How To Remove Shower Door Rails

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

How to remove shower door rails.

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 2 remove the second door. If you forgot about that part of your bathroom don t feel too bad. Standing in the shower grasp the inside shower door with both hands halfway up on the both sides.

Step 1 remove a sliding door. It is an extruded aluminum rail. If your shower has two doors that move you can remove the second door in the same manner as the first. Caulk is a joint filler and sealer used to help keep the water inside a shower when applied to the channels that support shower doors.

Remove the shower doors from inside the shower. You re definitely not alone and shower door tracks are pretty easy to overlook. Cleaning shower door tracks. Look at the bottom track.

Remove the top rail from the shower doors. First check out the thread beneath the frame. 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. The door should lift right off the track.

The bottom track is made from aluminum and will have one edge shorter than the other. One the other hand the top track and top of the door is where you will find the roller wheels. You ve cleaned your shower doors and have washed the shower walls too but what about your sliding shower door track. The edge that is inside of the shower is probably shorter than the.

How to remove caulk after removing the shower doors. Take out the gliding shower door. 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. Carefully lean the bottom toward you then lower yourself in order for the shower door to come out of the track.

Carefully lower the door and remove from the bathroom.