Proper Gap For Shpwer Glass Doors

The standard tolerance for frameless shower glass is plus or minus 1 8.

Proper gap for shpwer glass doors.

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. The top of a knee wall will be made of glass. 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. The door guy said 24 inches is a good number depending of course on your ceiling height.

It is 1 8 at the top and 3 8 at the bottom. It s important to keep in mind the limitations of the fabricator and the installer. I think they did this to try and mask the gap. In other words the swinging shower door cannot be notched to accommodate the knee wall.

That s with floor to door top height of 7 feet. Determine the distance from wall to wall at the top and bottom of the opening. 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. I design frameless showers every day and install the complicated ones.

The gap should be 3 8 total or 3 16 at each side of the door or less is ideal. We use 1 4 at the hinge side and 3 16 at the strike side. That way you can modify the fixed panel to accommodate the knee wall instead of trying to modify the door. 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. 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. If your shower includes a knee wall it is better to include in line panel in your design. The measurements should be to the nearest 1 16 inch.

Also they put a plastic sweep along the edge. The gap you are showing is 3 8 that s about 1 8 to 3 16 above the accepted norm. This is the industry standard. This is a new construction not an existing bathroom.

This doesn t seem unreasonable. I ve asked the contractor to replace it. Measure the opening height. The standard tolerance for frameless shower glass is plus or minus 1 8.

Hinge side gap is 5 at the top 25 in the middle and 25 at the bottom. It s important to keep in mind the limitations of the fabricator and the installer. 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.