Installing Shower Doors On Tile

Fit a plastic separator clip over each hole then slide the metal hanging brackets over the separators.

Installing shower doors on tile.

Screw the jamb to the wall. Butt the jamb against the wall. Drill proper holes into the walls for the side rails. Run a bead of silicone on the underside of the threshold piece image 1.

Place a carpenter s level against the wall jamb and adjust it until the wall piece is plumb. Put it in place and tape it down until the side rails are in place image 2. Use a hacksaw to. Step 4 drill the hole.

How to anchor a frameless shower door on glass tile. Use a pencil to mark the mounting hole locations on the wall. In our project one wall is 31 inches and the other is 36 inches. Seal the gap between the panels with 100 percent silicone tile caulk.

Step 5 installing. Clean the tile surface with a household cleaner to remove any film or dirt from the tub ledge and tile surfaces. Step 3 find your drill bit. Tap a plastic anchor into the pre drilled holes in the tile image 3.

Follow the steps necessary to determine where the holes need to be for your anchors. 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. Attach hanger brackets to the tops of the door panels. Step 2 measure the hole.

Set tiles on shower side walls measure the width of the shower walls on either side of the door. Step 1 plan for the holes. Measure the inside width of the shower at the top surface of the tub ledge from wall to wall. Apply a strip of fiberglass mesh tape over each seam and in the corners.

Repeat this process for the wall channel on the opposite wall. Slide side rails into threshold image 4 and screw to the wall anchors with stainless steel screws image 5. Identify the 2 mounting holes on either side of the upper edge of both panels. Make sure that all of your.

At the front width of the shower stall use a hole saw to cut out the spaces in the backer board where the new fixtures will be installed then attach to the studs.