Removing Shower Doors

Sliding shower doors are a great improvement over a curtain but what if you need to remove them for cleaning.

Removing shower doors. Shower doors are made from tempered glass and can break so wear gloves and use caution when handling them. Shower doors are a sleek alternative to the traditional shower curtain but they still require some upkeep to look good. In some door types you can lift the doors up and out of the frame with the top rail still in place.

It is an extruded aluminum rail. Cleaning is easiest to do when you ve taken the doors out of their track and fortunately there s no need to call in a professional because as you can remove them yourself. Check to see if your doors fall into that category and if so remove the doors and proceed to step 4 below this rail will be caulked to the wall or the tile and most likely not be otherwise anchored.

Remove the top rail from the shower doors. Look at the bottom track. I have a fiberglass unit tub with walls and it seems the side and lower frames were affixed to the tub and walls with another adhesive removing the side caulking just isn t doing it and it the.

Shower doors are a great alternative to shower curtains. However they are a little more complicated to remove. I am removing metal shower doors and frame in the process of refinishing my bathtub and have found that the frame is not only held by caulking.