Do It Yourself • Doors • Tips and Tricks

How to Replace Shower Door Rollers

The shower door rollers allow the shower door to be opened without difficulty. After a while, the shower door rollers can become worn out and will need replacement. When that is needed, you can use the following steps when replacing your rollers. This is a repair that can be DIY, so long as you get the right type of shower door rollers and a screwdriver.

Shower Door Replacement

While replacing the shower door rollers, it is necessary to check and see what type of rollers that your shower door uses. There are two types of shower door rollers, which are a flat edge and a round edge. The edge types are what fit into the roller groove, so it is vital to match the right rollers with the type that is going to be replaced for your shower door.

Step 1 – Buy the Replacement Shower Door Rollers

Buy the replacement rollers for your shower door from a hardware center or home improvement store. You need to make certain to match the type of shower door rollers with the type that is at this time installed on your shower doors. If you are not sure whether your shower door has a round edge or a flat edge shower door roller, carry on to Step 2. With that information, you can revisit the home improvement or hardware store and buy the correct shower door rollers.

Step 2 – Take out the Existing Shower Door Rollers

Take out the shower door and haul it off the track that it is attached to. Then lift and pull outward to remove the door from the shower door frame. Remove the shower door rollers using a screwdriver, after removing the shower door from the shower door frame. Merely loosen the screw and pull the roller off of the shower door.

Step 3 – Replace the Shower Door Rollers

Position the replacement shower door rollers on the shower door and then fasten them with the screwdriver. You should ensure that the rollers are fastened firmly to the shower door and are not wobbling or loose.

Step 4 – Place the Shower Door Back in the Frame

After putting the replacement shower door rollers in place, take the shower door and snap it back in place on the track in the shower door frame. You should make sure that the rollers are in contact with the track and pull the door along the frame to make certain that it is in place. You can use spray lubricant in the tract to facilitate the movement of the door in the frame if necessary. It is also worthwhile that you should use a spray lubricant for the new shower door roller that you have installed.

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Do It Yourself • Doors • General Information • Tips and Tricks

How to Repair a Kicked Door

To do the door repair, some of the materials and tools you will need to complete this work are: Screwdriver, Putty knife, Wood glue, Chisel, Clamps, Replacement casing (optional), Hammer, Diagonal pliers, Nail-set, Putty crayon, Stain marker, Finish nails, 1 1/4-inch, and Miter saw (optional).

Kicked Door Repair

On the inner side part of the door, insert the end of a putty knife amid the loose casing on the doorknob side. Use your fingers alongside the putty knife to pull the casing from the jamb at the top where it is still nailed on. Discard it if the casing is split or damaged. You can then use diagonal pliers to pull all the remaining nails out.

In case the crack or split goes behind it you should get rid of the striker plate from the door. Then use a screwdriver in removing the screws holding the striker plate. Get off the plate out of the mortise. You can as well leave it as it is if the striker plate is intact.

Firmly push the fractured jamb back into its original position. Using the putty knife, you should clear out any chips, loose splinters, or debris. You should make sure that the two sides of the jamb fit back together reasonably tightly.

Then pull the split sides of the jamb open. On the blade of the putty knife, you should then spread up the glue. The glue should be applied to all areas that have been split. Put in the putty knife into the crack or split and scratch off the glue until all cracks and splits are soaked up with glue.

Put clamps crosswise the jamb and tighten them until the split in the jamb is tight and glue ooze out from all cracks. The glue should be left to dry for at least one hour.

You can then take out the clamps and use the side of the putty knife to scrape off any residual dried glue. The end of the putty knife is then used to clean up the mortise. In case it has become indistinct, use a chisel to dirt free and cut the edges of the mortise so that the striker plate fits into it as it was before, with the hole in the plate laid over the hole in the jamb. You should afterward screw on the striker plate.

Using 1 1/4-inch finish nails and a hammer, you have to nail the casing back into place. But if you find out that the old piece of the casing was damaged, a miter saw set at 45 degrees should be used to cut an identical piece and nail it on for a replacement.

You should then use a nail-set to tap the nails below the surface of the casing. A color-matched putty crayon is then used to putty out the holes. In the place that the jamb was glued back together, you should use a stain-marker to color the seams and cracks.

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