install shower door on uneven shower tray

Stheno

Hi

Wondering if anyone can suggest what to do here. I'm hoping to replace a shower curtain with a shower door but the tray upon which it will rest is not level from halfway across 450mm it is lower gradually lowering to approx half an inch at the wall.

Is there foam or filler I could use to plug the gap?

Any suggestions appreciated thanks

wait4me

A pic can "tell a thousand words" and might help us help you.....

Gen.Zhukov

If I'm reading the problem right....

Use the seal on the bottom of the door to take up the difference. It would depend on the seal and how much it fits onto the glass.

Hopefully what you would end up with is, the working part of the seal stays true to the tray but would be slightly off square with the door if ya get my drift.

Maybe someone else more in know would advise on what to hold the seal on the door with.

Stheno

1.618 wrote: »

If I'm reading the problem right....

Use the seal on the bottom of the door to take up the difference. It would depend on the seal and how much it fits onto the glass.

Hopefully what you would end up with is, the working part of the seal stays true to the tray but would be slightly off square with the door if ya get my drift.

Maybe someone else more in know would advise on what to hold the seal on the door with.

The seal on the bottom of the door is no help as it's fi e for half the space but when we tried to fit the door it wouldn't close due to the lack of the tray being level. We can adjust it so the door will open and close but now half this half inch gap
I can't get a pic at the moment

colm_mcm

is there a frame around the door that attaches to or sits on the shower tray?

Armchair Andy

Could you set the door level and use a packer something like above to hide the gap? Seal it off with a silicone or similar sealant.

Gen.Zhukov

Stheno wrote: »

The seal on the bottom of the door is no help as it's fi e for half the space but when we tried to fit the door it wouldn't close due to the lack of the tray being level. We can adjust it so the door will open and close but now half this half inch gap
I can't get a pic at the moment

Again if I understand...

If you were to raise the whole door up (on its wall fitting) to a position where the seal is good for the half of the door furtherest from the hinge you would be left with tapered gap leading back to the hinge and it would have the largest gap at the wall ?

If that is the case, do that and then drop the seal down to fill the gap so the seal is flush with the tray.

Stheno

colm_mcm wrote: »

is there a frame around the door that attaches to or sits on the shower tray?

No the frame only attaches to the wall. The shower has three Walsh then the space for the door. When you put in the panels the door slots into that is when you get the gap trying to make sure the door will open and close. It slides I in to the panels but won't close due to the uneveness and the door has to be adjusted on one side so it closes which leaves the gap

Stheno

Armchair Andy wrote: »

Could you set the door level and use a packer something like above to hide the gap? Seal it off with a silicone or similar sealant.

This is what I need, where would I get that?

Stheno

1.618 wrote: »

Again if I understand...

If you were to raise the whole door up (on its wall fitting) to a position where the seal is good for the half of the door furtherest from the hinge you would be left with tapered gap leading back to the hinge and it would have the largest gap at the wall ?

If that is the case, do that and then drop the seal down to fill the gap so the seal is flush with the tray.

No the hinged side of the door is flush, it's the opening part where the gap is

Gen.Zhukov

Stheno wrote: »

No the hinged side of the door is flush, it's the opening part where the gap is

Ok. Without seeing it 1st hand it's hard to judge the solution. I still think adjusting the hight of the door and the seal on the door is the way to go even if it means a new and diff type of seal.

colm_mcm

The door would have to be plumb anyway, so the only way I can see of solving this is by raising the door a bit and getting a piece of white Aluminium box section ripped down. Talk to a window and door supplier and they might oblige you.
This sort of thing

You could fix some brackets to the wall and attach the box section to these, and seal between that and the shower tray

This sort of thing


Obviously the right thing to do is make the tray level though.

Stheno

1.618 wrote: »

Ok. Without seeing it 1st hand it's hard to judge the solution. I still think adjusting the hight of the door and the seal on the door is the way to go even if it means a new and diff type of seal.

That's exactly it, I need a 450mm long seal that I can use to bridge the gap

It's too big for silicone, so something like posted earlier would be perfect.

Armchair Andy

Stheno wrote: »

This is what I need, where would I get that?

I've only ever seen them as part of a complete shower door which wouldn't be worth buying for.
I'm sure there's something similar to trim in timber floors to tiles, maybe a flooring warehouse.

Any good steelworks should come up with a stainless steel solution if you approached them, just a question of meeting the right person.