Frameless Shower Door Removal

[CommandoStyle]

I’m having some work done to the shower. Looking for input on the best way to remove my glass shower door. Should I remove the glass door from the hinge or should I unscrew and remove the hinge and door from the stone surround? I would prefer not to remove the hinge from the stone surround but I don’t know how easily the glass door will come out of the hinge. Any advice from someone experienced with this would be very helpful. Thank you.

 

[A Potted Plant]

from the stone, its way less fragile then glass

finally a not the end of the world thread

 

[Patrick]

those hinges are through bolted to the opposite side plate.
put something under the door to support it (cedar shims?), then just unscrew it,
either way first. the hinges were mounted on the wall, then the door added, if you want
to reverse the install.

it is tempered glass, so if it takes a shot, it is going explode. (ask how i know...)

oh, they are heavy.

 

[Karate Monkey]

it is tempered glass, so if it takes a shot, it is going explode. (ask how i know...)

And expensive!

 

[CommandoStyle]

those hinges are through bolted to the opposite side plate.
put something under the door to support it (cedar shims?), then just unscrew it,
either way first. the hinges were mounted on the wall, then the door added, if you want
to reverse the install.

it is tempered glass, so if it takes a shot, it is going explode. (ask how i know...)

oh, they are heavy.

Thanks. I suspected they bolted through but I wanted a sanity check.

 

[MadisonDan]

Dynamite.

 

[ekuhn]

Hope its not to replace that tile. Looks good!

Support and unscrew. Get help if needed (having someone inside). Remove from tile not at glass.

 

[Mathers]

I would Unscrew the screws holding the glass first.

 

[CommandoStyle]

Hope its not to replace that tile. Looks good!

Support and unscrew. Get help if needed (having someone inside). Remove from tile not at glass.

Thanks, I like the tile job too and do not plan on changing the design. The stone surrounding the glass door is bulging to the point where it is interfering with the door. I am having the stone removed and then re-set.

 

[CommandoStyle]

I would Unscrew the screws holding the glass first.

That's how I plan to approach it.