I design frameless showers every day and install the complicated ones.
Gap in frameless shower door.
Gap spacing in frameless shower doors 09 february 2015.
Hinge side gap is 5 at the top 25 in the middle and 25 at the bottom.
This is a new construction not an existing bathroom.
To cover up the space they installed a transparent flap that s supposed to close the gap.
It is 1 8 at the top and 3 8 at the bottom.
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.
As the door is currently installed the strike side gap is 1 1 8 at the top 1 3 8 in the middle and 1 1 2 at the bottom.
We use 1 4 at the hinge side and 3 16 at the strike side.
Solutions for fixing the leaks on either side of the frameless shower door.
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.
The edge seal along that edge is probably there to hide the condition you are describing.
Unlike a framed shower unit the door in a frameless shower cannot be sealed shut and therefore small amounts of water can escape.
The standard tolerance for frameless shower glass is plus or minus 1 8.
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 just had seamless shower doors installed today in my brand new bathroom.
The industry standard is 1 16 but i think even that is pushing it.
Invest in a shower door side seal to solve the leakage issue from the sides.
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 ve had our bathroom remodeled and i have a question about the frameless shower door.
This is the industry standard.
The gap you are showing is 3 8 that s about 1 8 to 3 16 above the accepted norm.
It s important to keep in mind the limitations of the fabricator and the installer.