Shower Door Keeps Sliding Open

Evaluate the problem with your sliding doors.

Shower door keeps sliding open.

Frameless shower doors generally have sweeps attached to the bottom of the door which keeps water from exiting the shower underneath of the door. Protect the shower or tub from scratches with a drop cloth. It keeps sliding down the hinge which looks like it runs the entire length of the door and rubs the landing. If the sliding doors on your shower or bathtub don t glide smoothly repair them soon.

Over a period of time sliding shower doors will get stuck and will require some adjustment. A bypass door or a sliding shower door that runs on a track provides the perfect environment for water to gather and cause problems. A door that drags on the lower track will eventually do permanent damage to both the door and the track. If you wait too long to fix the problem you can cause permanent damage to the door and the track it slides on.

I d suggest checking the frame and individual doors to see if everything is plumb and level. For the fix pretty much all sliding doors bypass closet doors glass sliding doors and of course shower doors have a way to adjust the rollers. Adjusting a shower door fixes common problems. I have a shower door that needs to be adjusted.

If they are remove the bottom guide rail to expose the lower door wheels. I just installed sliding doors in the master bath. The metal track where the rollers sit can rust gather debris develop mold and mildew problems and generally deteriorate from water damage. Unscrew the guide at the lower edge of the sliding door.

Adjust the height of the. Shower door keeps popping open and won t stay closed shower door scrapes the bottom of the shower pan edge when opening and closing shower door is loose and needs tightening for the above shower door repairs the fix usually has to do with tightening up things. Sliding door check to make sure all of the guide wheels are hanging correctly on the upper track. Broken or improperly installed shower door seals frameless shower doors usually have seals installed on the vertical edge that meets the stationary pane in order to keep water from exiting through the crack while still allowing the door to swing.

The shower doors rollers can be adjusted accordingly. Remember each side frame has a bumper preventing the doors from closing completely.