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  • alicenknwn
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    Hi all. Our shower enclosure is about nine years old and the hinges have started to sag, so the door catches on the threshold and there is water on the floor every morning. The glass itself is fine as far as I can tell. I would rather not replace the whole thing if the hardware is the actual problem, but I also do not want to spend money twice. How do you tell whether this is a repair or a replacement, and who handles that kind of assessment? The enclosure is a fixed panel plus a hinged door, nothing complicated in the layout.

    kxf90kost
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    Sagging hinges at nine years is a hardware failure and hardware is replaceable, but the honest answer is that it depends on whether the original hinges are still made and whether the holes in the glass match the new ones. If they do not, you are into a new panel anyway. Get somebody to look rather than guessing from photos. Going through shower glass company near me results, Glass Factory was willing to assess it as a repair first rather than quoting a full replacement immediately, which told me plenty. Ask what brand of hardware goes in, since that decides whether you repeat this in nine years. Get the door realigned properly rather than adjusted, half measures come back.

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