Gap Between Glass Shower Doors

This is the industry standard.

Gap between glass shower doors.

This doesn t seem unreasonable. As the door is currently installed the strike side gap is 1 1 8 at the top 1 3 8 in the middle and 1 1 2 at the bottom. The gap from glass to glass where the strike side of the door meets the fixed panel at the vertical gap is normally 3 16. Make sure this fits by entering your model number.

16 95 7 95 shipping. We usually put the hinge side of the door on the solid wall and try to position everything so that the gap is not near the shower head. This fits your. The gap should be 3 8 total or 3 16 at each side of the door or less is ideal.

Used for doors that swing only one way both hinge and strike jambs see more. To cover up the space they installed a transparent flap that s supposed to close the gap. It s important to keep in mind the limitations of the fabricator and the installer. This is the industry standard.

I ve asked the contractor to replace it. It is 1 8 at the top and 3 8 at the bottom. But it seems to me that the shower will probably leak from all sides. Thanks for any input.

The glass was custom measured but when the door was installed the gap between the door and the adjacent glass isn t uniform. The standard tolerance for frameless shower glass is plus or minus 1 8. I can t remember ever having a gap of that size. Invest in a shower door side seal to solve the leakage issue from the sides.

Solutions for fixing the leaks on either side of the frameless shower door. There are many variables that effect the gap you can achieve the 1st of them is the glass fabricator they cut the glass to one size and then polish it down to the finished size the standard for the industry is or 1 8 that a whopping 1 4. The seal on the bottom left side of the door drags hard on the curb but on the right side it does not. If you find frameless shower door leaks at both the sides of the glass then you will have to seal the gap between the door and the adjacent glass wall.

Also they put a plastic sweep along the edge. The standard tolerance for frameless shower glass is plus or minus 1 8. The glass was custom measured but when the door was installed the gap between the door and the adjacent glass isn t uniform. It is 1 8 at the top and 3 8 at the bottom.

Hinge side gap is 5 at the top 25 in the middle and 25 at the bottom. To my dismay there s a 1 2 inch space between the glass door and the adjoining glass attached to the wall as well as at the bottom of the door itself. This doesn t seem unreasonable. I think they did this to try and mask the gap.

The gap from glass to glass where the strike side of the door meets the fixed panel at the vertical gap is normally 3 16. They can put a flexible clear vinyl piece in the gap but it may not stay because the door has to move without being constricted.