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The correct method of sealing sliding shower doors
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[QUOTE="Jrterror, post: 924078"] Hi all. I've seen a fair share of very dodgy siliconing around the frames of shower doors. The installation instructions for my shower door state that you should not seal the inside of the frames, only the outside. This make sense to me. But in reality, what does it mean? Do you dry fit the frames and then silicone after. As the instructions appear to depict. (There is very little written direction) Or, would it be best to actually bed the rails on the silicone? Especially the bottom rail. Obviously, only running the sealant along the outer edges of the frames. What I don't understand is if the manufacturers instructions state "seal only the outside", then the screws in the vertical frame will be exposed to any water being driven against the inside of this frame by the shower. Capillary action may draw water between frame and tiles and perhaps far enough across the frame as to corrode the screws. Or penetrate at the screws location. This possibility maybe avoided if you silicone the inner edge of the frame also. But then you risk sealing in any water that may get passed the inner bead of silicone. Unlessssss....you don't silicone to the very bottom of the vertical frame, instead leaving the lower 25mm or so to act as a kind of weep hole, to allow any water to escape back into the tray. So, perhaps a wiser course of action would be to seal the outer edge of the vertical and lower horizontal frame as instructed. But also seal the inside edge of the verticals, except for the lower 25mm, to allow any stray water to safely drain away out of the framework and into the tray. I don't think it wise to seal the inside of the lower horizontal section of frame though. To do so would really block the egress of stray water. What's your opinion? [ATTACH=full]102357[/ATTACH] Ta again in anticipation D [/QUOTE]
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