Installing A Shower Door 

Installing a swinging shower door using some unconventional methods. The make and model of the door is not important, since this video is more about the procedure than specific details related to the product itself. The kit came with stainless steel mounting screws for the hinge side frame, but they were too short to reach the framing inside the wall. I bought longer ones to replace the two at the top of the frame to anchor it better, since that carries the bulk of the weight of the door. Here are some ways that you can help support the work I do in making these videos: Plans for sale: ibuildit.ca/plans/ Patreon: www.patreon.com/user?u=865843&ty=h Website: ibuildit.ca/ Facebook: facebook.com/I-Build-It-258048014240900/ Instagram: instagram.com/i_build_it.ca/ Google+: plus.google.com/u/0/b

If every tradesman worked like this, we'd all live in very nice houses indeed.

I am absolutely astounded at the craftsmanship of this, i’ve never lived in a nice house, and this just makes me want to work even harder to get there.

i opened a box and was stunt by useless manual. After watching this video i finaly got an idea of what iam doing and it end up being nice and easy. Thank you for this video.

That looks a really clean and sharp job right there!

You've given the shower a clean, sophisticated look. Excellent!

Man, i really like your choice of material and design. That is going to be an awesome house.

the bathroom looks beautiful, John! you're a big inspiration!

Shower looks great John. The tiles you've chosen look very classy.

Beautiful workmenship John, bathroom/shower looks top notch

Good morning John: Your bathroom is looking really good. l like the crisp white look.

Awesome job John. Looks great !!

I like the colors of the tile. Nice work

A beautiful shower. Nice work!

Looks fantastic! A job well done. I love the grinder method. Fantastic "problem" solving.

Looks great John!

Maxx needs to add your video to their website, or at very least change their instructions. I found out the hard way that you were exactly right about attaching the door before installing the wall frame on the opposite side of the hinge wall. I now have a hole exposed on my marble threshold. Not impressed! I am very much a handy man... have been renovating homes for over 30 years and have always had compliments on my work, so this was not a rookie mistake, just wrong instructions. Good for you for making this video, I wish I had of watched it before installing the wall frame. People...Listen to this man, he knows what he’s talking about!

Thank you - very informative, I was a little skeptical after going through the instructions that came with the door, after watching your video, installation went without a hitch!

Great vid, I'm always trying to get my silicone in the slots.

Very nice choice of tiles looks great.

Congratulations, That's a really beautiful shower

A job well done! Happy showering....thanks for the videos.

Nice work. Angle grinder idea is something I might try since porcelain is so hard to drill even with a good proper bit. Better safe than sorry to not chip or crack the tiles!

Great looking shower, thanks for sharing those tips.

A center punch on tiles? I can't unsee tiles breaking in my mind. There are special drill bits extra for tiles. I didn't know them either until they came included with my shower doors. You did it great and thought of the important things. And I personally wouldn't mind the slots behind this rail.

Excellent john

BRAVO. YOU ARE ONE OF THE BEST TALENTED TRADESMAN I HAVE EVER WATCHED.🥇🏆 YOU ARE QUALIFIED TO DO AND FIX MANY THINGS WITH NOTHING.👏

Nice job. Clear cut steps. Nice BOC t-shirt.

Cool idea with using the grinder to cut slots. I hate drilling porcelain tiles as much as I do installing them!😎 Gonna put that tip in the tool bag👍

Mate fantastic video, thank you! I just installed a frameless pivot door and noted your trouble with the drilling. I drilled 2 holes and then broke the bottom tile! I knew I should've used my angle grinder, which I did for the rest of the holes. Anyway, the crack in the tile ran vertically (PHEW!) and is hidden by the metal frame. I knew I should've used the grinder for the holes but nope, I'm a stubborn fella and wanted to do it right (?). I've drilled all kinds of masonry before except porcelain tile. 10 minutes per hole. Wow. Or 3 minutes to grind all 5.

I already have a similar door but it needs replaced. I really hope to be able to use the holes that already exist but I appreciate your helpful installation techniques here, thanks for a great video!

Looks great!

Great work and appreciate the tile piercing tip.

that shower looks real good man!

That bathroom looks SO much better than when you first got it haha! What an upgrade!

Thank you very much for your trouble. I'm on my third 'tile' drill and getting nowhere. So now I'll use my grinding wheel. Yay.

Glass drill works wonders on tile to get the hole. Sharp profiled carbide bit really does a good job making the initial hole through the tile, then you change to a regular SDS masonry drill when you are on the tile adhesive and the wall.

Amazing! Good music at the end! 👌🏻

Great work.

When I drill into ceramic tiles I start drilling counter clockwise, so you can set up a nice and smooth round reference to start drilling. This helps to remove the hard surface of the tile. I even use the hammer function, but on low velocity and on a slow and steady drilling, not pressing the drill trigger completely. After this, I change the rotation and drill normally, with the hammer function too.

Great video John. Regarding your usage of silicone caulk- I'm in the process of rehabbing my 30 year old ceramic tile shower with a glass shower door. My old shower door has the same basic design as the door you installed. My shower door has weeped water from the bottom corners of door, where the aluminum extrusion meets the corner of the tile, since the day we moved in. When I removed the door, I was expecting to see old silicone caulk, IN ALL THE PLACES that you caulked, but there wasn't any caulk. No wonder the damn thing leaked all these years! Your video confirmed my thoughts on all the places I need to caulk when I reinstall the old door. People are thinking, "Why are you reinstalling a 30 year old shower door?". We're selling the house and I just want to make the shower clean and watertight - Let the next owner invest in a new bathroom.

I never thought to grind out slots before, but it's getting covered anyway so why not! However, I used a Milwaukee 1/4" diamond grit hole saw bit, the shank type so it fit in my impact drill, my favorite tool on the planet. The bit works wonders with porcelain tiles just keep adding water to help the cutting process and cool the bit down, or spitting on where you're drilling if no third hand is present to spritz water, sorry for being gross. I'm very sure you know this already John, but I figured I'd throw it out there. I love your shower and how hard your working on the renovation. I'm excited for you and I'm looking forward to seeing more!

Simply beautiful

When I have to make holes in hard tiles I usually use a dremel with a tungsten carbide rough milling bit. With 20k rpm the material starts glowing at the contact point, so the thing can crack if not careful. But it's faster than grinding through the usual way with the cordless drill, like you started out. :)

Good call not putting silicone on both sides and trapping water inside that's something most people wouldn't think of. I'm not sure why your instructions didn't mention but standard procedure on pretty much every shower door I've installed (Plumber for over 10 years) is to silicone the outside rather than the inside. That way if any water water gets in there (for instance through the seam where the piece with the magnetic strip is fitted into the door jam) is stays on the "wet" side of the silicone rather than getting out of the shower. I doubt you'll have any issues leaving it as is but thought it should be mentioned for some of the other people watching this video for advice. Other than that the install looks great, I've known plenty of contractors who do everything they can to avoid installing shower doors.

No polyurethane construction adhesive? I'm disappointed. 😉

that is a great idea.I have been there and gone thru 5 - 6 bits

wonderful video man thank you so much is just what I need

I watched you use the cordless angle grinder so much that I decided to buy the same one myself. It's just so versatile in your hands. You should have put an affiliate link for that.

Hi John, I know all about the problems with drilling into porcelain tiles and the drills for the porcelain are expensive and basically rubbish, however over in the UK we use Bosch blue multi construction drill bits and these tend to work slot better, with these drills you could get a couple of holes drilled if you keep dipping the bit into water to cool it down. Keep up the good work. Stewart

I liked that grinder trick

Looks good man. Diamond tip drill bits are worth the investment. They would make short work of the porcelain.

Thanks a lot

Very nice

As a tile guy don't use anything besides diamond on any tile. Use a diamond bit for your holes. You can always make it a hair bigger and use silicone to fill the extra room, or use a longer screw to screw into the studs. You've got to mark the studs before you set the tiles, i normally mark on the ceiling and go off of that. Edit: i forgot to say when you drill the holes use a wet grout sponge to keep the bit cool otherwise your $25 diamond bit will burn up after the 3rd hole.

I think the only reason why the manufacturer doesn't want you to seal these pieces shut is because condensate is going to form inside. I would have sealed everything except the bottom parts that face the shower to allow the water to return in the shower ( I am assuming you gave that bottom trim of porcelain a pitch towards the shower ) . Great video as always ! Unconventional method for sure , but I dont see an issue with the install.

Do you have a video showing the installation of the concrete shower base? I saw there is one where you do the pebble tile, but the base was already there when that video started. Thanks!

Great stuff! Why the instructions do not mention sealing the inside of the trim is weird. I had a similar door installed in my shower and the instructions mentioned to seal the OUTSIDE of the trim. The installer followed the instructions and water eventually seeped through the tile and underlay and slowly made it to the kitchen ceiling on the lower floor. I sealed the INSIDE of the trim much like you just did and that seemed to do the trick. Funny thing is, after 10 years of cleaning the shower, the silicon started wearing away and proceeded to leak into the kitchen again. My next honey-do listed item is to remove all the old silicon, take apart the shower door, clean everything up again and reinstall and seal everything up. Makes me wonder if the look of tile is worth all this trouble. The tile install was A+ job by qualified tiler, but shower seems to leak a little at the door and corners.

Trank you sir !

Ziet er netjes uit maar ik heb dit ook bij mijn oma ervaren maar ik heb me toen een set boren gekocht en die gebruik ik nog steeds. Als ik jou was had ik dat ook gedaan want dit is een beetje zonde van je tegels. Was wel een leuke video en ik blijf zeker nog vaker naar jou kijken.

That's really tidy.

Bosch multi construction drills are the trick.

Thanks.

Nice looking shower, doing mine soon. What make of door did you use, looks solid.

Looks great! You've got good taste John. Really classy choices in that bathroom.

Do tile drillbits not do so well with porcelain tiles?

5:04 angry sun flare ahoy :D

A nice looking shower enclosure.

Hi, I'm not sure if I haven't seen it, but didn't you use dowels or rawlplugs for the screws?

Hello John, this is al just wanted to know what brand is the the shower door brand you installed? Great video very informative.

Funnily enough I have just had an absolute bas#ard of a day drilling porcelain tiles! 12 holes, 15 mins per hole on the slowest speed imaginable, only 3 holes out of each bit, the best tile bits I could afford. I was losing the will to live.

Could you have used a masonry drill for concrete? Aren't those diamond tipped? Or would they ruin the tile?

I’m trying to install my own shower door, but the hinge side wall is not plum. It goes from 0 to about 1/2 on the top of the track. Can I still install it? What do you think? Thank you.

Do you install the bottom part first or after the sides?

why did you delete the video from the deck that had the foundation with beams lying on the ground? That video was very good

videos from the echo chamber.... recording in a bathroom is tough! Hey, is that one of those Klein 11-in-1 screwdrivers? Got one of those at work... That's a great quick-change multi-tip screwdriver.

Don't they sell widia drill bits? (tungsten carbide in english i think) HEre where i live are the most common drill bits you can buy in stores, maybe is because our houses and buildings are made with concrete, briks and stone, and if you don have them is imposible to hang even a picture o the wall

inexperienced question here - i've seen you use the roof tiles for a 'gasket', but i don't think i've seen you screw the base board (of whatever wall) into the floor. i know it's got to be supported, so did you screw it in, or did i just miss that?

Awesome looking shower, that tile is remarkable!. Why didn't you get a porcelain tile drill bit from Amazon for $10? That would be better than cutting a slot in the tile.

That tiling looks great. Question regarding the door; the kit comes with metal framing that you can cut to size but the glass door itself is obviously a fixed size - does that mean they sell the kit with a few different sizes of glass door? Also when you framed out the walls did you make the width of that opening a standard size or had you bought the shower door in advance and made the width to accommodate that particular door?

you can definitely use a hammer drill on tile, just not at the beginning, you have to break through the top coat first, don't know if that works on all tiles though.

Awesome. let me know if you ever decide to sell your house!

Blue Oyster Cult. Yeah!

💥✨💥 Great, informative video. Thanks for the info but I see that you don’t reply to anyone. I’m wondering if you did this alone or needed help with the panel because of its weight. ✌🏼

Looks simple enough. Has anyone here installed one of these glass doors in a fibreglass shower stall? It has slightly rounded corners at the bottom. Not sure how the square edge of a door like this would fit.

note ..... after drilling into that tile and heating up the bit to red hot 1000 degrees , DONT inadvertently lay your drill on the vinyl plank floor for the bit to melt a hole in the floor ... 😵‍💫🤯

And they last a long time

I agree with extra silicone, it's cheap insurance.

Diamond drill is way to go for stone tiles

The biggest question is why if I am subscribed to this channel did this video not show up in my subscriptions feed?

avec un forêt spécial carrelage ou céramique, tous les trous sont faits en 2 minutes... ;-)

I use hammer drill slow not fast keep drill cool

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Hi john, I use these type of holesaws ,they are specially made for anglegrinders . I have them as small to 6mm for plugs ,and then the most usual sizes you need for most standard plumbing (water and draining pipe sizes). www.cutsdiamant.com/tools/Diamond%20hole%20saw%20bits%20for%20porcelain%20and%20ceramic/122.html

well it about time ;-p you can finally take a shower..

Some men just want to watch the world burn. I like it!

Oh no! A grinder with no guard!

I thought you were looking grimey, now you can actually take a shower.

If you don't like vacuuming, stick an open envelope right beneath the holes you're drilling. Works like a charm.

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