes need to be for your anchors.

Clean the tile surface with a household cleaner to remove any film or dirt from the tub ledge and tile surfaces. Slide side rails into threshold image 4 and screw to the wall anchors with stainless steel screws image 5. Put it in place and tape it down until the side rails are in place image 2. Screw the jamb to the wall.

Butt the jamb against the wall. Step 5 installing. Use a hacksaw to. Dry lay the panels and measure them to see where you need to make cuts.

Drill proper holes into the walls for the side rails. Fit a plastic separator clip over each hole then slide the metal hanging brackets over the separators. Use a pencil to mark the mounting hole locations on the wall. Step 1 plan for the holes.

Set tiles on shower side walls measure the width of the shower walls on either side of the door. Step 4 drill the hole. Measure the inside width of the shower at the top surface of the tub ledge from wall to wall. Step 2 measure the hole.

How to install shower doors on tile step 1.