Shower Door Keeps Swinging Open

Remove the hinge pins if the door still won t stay open.

Shower door keeps swinging open.

Hit the hinge pin with a hammer. The bent pin should keep the door from swinging open on its own. Latch the door and have a helper steady it while you work. If you have a door that swings all the way open every time you leave it slightly ajar the door frame isn t plumb.

Begin with the bottom pin and work up. On shower doors typically the rollers will be on a hanger bracket that has a few holes in it or a long angled slot. Then tap the outer edge of the. Your shower will have these brackets or some other set up but which ever the case may be there will be a way to adjust the roller.

Typically this sagging occurs on the door s handle side. 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. Repeated opening and closing rough handling and humidity can cause swinging shower doors to sag. Specifically you need to check the hinges handles and latches.

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. Swinging door adjust the frame of the door by loosening all of the frame screws including the handle screws. Damage to the door and frame can result as well as water damage to the floor. Shim the door edge using a two by four and wood shims.