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This job was in a granny flat in a rental property. A lot of the time when I'm asked to fix leaking showers it becomes apparent that the shower screen needs replacing.
This can be because of rust, or being physically broken - things like plastic clips and runners have a limited lifespan. It's not a good move to fix a leaking shower, but leave a shower screen in poor condition left behind.
The best time to fix a badly worn or damaged shower screen is when you are having your shower regrouted or re-waterproofed.
I lay drop cloths through the entrance way, then I removed the shower screen doors. I removed one panel at a time and moved it out of the flat, so it wouldn't cause a hazard. I ran a sharp box-cutter blade carefully between the shower screen and the tile to cut the silicone seal all the way up the vertical edges and around the base.
At this point the shower screen started to move around a little bit. I drilled out the pop-rivets holding the top supporting bars and removed them, then did the same for the vertical aluminium uprights for the smallest panel.
Then I very carefully broke away the remaining silicone seal to remove the small panel. I repeated the whole process for the larger panel.
At this stage, all that was left was the aluminium frame.
I undid the screws securing it to the wall and gently pried it off breaking what’s left of the silicone seal between the frame and the tile.
The aluminium tracks at the base of the screen came away easily, only secured with silicone. I removed excess silicone stuck on the tile with a flat safety-blade knife.
Once I finished this, I went on to do a full shower regrout and reseal with epoxy grout, and installed the new shower screen at the end.