Shower door does not close properly - normal?

  • Erstellt am 2022-11-28 19:23:11

Riceeee

2022-11-28 19:23:11
  • #1
Dear forum,
my parents recently bought their first house and the renovation is planned to be finished by mid-December.
In advance: I am a layman on this topic, so please don’t take it badly if I express something oddly.

I would like to ask you if it is normal that the doors do not close properly at a 90-degree angle. Because visually, this is not the case for us and the bathroom is also the room where my parents invested the most money for the first time.

The person who built this shower for us is an acquaintance. We saw his shower at his place (we didn’t pay attention to the folded doors) and we liked it visually very much.
When building the bathroom, we fully trusted him, which is why he also chose the materials and everything.
Now we have no idea whether this shower door is correct because we have never seen one that doesn’t close at an approximately 90-degree angle. I haven't found a single shower on the internet that closes like this.
The shower door in his house is also like ours, but visually and also when showering, we wouldn’t like it either if you have to close the door so oddly.
He said he installed it that way intentionally for us and that he can change it, but that he does not take responsibility if something happens later regarding leaks etc.
In this post, I hope to get an answer to whether these shower doors are normal and if we should change them.
I know this post is not very detailed, but I am thankful for any help and also any questions.

 

HausiKlausi

2022-11-28 21:49:36
  • #2
The acquaintance must have mismeasured. A shower door is supposed to prevent H2O from getting outside. If he did it "intentionally" like that, then I would be interested in the intention behind it...
 

kbt09

2022-11-28 21:52:10
  • #3
I also think that a mistake occurred during assembly. I just quickly googled and found various examples of such corner folding door showers that were properly presented. Example:
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Tolentino

2022-11-28 22:00:31
  • #4
Hehe, well the door is too long for the shower enclosure. That's why there's the kink. What he's right about is that if it is installed so that it closes straight, then there will be a leak on the installation side. Because the tiles don't seem to go that far. I assume the door has a standard size of e.g. 90x90 and the shower is only 85x85. The only solution is a shower system that offers enough adjustment options (e.g. in the mounting rail) or is custom made. Or you tile a bit further, which of course looks rather bad afterwards with the large format.
 

Reggert

2022-11-28 22:02:43
  • #5
I only found out live as well

If you get a glass wall for a 120cm shower for example, it is actually only 117cm for example

Our 90x90cm shower for example has a glass wall of 87.5 and one of 86.5cm
If I had done 90x90cm I would have a 5cm gap similar to what you have there

Only option is to reinstall or buy bigger

Why a 90cm wall is only 87.5cm... I can't explain it...
 

kbt09

2022-11-28 22:02:52
  • #6
Good observation from ... you can also clearly see the difference when you look at my find-picture.
 

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