Browse Forums Bathrooms and Laundry 1 May 01, 2012 8:52 pm We are having a frameless shower installed across a 2.2meter shower. The shower guys made a mistake with the size of one panel but will be back tomorrow to finish the install. My issue is the movement of the installed panel it is wobbly when you open the door. They have said they will need to add a frame to the top to stiffen it up. This is not what I want. Is this normal? Is there a way of doing this without a frame such as more attachments? Door was installed opening in instead of out as well. Never ending probs! See my crap phone photo and please offer so e advice. I feel we have been forced to compromise on all our ideas so far. I am so over renovating! Re: Frameless shower problems 2May 01, 2012 9:22 pm I would imagine this is a problem with all frameless shower screens unless its attached to the ceiling or make it thicker. Building with Jandson Homes - Eclipse 18. http://adgnetworks.blogspot.com/ Re: Frameless shower problems 3May 01, 2012 9:53 pm Firstly, I gather the shower door needs to either hinge both ways, or open out (or so we were told for NSW). Secondly, what our screen supplier did was have a "shampoo shelf" of a quarter of circular glass close to the top of the screen (on the piece supporting the glass door, as that bears a lot more torque), which made the screen rock solid. Re: Frameless shower problems 4May 02, 2012 11:01 am Your shower is almost identical to mine and yea they have to have the piece across the top. Mine is just another piece of glass about 150mm wide. Very minimal flex in the screen now. When you ask for a frame less screen you will run into problems. The frame is usually where the stability for the glass comes from, if you take it away you either need really thick glass (like 30-40mm thick) or another way of adding strength. The problem with ours was we wanted to have half fixed and half door, but the size of it was too large for a door >1m wide we ended up with a layout like yours as well. Re: Frameless shower problems 6May 02, 2012 12:59 pm Apart from the problems you have had it looks like they have installed it correctly with enough attachment points. This is the problem with frame less glass its very hard to have zero flex without a frame. Your only option is to have the two fixed panels joined with a stiffening strip across the top. Cutting Edge Kitchens and Cabinet Making http://cuttingedgekitchens.net.au http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cutting-Edge-Kitchens/290484196676 Mobile : 0419 430 575 PH: 9452 4772 Fax :9452 4772 cuttingedgekitchens@outlook.com Re: Frameless shower problems 7Jul 10, 2012 11:18 am The correct design and install of that shower screen is that it requires a gusset or lid (or shampoo shelf). Honestly for safety purposes we always install what would be the left and right panels first, and then come back to install the door 48 hours later. This allows the shower to be without the bracket on the floor, be completely silicone fixed (for a true frameless/bracketless look across the bottom that doesn't draw the eye), the gusset holds everything solid once the silicone has gone off, and the door is safely hung. Also what is standard is for the wall brackets to be in line/at the same height as the hinges for aesthetic reasons. Also with the configuration of your shower, I would not be surprised to find that in the future the panel on the wall pulls 2-4mm with the weight without a gusset to reinforce, causing the top right corner of your door to hit the top left corner of the right panel, risking an exploding panel of glass. Just something to keep an eye on. We get requests for service calls regularly for this kind of issue, for the same kind of installs from other shower screen companies. 2 4722 I am not a brick expert, but rendering would be 1 option, it would be costly to do the entire house though.... 2 7123 Hi all, has anyone been ask to do the weeds in their property while in the middle of build? We are under the impression that they are in control of the site while they… 0 4000 |