How To Fix A Shower Screen Door That Has Dropped

Learn how to repair these doors and get them back on track with the help of a professional contractor in this free vi.

How to fix a shower screen door that has dropped.

Screws magically work themselves loose over the years. Look for and fill stripped holes. Make a cardboard shim to fix your sagging door. You can simply take the screws out of one hinge without removing the complete door.

Clean or replace as needed. Just remove the screws pull the door out very carefully just enough to slide your cardboard shim underneath it. The roller mechanism at the top has a little play in it so grip the door firmly and lift up then guide the roller back on the track. See below for a shopping list and tools subscribe to this o.

Next you need to figure out which hinge needs the shim. If a simple vinegar and rinse didn t improve things you may need some elbow grease. Remove the shim and two by four block from beneath the door. If your door rubs near the top or drags on the floor use a screwdriver not a drill to tighten the screws.

Use denatured alcohol to clean the gaskets the glass and the part of the hinge plate that will touch the gasket. With a drill you re more likely to over tighten the screw and strip the screw holes or chew up the screwheads. Re tighten all of the screws. Make sure the door roller is on the track properly at the top.

Check the gaskets to make sure that they are the correct thickness for your glass thickness. Covering the drain with a washcloth can help prevent losing items while you work remove the door completely and pull the screws free. Close the shower door. Tighten the hinge screws.

In this how to video this old house general contractor tom silva relieves a sticky situation. Scrub shower door tracks. Remove the hinge with the stripped hole by removing the screws holding it in place from the door jamb and frame and if necessary from the door s face. Sliding shower doors commonly fall off.

If you need to literally chisel out crusted on mineral deposits for your shower door repair use a rigid wooden edge. Many hinges come with two sets of gaskets one for 3 8 or 10 mm and one for 1 2 or 12 mm. If you find a stripped hole place a doorstop under the open door to hold the temporary drop of the weight. Using vinegar or a mineral dissolving solution like clr or lime away brush out the tracks.