Tile Shower Door Installation

How to install shower doors on tile step 1.

Tile shower door installation.

Attach the door handles and any towel bars. If you want fancy glass tile accents like the ones we show brace yourself. The shower tiling alone will take two days. Continue reading below our video of the day.

Put it in place and tape it down until the side rails are in place image 2. How to tile a shower like we show here will take you about four full days. Place end caps on the tops of the wall channels. However the actual installation of your new shower door can be completed by our professional installers in 2 3 hours.

Run a bead of silicone on the underside of the threshold piece image 1. Run a damp sponge over the backer board in the area you intend to tile. Follow the steps necessary to determine where the holes need to be for your anchors. Drill proper holes into the walls for the side rails.

Use a hacksaw to. Clean the tile surface with a household cleaner to remove any film or dirt from the tub ledge and tile surfaces. Make a mark on the tile for the spots where you will be drilling. Make sure that all of your measurements are level and figure out exactly where the hinges for the door will be going.

Spread thin set along the first section of your tile row. Use a small amount of the excess mortar and spread it onto the back of a tile with the notched. Tap a plastic anchor into the pre drilled holes in the tile image 3. Measure the inside width of the shower at the top surface of the tub ledge from wall to wall.

Our shower doors are customized for your space so having a new one ordered fabricated and delivered could take up to 3 weeks. Attach the seal strip to the bottom of the door and cut it to the required length.