Proper Gap For Shpwer Glass Doors

The gap from glass to glass where the strike side of the door meets the fixed panel at the vertical gap is normally 3 16.

Proper gap for shpwer glass doors.

It s important to keep in mind the limitations of the fabricator and the installer. The top of a knee wall will be made of glass. As the door is currently installed the strike side gap is 1 1 8 at the top 1 3 8 in the middle and 1 1 2 at the bottom. The measurements should be to the nearest 1 16 inch.

If these differ select a door using the larger width for a bypass door or the smaller width for a pivot door. If your shower includes a knee wall it is better to include in line panel in your design. I think they did this to try and mask the gap. The gap should be 3 8 total or 3 16 at each side of the door or less is ideal.

Hinge side gap is 5 at the top 25 in the middle and 25 at the bottom. This is the industry standard. Also they put a plastic sweep along the edge. The standard tolerance for frameless shower glass is plus or minus 1 8.

That s with floor to door top height of 7 feet. This doesn t seem unreasonable. That way you can modify the fixed panel to accommodate the knee wall instead of trying to modify the door. We use 1 4 at the hinge side and 3 16 at the strike side.

The standard tolerance for frameless shower glass is plus or minus 1 8. It is 1 8 at the top and 3 8 at the bottom. To my dismay there s a 1 2 inch space between the glass door and the adjoining glass attached to the wall as well as at the bottom of the door itself. Kitchen bath and glass.

In other words the swinging shower door cannot be notched to accommodate the knee wall. I design frameless showers every day and install the complicated ones. This is the industry standard. The glass was custom measured but when the door was installed the gap between the door and the adjacent glass isn t uniform.

The gap you are showing is 3 8 that s about 1 8 to 3 16 above the accepted norm. Measure the opening height. To cover up the space they installed a transparent flap that s supposed to close the gap. I ve asked the contractor to replace it.

Determine the distance from wall to wall at the top and bottom of the opening. This is a new construction not an existing bathroom. There are many variables that effect the gap you can achieve the 1st of them is the glass fabricator they cut the glass to one size and then polish it down to the finished size the standard for the industry is or 1 8 that a whopping 1 4.