How to Remove a Glass Shower Door & Update Your Bathroom
If you have a glass shower door on your tub and you don't want it there anymore for aesthetic reasons or because it might not be safe, you are not alone. My mom had two of these in her house when she moved in and she asked me to remove both of them. When I removed one, I discovered it was barely secured to the wall! It came off super easily, which is terrifying. I realized I could take one of these off in about a day and it's not a big deal. Let me show you how I did it.
How to Remove A Glass Shower Door & Update Your Bathroom | Removing the Old Door
First things first, the sides of the shower were secured to the wall with a clear silicone. I was able to remove it by running the box cutter down the side along the silicone to separate the metal side pieces from the wall. Next, there were screws in the side pieces I was easily able to remove with a screwdriver. The bottom piece was only secured with the silicone so it was a little harder to get up because it adheres much better to a bathtub than it did to the tile.
Once I got the frame and everything off of the bathtub, I started removing all of the extra silicone along the walls and tub. This took some time, patience and a little bit of elbow grease. Frankly, it was a little bit gross because some of the silicone in the shower doors was old and dirty.
In order to keep all the silicone and the nastiness in the same place, I was careful to scrape it off and then push it into the tub which made cleaning up a lot easier. There were some spots that were a lot harder to work with, and I found adding Goo Gone to those areas made the silicone come up a lot easier. I made sure to get every last bit of silicone because, trust me, leaving any residual would look bad and just collect mold and mildew. I did all of this in about three days working sporadically, but it could easily have been done in a day if I worked straight through. The shower door was in perfectly good condition so, instead of throwing it away, I donated it to the local Habitat for Humanity Restore store where I knew it would be put to good use.
How to Remove A Glass Shower Door & Update Your Bathroom | Installing the Rod
We noticed after the glass was gone that the shower felt SO much bigger. The glass is really confining so removing it gave anyone showering a lot more room. After fully removing the glass shower, I went on to adding a shower curtain. I got a curved shower rod that is secured with tension instead of screws so it was super easy to install. The curved curtain rod makes the shower feel bigger and as an added bonus the curtain doesn't attack someone when they shower!
I made sure to hang it as high as possible because it makes the room look bigger. It's the same concept as hanging curtains as close to the ceiling as possible to make a room look bigger. For this shower curtain, I got double-sided hooks so a liner could be on one side and a fabric curtain could be on the outside. Because I used a plastic liner on the inside, I was able to use a simple window curtain on the outside. The finished product was a much more spacious looking bathroom and a more luxurious shower experience for my moms guests! You can find anything I used in this project linked below.
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