Gap In Frameless Shower Door

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Gap in frameless shower door.

I just had seamless shower doors installed today in my brand new bathroom. 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. We use 1 4 at the hinge side and 3 16 at the strike side. The industry standard is 1 16 but i think even that is pushing it.

The edge seal along that edge is probably there to hide the condition you are describing. We ve had our bathroom remodeled and i have a question about the frameless shower door. This is a new construction not an existing bathroom. Hinge side gap is 5 at the top 25 in the middle and 25 at the bottom.

The standard tolerance for frameless shower glass is plus or minus 1 8. To cover up the space they installed a transparent flap that s supposed to close the gap. I design frameless showers every day and install the complicated ones. 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.

Gap spacing in frameless shower doors 09 february 2015. 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. I think it is reasonable to reject the 1 4 difference in size of the gap between the door and fixed panel. It s important to keep in mind the limitations of the fabricator and the installer.

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. 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. It is 1 8 at the top and 3 8 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. The gap you are showing is 3 8 that s about 1 8 to 3 16 above the accepted norm. To my dismay there s a 1 2 inch space between the glass door and the adjoining glass attached to the wall as well as at the bottom of the door itself.