Yo,
I was trying to help a mate with a shower door problem earlier. It's one of those walk in showers with a glass 'wall', hinged glass door and another bit of glass 'wall'.
The problem is that the hinge recesses cut in the glass to take the hinges may be too 'sloppy' and because the 'grip' between the hinge and the glass isn't rigid, the hinges can swivel, allowing the door to drop (with it binding on the floor) and also open the gap at the top.
This is the hinge sat in the door and wall panel with the clamp plates removed:
It's not too easy to see but you have the square 'U' shaped notches in the glass and wall and then some plastic spacer things and thin, clear plastic (PVC) 'gaskets' that go between the body of the hinge and the glass on one side and the clamp and the glass on the other.
I removed the gaskets and cleaned them and the glass and they seemed to 'stick' to the glass in the same way phone protector films do but I'm not sure the 'grip' is what is supposed to be holding everything in place?
I can't see any makers mark so can't ask them but this process / design seems to be very similar:
And it could actually be these:
Looking at the 3rd diagram it does look like the hinges are supposed to fit in the holes snugly (they certainly don't atm).
I was wondering if I could use some of that two part putty resin to make good the fit between the glass and the hinge, suitably protecting the hinge from the resin before applying? I could do the 'wall' side first and then once hard, mate the hinges into the door the same way?
IOO I think the door is at least 700mm wide x 20000mm high x by either
10 or 12m thick (I can get him to let me know the precise measurements). An online calculator I found suggests that toughened glass (?) of those dimensions would be 35kg (10mm) or 42kg (12mm), so if those dimensions are correct we should still be just ok weight wise (45kg / hinge pair). Just need to ensure the door is no wider than 700mm (according to the loading spec).Cheers, T i m