Installing Shower Door On Ceramic Tile

Place end caps on the tops of the wall channels.

Installing shower door on ceramic tile.

Set tiles on shower side walls measure the width of the shower walls on either side of the door. Before you put the door on simply screw the hinges themselves into the anchors. Carpenters construct the structural frame for the alcove walling it in with cement board panels such as wonderboard or durock. Install the inside door by slipping the top of the door panel into the upper inside channel then swinging the bottom of the door panel into the lower inside track.

On the side of the shower opening that will support the door hold a jamb piece against the wall so that its lower end fits into the base track. In our project one wall is 31 inches and the other is 36 inches. Match the slope on the bottom tiles at the side by taping the bottom tile even with the row above it and scribing the angle with a full tile photo 9. Put the finishing touch on your shower door installation.

Dry lay the panels and measure them to see where you need to make cuts. However the actual installation of your new shower door can be completed by our professional installers in 2 3 hours. We show you here how to carefully install the fragile glass on tile without a hu. Attach the seal strip to the bottom of the door and cut it to the required length.

Slightly slope the sill tiles toward the shower for drainage by piling on a little extra thin set on the back side. Installing a glass shower door is a process that requires a lot of patience. Place one wall jamb into or over the bottom track depending on the design. If it falls off you have an expensive mess o your hands.

Pull on them a bit to apply the same amount of pressure that the door will when it is installed. Place the glass clamp sweep into place on the door s bottom edge and secure it at the door clamp. The shower door must be custom ordered to size and installed by the carpenter. Position the inside door panel against the vertical wall frame nearest the showerhead.

Then align the holes in the wall jamb with the holes or screw anchors in the wall. Without moving the track use a 4 foot level to adjust the jamb until it s plumb. Secure the jamb with the screws supplied by the manufacturer or the anchor. Tilers then step in and finish the tile work.

Stick a pencil through the jamb s screw holes to mark the wall. Our shower doors are customized for your space so having a new one ordered fabricated and delivered could take up to 3 weeks.