How To Fit Shower Door Rollers

The outside glass door panel is positioned closest to the shower.

How to fit shower door rollers.

Install shower door rollers although kohler and sterling use several different types of rollers for their shower doors the basic installation and replacement of all the rollers are the same. Install the outside rollers with the tab on the clamp on top. Using the screwdriver remove either the guide rail that runs along the edge of the door or the plastic guide that sits in the middle of the lower track. While there are hundreds of roller types and shower styles there are often similarities in how a roller or wheel is attached to the shower door and is removed or fits into the shower casement.

With the shower door removed from the shower door frame take a screwdriver and remove the shower door rollers. Step 3 replace the shower door rollers. The outside roller components are assembled to the glass panel and secured with a screw as shown. Roller assembly outside door.

Hanging the door panels. Sliding shower doors operate on a roller system so that they move easily in and out of the shower entrance. Remove the doors and adjust the rollers. Installing the door panels is easiest from outside the shower.

We often get asked if we can advise customers on how to remove and replace their shower door rollers or wheels. While in previous decades these shower doors were commonly bought and used with the rollers already in place another modern alternative is to install the rollers on different doors to create an alternative look for a bathroom. Prepare the doors by installing roller and if applicable handle towel bar hardware. Place the rollers on the top frame flange of both door panels and secure them with lock washers and machine screws.

Simply loosen the screw should be a philips head screw or hex screw and pull the roller off of the shower door.