Installation Guide

READ - Warnings and General Shower Door Information
on this page before beginning installation
Thank you for purchasing this outstanding product!
This booklet will help you install your units safely and successfully.
SAFETY
WARNINGS:
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Follow instructions: Instructions must be read and followed carefully to reduce the risk of serious injury during
and after installation. Any deviation from these instructions can create safety hazards.
General Safety Notes:
- Tempered Glass: All glass panels are safety tempered to conform to general building codes. The intent of tempering
is to reduce the risk of injury. Be careful handling tempered glass. Pay special attention to protect all edges of the glass
from contact with hard surfaces.
- Proper backing: Hinge and header block screws should always screw directly into studs or other structurally
sound material. Wall anchors are primarily used to separate the screw from tile to reduce possibility of cracking.
- Exposed ends of aluminum and other hard components can be rough, sharp or jagged due to the processes of
cutting, drilling, notching, etc. Sharp ends must be deburred, smoothed or rounded by the installer before installation.
Failure to do so could result in serious injury to installer and user of the enclosure.
- Sliding and swinging glass doors hitting any unprotected bathroom obstruction or metal or glass component of the
shower door itself, may indicate improper installation and could lead to glass breakage or serious injury. The installer
must correct the deficiencies before allowing the door to be used.
- Towel Bars, handles and other accessories are in no way considered to be grab bars or other bracing or fall
prevention mechanisms. The intent of these accessories is to facilitate proper operations and esthetics of the unit.
Drilling holes in horizontal surfaces:
Drilling holes to anchor horizontal sills and curbs to thresholds and tub decks is discouraged. Using masking tape or
double-sided tapes to secure non-load bearing components during installation (permanently secured later with
silicone/caulking) is one technique to help minimize potential of water leaking underneath flooring. These instructions do
not recommend drilling holes on horizontal surfaces for this reason.
Shower Door Facts
Shower Doors are Not Watertight:
Depending on the type of shower door selected, a properly designed and installed shower enclosures will protect areas
outside of the enclosure from water damage under normal shower conditions to varying degrees. Excessive water
pressure or directing the shower head or hand held sprays directly at doors or joints is not a normal shower conditions
and can result a leak. The amount of water that can escape your shower varies by the type of shower as well. Heavy
glass units with no or limited vinyl seals will allow water to escape under normal conditions. In general, the more metal
and seals in the unit, the more water protection will be achieved.
Metal Finishes
- Anodized Aluminum:
The color of anodized Silver, Brushed Nickel, Satin Silver, Dark Bronze, and Gold anodized aluminum will vary between
adjacent components because of variblities within polishing, anodizing process and alloy composition. We make every
effort to limit the variation; but, it is allowable and must be accepted.
- Electro Plated Brass and Stainless Steel:
The color of Silver, Brushed Nickel, Satin Silver, Oil Rubbed Bronze, Dark Bronze, and Gold electro plated components
will also vary. This is allowable. Most of these finishes are also “living finishes”, meaning, they may change, wear,
weather, show patina, oxidize, etc. over the life of the product. This is allowable.
- Powder Coat:
This is a painting process and therefore can achieve the best color matching. Power coat paint, however, is less durable
at joints of moving components and at edges that have been cut after the powder coat has cured. Some flaking or
chipping in these areas are allowable.
- All Metal:
Any metal component (and glass components as well) will have limited scratches and pits. We make every effort to limit
them; but, they are allowable and must be accepted.
Cleaning and Care:
Refer to your owners manual for cleaning and care instructions.
Questions or Comments:
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