Shower Door Keeps Swinging Open

Shim the door edge using a two by four and wood shims.

Shower door keeps swinging open.

The bent pin should keep the door from swinging open on its own. Typically this sagging occurs on the door s handle side. Remove the hinge pins if the door still won t stay open. On shower doors typically the rollers will be on a hanger bracket that has a few holes in it or a long angled slot.

Specifically you need to check the hinges handles and latches. When a shower door sags it is nearly impossible to close it snugly if at all. Shower door scrapes the bottom of the shower pan edge when opening and closing shower door is loose and needs tightening for the above shower door repairs the fix usually has to do with tightening up things. Begin with the bottom pin and work up.

Damage to the door and frame can result as well as water damage to the floor. Swinging door adjust the frame of the door by loosening all of the frame screws including the handle screws. Angle the blade of a large flathead screwdriver against the tip of the hinge pin and tap the base of the screwdriver to push the pins upward and out. Hit the hinge pin with a hammer.

Latch the door and have a helper steady it while you work. Repeated opening and closing rough handling and humidity can cause swinging shower doors to sag. Then tap the outer edge of the. To learn how to keep a door open shim the door and knock out the upper hinge pin.