Advice: The job involves removing the doors, then the top, side and bottom tracks — in that order. And filling the holes left behind is simple, with the right materials.
I want to remove a sliding glass shower enclosure from a tub with tile walls. How do I do this, including patching the holes in the tile?Glass shower enclosures come in a few different styles, but in general the process involves removing the doors, then the top, side and bottom tracks — in that order.Sometimes you can just stand in the tub and lift and tilt the inside door to disengage the rollers that ride in the top rail.
Next comes the top rail. It just sits on the tops of the side rails but the installer might have secured this connection with silicone caulk. If there is caulk, cut through it with a utility knife, taking care not to scratch the tile. If you are dealing with a fiberglass tub surround, you need to be even more careful.The side rails come next. These are the only pieces that are screwed in place, but there is probably silicone caulk here too.
. Use a gel remover so it will cling to the vertical surface, and check the label to make sure the remover is okay to use with the type of surround you have. The Goo Gone formula, a gel, is fine to use on both fiberglass and tile, and the label says it softens both silicone and acrylic caulk. Because you’re dealing with cured caulk, wait at least two hours — and up to seven — for the caulk to soften enough so you can cut through it. The remover is a petroleum-based solvent, so wear gloves.
Once you remove both side rails, free the bottom rail. It’s just held on with caulk, but by this point you should be experienced in removing that.Finish up by removing all of the caulk remnants. Scrape off as much as possible, using a razor blade held as flat as possible to the surface. Remove the final remnants with caulk remover. Wash off any remaining remover with warm, soapy water.
To patch the holes, use a two-part filler made for holes in automobile bodies. A customer service representative for Bondo, a 3M brand, recommended using fiberglass filler, which is waterproof, over regular auto body filler, which is not. But she said either would work as long as you paint the patches, which you would want to do anyway to match the tile and to protect the patch from cleaning solutions.
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