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Do shower door manufacturers know something I don't? *rant*  

post #1 of 14
9/13/05 at 7:53pm
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Hi, thanks for listening...

Who on earth thinks these things are a good idea? Are they meant to be disposable??? Every shower door I have ever had has had this 2 inch space where the doors overlap. There is no earthly way to clean there, especially not down at the bottom where the hardware is, and where all the soap scum collects. No matter how often I clean the rest of my shower, it looks like a digusting mess because of this one area. I have tried a toothbrush, too big. I have tried ear swabs, they fall apart. Is there a tool that I am meant to purchase? The only conclusion I can reach is that the people who invented shower doors must not have to clean their own bathrooms. :
post #2 of 14
9/13/05 at 9:58pm
if anyone has the answer let me know. our new home has these doors and I don't know how to clean them either. *ick* I would like to take them out and hubby wants to keep them..either way it is work for me.
post #3 of 14
9/13/05 at 10:04pm
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I'd take it out in a heartbeat if it were a bathtub. Still, I'm sure it messes up the tile and the edge of the tub to take them out. They're screwed in, aren't they? Huge job. Maybe there's an attachment for the Dremel, lol.
post #4 of 14
9/13/05 at 10:12pm
You can lift them out of the frame to clean them.

But personally, I would take them out. We lived in a rental once that had them, the maintenance guy came to re-calk them, and he filled in the drainage holes. One day, I was in the shower, and they fell in on me. The water had been draining into places it should not have been, and ate away the glue (whatever) that held the doors to the bathtub.
post #5 of 14
9/13/05 at 10:13pm
Can you take the doors out? Every so often, I just have dh take them outside for me, I scrub the doors reallly well and he cleans the attached hardware. He doesn't need any tools or anything to take them out... ours are just like sliding closet doors.

--Olive
post #6 of 14
9/13/05 at 11:07pm
Yeah, shower doors are a major pain. We had to take ours out because of wear and tear some part of the door got bent and they would fall out of the track. I think they are generally dangerous because of the metal track that runs across the tub rim. Small children could really hurt themselves getting out of the tub or anyone for that matter. bad scene all together...

I used to be able to just move the doors around to get that spot where they overlap.
post #7 of 14
9/14/05 at 12:57am
The first thing we did when we bought our house was rip out the shower doors. This house at one time had belonged to my grandparents so I had been hating those doors since I was a kid. Depending on how they were installed there should be little to no damage at all. Along the tub there was a scummy looking line but that eventually came off. Now you can't even tell they used to be there.
post #8 of 14
9/14/05 at 11:11am
I wonder if pipe cleaners would work? Or maybe those special narrow toothbrush-like-things I used to have to clean under and between my braces. Or just rip them out and replace with a natural fiber shower curtain
post #9 of 14
9/14/05 at 1:00pm
I have seen really skinny plastic/wire brushes that are smaller than a toothbrush to fit into spaces like that. We have different shower doors that I hate. They are not connected to anything at the top and bottom, they swing in and out. A rod & shower curtain, why is that so hard for people to put in?
post #10 of 14
9/15/05 at 4:32pm
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Breathless Wonder
You can lift them out of the frame to clean them.


That never even occurred to me....

OK, so I did this yesterday. Took them off, scrubbed them with baking soda, cleaned everything off. It is a lot better.

I really wish I could take them out entirely, but this is a corner shower unit, not a bathtub. The toilet is a scant foot from the doors, so I don't think a curtain would work, even with a tile floor and drain.
post #11 of 14
9/15/05 at 4:51pm
What about one of those steam cleaner things? though you would have to be careful not ot break the glass.

the people that design things never use them I am afraid. They never repair/clean ect to see if it really is user friendly

thankfully we have a curtain
post #12 of 14
9/15/05 at 10:28pm
Yup I used to take them out of the frame to do a good cleaning. Its such a pain though, I was glad to leave them behind when we moved from an apt to a house!
post #13 of 14
9/16/05 at 5:28am
I found this the other day and thought of this thread:

http://www.hometrendscatalog.com/qui...a/0/2/4/034096

have no clue if it works...but you obviously aren't alone in cleaning that tracking lol cause a tool for this is in a catalog.

I hate doors on the shower!


Sherra
post #14 of 14
9/16/05 at 2:51pm
When we built our house I wanted a walk-in shower with just a low (4") threshold at the bottom and no door or curtain at all. I had a very hard time convincing my builder, the guy at the plumbing place where we bought our shower heads (we have two, one on each side and one shower head also has lower body jets), and the tile guy that overspray would NOT be a problem, and it isn't! Even with both shower heads going and the body jets spraying, there is only minimal water on the floor outside (it's tiled so it doesn't matter). I am so, so happy with this arrangement, esp. since my son can crawl in and out of the shower, playing while I shower and we are all happy (and eventually get clean )
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