How To Remove Sliding Bathtub Doors

The top of the door should have wheels that ride against the top shower rail.

How to remove sliding bathtub doors.

You don t want to leave cuts in the wall and tub surfaces you just want to separate the frame from the wall. This is the story of removing the sliding shower doors in our bathroom. After the softener has worked for half an hour begin removing the caulk using a caulk removal tool and a razor blade holder. I need to replace and adjust the rollers at the top of my bathtub shower doors.

Stand inside the shower. Step 1 remove the moving shower door. Not only did they enclose the tub in a way that a soft white fabric curtain wouldn t they had seen better days. Grasp the near door with both hands.

The frames for bath tub sliding doors are usually attached to the side wall on each end. Be sure to hold the knife parallel to the wall and tub not perpendicular. Then remove the door and set it aside. Look at the bottom track.

Apply caulk softener to the side rails of the door and remove the screws that hold it to the tile there are usually three screws on each side. Carefully lower the door and remove from the bathroom. Lift the door straight up and tilt the base of the door toward you while leaning the top of the door out of its track. Step 3 remove the rails.

Step 2 remove the second door. The edge that is inside of the shower is probably shorter. Look at the top track. It was one of those can t do this soon enough tasks that was at the top of our list.

This is the easiest step because removing a shower door from the frame is an uninvolved process. To remove the doors lift up the door up and disengage the wheels from the track. So there were lines of rust around them. Lift the outside door up tilt the base in and pull the top out at the same time.

How to remove sliding shower doors. However mine have plastic guides at the bottom that seem to have some arm that is attached. This will detach the outer door from its track. It is an extruded aluminum rail.