Shower Door Keeps Swinging Open

Repeated opening and closing rough handling and humidity can cause swinging shower doors to sag.

Shower door keeps swinging open.

To learn how to keep a door open shim the door and knock out the upper hinge pin. Your shower will have these brackets or some other set up but which ever the case may be there will be a way to adjust the roller. When a shower door sags it is nearly impossible to close it snugly if at all. If you have a door that swings all the way open every time you leave it slightly ajar the door frame isn t plumb.

Latch the door and have a helper steady it while you work. The bent pin should keep the door from swinging open on its own. Depending on where you position the roller in these holes or slot will adjust the height of the door. Typically this sagging occurs on the door s handle side.

Swinging door adjust the frame of the door by loosening all of the frame screws including the handle screws. Remove the hinge pins if the door still won t stay open. Begin with the bottom pin and work up. Specifically you need to check the hinges handles and latches.

Hit the hinge pin with a hammer. Then tap the outer edge of the. Shim the door edge using a two by four and wood shims. On shower doors typically the rollers will be on a hanger bracket that has a few holes in it or a long angled slot.