How to install glass shower enclosure, glass door

In addition to the need for a pallet assembly for a shower enclosure, which keeps the entire structure is very important to assemble the front windows. In the assembled state they constitute a frame, on which moves the door and fastened thereto is the rear wall.

Assembling the rear walls - a relatively easy process, issues with it does not arise, but with the front glasses have more difficult.

Tools required for installation of glass doors and shower cabins

Collect front glass alone - very inconvenient and time consuming task. We'll have to get a partner.

Before starting assembly, cover the floor with cardboard, which were packaged glass or cloth. Removing the glass should be carefully and not to put it on the corners.

Before you start assembling - Prepare the necessary tools:

• electric drill;
• spanners;
• Allen key;
• building level;
• plummet;
• silicone sealant;
• batten;
• screws;
• roulette.

This misleading the list is not enough only for the installation of the front panel, but also the stall doors.

Varieties shower doors

Before embarking on any whatsoever The installation, should deal with the most popular mechanisms for opening of the door:

1. swing type. This is the easiest to install and most common option, but requires a special door frame and the additional space that the door could be opened for him. Most buyers prefer this type of construction, since it is available at a price.
2. pendulum type. This kind of swing options. Characterized by the absence of the door frame. The door moves freely in and out. The cost is low, and the sight of a very effective, especially if the walls are transparent. It creates the effect of weightlessness. Installation of the dome and the tray is not required. Less of this model - the possibility of spontaneous opening.
3. sliding type. Similar to the cabinet door coupe. Move the door provided the guide rollers. If you want to save space in the room - a good and common option.
4. folding type. Externally similar to the screen. Kind is very attractive and unusual, but it takes a lot of time during installation. Not the most common variant.

Installation of glass in the shower

During assembly, glass shower enclosure can distinguish five main stages.

First stage

Starting compounds necessary with assembly of horizontal and vertical profiles, which form a frame. Profiles connected with screws, which on the side there are two openings in the bottom and the top.

Partner will have to keep the profiles at an angle of ninety degrees. Thus it is necessary to tighten the screws with a screwdriver. Since there is a risk to pull them from the screwdriver should be abandoned.

Reference. Dimensions and shape of the shower does not affect the process of the front frame assembly.

Second phase

Next you need to set the fixed glass in the vertical profiles.

The glass must be installed in an existing profile in the groove - before it is put on the seal of rubber. It needs to be put on and the lower edge of the glass, which is installed on the horizontal profile.

If the seal is longer than necessary, and often they are generally supplied in the form of a bay, it is necessary to measure the right size and cut with scissors.

Glass insert made cautiously, do not use a hammer. If progress is tight, you should apply the sealant to the glass slide better.

The third stage

As soon as the fixed windows are installed in the profile, they need to be fixed with screws and fasteners.

There are three kinds of fasteners. The use of a particular type depends on the model of shower:

• mounting on the corners - if not prepared holes in the profile, use a drill to three millimeters;

• mount on a narrow profile;
• mounting on a wide profile.

The fourth stage

If the profiles do not have rubber bumpers, they need to deliver.

The fifth stage

Now you need to collect and deliver door. Do not handle glass door secured with clips. At the bottom of the fixed rollers, equipped with the adjustment buttons.

Then you need to put on the magnetic seals and shut off the water.

The doors are hung on the front of the frame - are inserted into the slot for that top rollers. After that, the same thing is done with the lower rollers - it needs to hold down the button for them. You need to adjust the door to ensure a tight closure. This is done by adjusting screws on the rollers.

In this work can be considered completed. Now you need to install the resulting structure on the pallet. In this case, can not do without a partner. The tray with the frame are not fixed to each other, because the frame is fixed rear wall, fixed to the pallet. All this makes the construction very reliable.

In rare instances it is necessary to fix the shower tray to the front frame. But if this is not done, there is nothing catastrophic will happen.