Installing Shower Door Sweep

Both types are fairly simple to install.

Installing shower door sweep. Determine type of door bottom or door sweep. Carefully grasp the edge of the door sweep pulling it towards the outside of the door until the strip has come loose from the track. Easy to install and adjust but doesn t always work well the staple on requires removing the door from the frame. The video covers installing a strip door sweep.

Bring the old shower door sweep to a hardware or home supply. Attach the door handles and any towel bars. Attach the seal strip to the bottom of the door and cut it to the required length. You don t need to find a sweep that matches but it does need to be at least as long if not longer than the original sweep.

Place end caps on the tops of the wall channels. Replace a shower door sweep. Steel and fiberglass doors normally use the slide on or snap in type. In some cases.

Open the shower door from the outside. Grab the edge of the sweep and pull it toward the outside of the door until the strip is removed from its track see a. The basic steps are simple. Using the old shower door sweep as a guide head to the hardware store to buy a new shower door sweep.

Position the door. Place the glass clamp sweep into place on the door s bottom edge and secure it at the door clamp. Mark and cut to fit. Screws to the inside surface of the door.

Step 3 buy your new sweep. Open the shower door from the inside and leave it propped open. This type of door bottom is generally found on wood doors. Buy frameless shower door sweeps from dulles glass mirror.

Always follow the manufacturer s instruction for installation. If your door jamb is against a wall you may. For both types measure your new door jamb from the curb of your shower to top of the shower door. You will notice that the longer the sweep is the more expensive it is as well.

Secure the door sweep in the drip rail by crimping the ends of the drip rail with a pair of pliers. Cut off the ends of the sweep that extend past the edges of the drip rail with scissors or a. Remove the old door stop and clean both the door and the glass or wall.