Shower door issue
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Shower door issue
Lots of handy people here, hopefully someone can help me. I have been having trouble cleaning my shower. The bottom of the aluminum framed glass door does not drain anywhere. Is it supposed to drain out these openings in the pan? There is one on each side of the door.
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Re: Shower door issue
can you take a zoomed out shot as well.Scottzone wrote: ↑Thu May 29, 2025 3:11 pm Lots of handy people here, hopefully someone can help me. I have been having trouble cleaning my shower. The bottom of the aluminum framed glass door does not drain anywhere. Is it supposed to drain out these openings in the pan? There is one on each side of the door.
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Re: Shower door issue
Mine has three drain holes along the bottom of the channel.
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Re: Shower door issue
By the way the caulk has been slathered on the door frame, it is likely covering the weep holes that are usually in the bottom track. You will be able to see where the holes are from the inside of the track, they will be the places where caulk has been randomly smooshed into the track.Scottzone wrote: ↑Thu May 29, 2025 3:11 pm Lots of handy people here, hopefully someone can help me. I have been having trouble cleaning my shower. The bottom of the aluminum framed glass door does not drain anywhere. Is it supposed to drain out these openings in the pan? There is one on each side of the door.
If this is the case, remove the existing caulk and reapply a smaller, cleaner bead that doesn't obstruct the drain holes.
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Re: Shower door issue
Halgar hit the nail on the head with the weep holes in the door channel... but those large openings in the shower base are drains for releasing water from behind the shower wall panel, not for door drainage.
Nabbed a few pics off the web so you can see the kinds of holes in the frame you should be looking for... they may be at the ends, or in the middle... round, oval...



Nabbed a few pics off the web so you can see the kinds of holes in the frame you should be looking for... they may be at the ends, or in the middle... round, oval...



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Re: Shower door issue
That is what I needed to know, thanks! It does have drain holes in the aluminum but they are not low enough to let all of the water out. I may have to expand them.
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I'll videotape my evening shower so you guys can see how mine is set up.
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https://youtu.be/XzZc8hIZYk4?si=euwPw4SteFX_IWcbTHEYTOOKMYTHUMB wrote: ↑Fri May 30, 2025 5:09 pm I'll videotape my evening shower so you guys can see how mine is set up.
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I'm afraid to click that at work!juicedcoupe wrote: ↑Fri May 30, 2025 5:14 pmhttps://youtu.be/XzZc8hIZYk4?si=euwPw4SteFX_IWcbTHEYTOOKMYTHUMB wrote: ↑Fri May 30, 2025 5:09 pm I'll videotape my evening shower so you guys can see how mine is set up.


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Wait?!?!?! What?!?!?!!? NNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!THEYTOOKMYTHUMB wrote: ↑Fri May 30, 2025 5:09 pm I'll videotape my evening shower so you guys can see how mine is set up.





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