How To Remove Sliding Glass Doors From Bathtub

A coworker wants to remove a shower door and put up curtain and rod instead.

How to remove sliding glass doors from bathtub.

Look at the bottom track. You have to peel off any caulking that will stop you from seeing the nuts before loosening the nuts with a screwdriver. It is an extruded aluminum rail. There actually was one small screw in the bottom track that was the reason i put off removing the doors for so long in fear of leaving a hole in the bathtub but it turned out to just be a set screw for the guide on the track.

Every sliding glass door has adjustment screws that hold the rollers of the door in place. The same methods you employ on how to remove sliding shower doors for cleaning are exactly the steps you take for standing doors. Sliding shower doors are a great improvement over a curtain but what if you need to remove them for cleaning. The bottom track is made from aluminum and will have one edge shorter than the other.

The frames for bath tub sliding doors are usually attached to the side wall on each end. Thanks for this post. A sliding shower door is the easiest of the two styles to take out of its frame as there is nothing to actually remove. Step 1 remove a sliding door.

Then tilt it slightly with help and remove it from the upper track of the door frame as well. How to remove sliding glass shower doors. You made it look a little easy to remove them and have motivated me to tackle my mom s bathroom that i used for 10 years of my life hence my personal hatred for them. He wants to know if there is a way to fill the holes that remain from the track removal attached to the tub and surround.

The edge that is inside of. Then remove the door and set it aside. His problem is that the tub and shower surround is a one piece fiberglass unit. I absolutely hate sliding shower doors.

To remove the doors lift up the door up and disengage the wheels from the track. One the other hand the top track and top of the door is where you will find the roller wheels. This enables the door to come out easily.