Glass shower door gives your bathroom a sleek and beautiful look. It gives a wow impression to your guests. It’s easy to install and also very affordable in price. But people usually get confused and make silly mistakes while installing them. Given below are some basic ideas regarding its installation and if you are looking for better ideas in this regard these can be very useful to you: .
- First of all collect all tools you need for installation like shop drawings, pencil, measure tape, a level, electric drill, hammer, chisel and most importantly a good healthy partner to help you.
- Mark in panel and edges where you want to fix your glass. Use a level to mark vertical locations of your door and panel and then tape down shims.
- Leave the glass for one day and let it to come to room temperature before you install it.
- Now hold the door in vertical position and mark the hinge and screw hole positions with pencil. Then drill the plexiglass and hinge holes and clean it with blower.
- After that hammer the plastic anchors into the holes. Then hold the door in place and screw the hinges.
- Apply the same installation process for installing panels and U-channels.
- Apply silicon in anchor holes, underside of U-channel and where the vertical and horizontal U-channels meet.
- Then screw the channels and apply a drop of silicon on every screw.
- After that place handles back to back on door. Then apply silicon on joints and U-channels where it meets tile and seal it properly.
After finishing all this you can enjoy your new shower doors. Hopefully this will help you.
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