Toilets, Sinks, Showers, Tubs and Disposals - Installing frameless glass neo-angle shower doors and one wall is not plumb?
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ScAndal
05-19-09, 05:07 PM
I've just retiled my entire shower and figured out that one of the walls is way out of plumb. I'm talking about an inch at the top of the shower.
Does anyone have any ideas on how I can compensate for the extra gap?
ScAndal
Does anyone have any ideas on how I can compensate for the extra gap?
ScAndal
DUNBAR PLUMBER
05-24-09, 12:15 PM
Check and see if your base is perfectly level. If it is, you're going to have to create a trim piece to cover up this imperfection.
ScAndal
05-25-09, 05:57 PM
Dunbar,
yes the base is perfectly level. Do you have any ideas on how to create such a trim piece? Does anyone make such a trim piece?
ScAndal
yes the base is perfectly level. Do you have any ideas on how to create such a trim piece? Does anyone make such a trim piece?
ScAndal
DUNBAR PLUMBER
05-25-09, 08:29 PM
It sounds like it will have to be custom made, using creative means. I'd experiment and try to design something to mask the problem.
showerman
05-31-09, 09:57 PM
Hi
I am a contractor that installs shower doors.
You have 2 options to deal with the out of plumb wall.
1. have the glass manufacturer cut the glass out of square to follow the angle of the wall. This is by far the most common way of dealing with the issue.
2. Have the hardware supplier rip a piece of 3/4" U-channel lengthwise from 0" to 3/4" and combine it with an additional piece of 3/4" U-channel screw them to the wall back to back it will create a ppiece of trim that's wider at the top to make up the gap from your out of plumb wall.
I hope this helps.
I am a contractor that installs shower doors.
You have 2 options to deal with the out of plumb wall.
1. have the glass manufacturer cut the glass out of square to follow the angle of the wall. This is by far the most common way of dealing with the issue.
2. Have the hardware supplier rip a piece of 3/4" U-channel lengthwise from 0" to 3/4" and combine it with an additional piece of 3/4" U-channel screw them to the wall back to back it will create a ppiece of trim that's wider at the top to make up the gap from your out of plumb wall.
I hope this helps.