How To Remove Old Shower Doors And Frame

This is the story of removing the sliding shower doors in our bathroom.

How to remove old shower doors and frame.

A sliding shower door is the easiest of the two styles to take out of its frame as there is nothing to actually remove. Once the doors and door channels are removed from the shower walls the caulk often remains behind because it is adhered to the shower walls. Procedure on how to remove a sliding shower door is quite clear and straightforward. This old caulk needs to be removed before new doors.

Shower doors wear out naturally with years of use and will need replacing. The thread above the door has a roller wheels that enable it to glide and it s normally on the bathroom side. So there were lines of rust around them. The tub and tile caulking sealant used to seal the door tracks from water leaks hardens like concrete over time and becomes difficult though not impossible to remove.

Step 1 remove a sliding door. The bottom track is made from aluminum and will have one edge shorter than the other. In some door types you can lift the doors up and out of the frame with the top rail still in place. The hardest part about installing new shower doors may be removing the old shower doors and tracks.

First check out the thread beneath the frame. There actually was one small screw in the bottom track that was the reason i put off removing the doors for so long in fear of leaving a hole in the bathtub but it turned out to just be a set screw for the guide on the track. Take out the gliding shower door. Remove screws from the shower door frame my frame had three screws on each side and zero in the bottom track jackpot.

Not only did they enclose the tub in a way that a soft white fabric curtain wouldn t they had seen better days. 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.