How To Fit Shower Door Rollers

While in previous decades these shower doors were commonly bought and used with the rollers already in place another modern alternative is to install the rollers on different doors to create an alternative look for a bathroom.

How to fit shower door rollers.

We often get asked if we can advise customers on how to remove and replace their shower door rollers or wheels. Remove the doors and adjust the rollers. While there are hundreds of roller types and shower styles there are often similarities in how a roller or wheel is attached to the shower door and is removed or fits into the shower casement. Roller assembly outside door.

Install the outside rollers with the tab on the clamp on top. Simply loosen the screw should be a philips head screw or hex screw and pull the roller off of the shower door. Hanging the door panels. Install shower door rollers although kohler and sterling use several different types of rollers for their shower doors the basic installation and replacement of all the rollers are the same.

Place the replacement shower door rollers on the shower door and fasten them. Place the rollers on the top frame flange of both door panels and secure them with lock washers and machine screws. Sliding shower doors operate on a roller system so that they move easily in and out of the shower entrance. Proper installation is important as incorrect installation can cause the doors to slide poorly make grinding noises and or even jump the track.

Prepare the doors by installing roller and if applicable handle towel bar hardware. Installing the door panels is easiest from outside the shower. Using the screwdriver remove either the guide rail that runs along the edge of the door or the plastic guide that sits in the middle of the lower track. The outside glass door panel is positioned closest to the shower.

The holes for the rollers are 2 1 4 57 mm from the top of the glass.