How To Remove Sliding Bathtub Doors

Bathtub sliding doors how to remove.

How to remove sliding bathtub doors.

Step 1 remove the moving shower door. How to remove sliding shower doors. So there were lines of rust around them. Then remove the door and set it aside.

Look at the bottom track. 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. Grasp the near door with both hands. This will detach the outer door from its track.

To remove the doors lift up the door up and disengage the wheels from the track. It is an extruded aluminum rail. After the softener has worked for half an hour begin removing the caulk using a caulk removal tool and a razor blade holder. It was one of those can t do this soon enough tasks that was at the top of our list.

Be sure to hold the knife parallel to the wall and tub not perpendicular. The frames for bath tub sliding doors are usually attached to the side wall on each end. Step 3 remove the rails. I need to replace and adjust the rollers at the top of my bathtub shower doors.

Lift the outside door up tilt the base in and pull the top out at the same time. The edge that is inside of the shower is probably shorter. Carefully lower the door and remove from the bathroom. Not only did they enclose the tub in a way that a soft white fabric curtain wouldn t they had seen better days.

Stand inside the shower. This is the story of removing the sliding shower doors in our bathroom. 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. Step 2 remove the second door.

You don t want to leave cuts in the wall and tub surfaces you just want to separate the frame from the wall. The top of the door should have wheels that ride against the top shower rail. Carefully cut any caulked joints use your utility knife to break the seal between the frame and the walls and tub. I know that on some you only have to lift the doors up to disengage them from the upper track and then tilt the doors out to remove them.