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Curbless shower-how to keep water from leaking under the shower doors.

7 years ago

Hi All,

I recently put a curb less shower in the master bathroom (LOVE IT), however whenever we turn the shower on with any pressure, the water gravitates under the shower doors and puddles in the middle of the room. The floor is sloped, however it becomes level right under the shower door entry tile. Is there any kind of removable water stopper, that I could put down whenever we use the shower, then remove, that would keep the water in, or any other suggestions. The contractor said we can build a step around the shower, but I just love the seamless look...Thank you!




Comments (15)

  • PRO
    7 years ago

    The shower floor should have been pitched towards the drain to avoid this. There is a clear strip that you might be able to slide under the door, but you would keep it there all the time. (assuming it will fit, it looks like the glass it pretty tight t the floor.

  • PRO
    7 years ago

    Depending on who made it and there may be a plastic/rubber sweep available, you'd want to call the company. However, a frameless shower like this doesn't usually carry a guarantee not to leak. Your builder should have plotted this out much better than he did.

  • 7 years ago

    Thank you.

  • 7 years ago
    I had the same issue with my curb less shower in my last house. I couldn't find a strip that worked well, but turning the shower head slightly inward towards wall did the trick. it then hit the sloping floor dead on and was never a problem. The only solution that worked.
  • PRO
    7 years ago

    If you do find a strip, have the contractor who installed the shower stall do the installation, especially if it requires taking the door down to install the strip.

  • 7 years ago
    last modified: 7 years ago

    Hello Idisarro, We just remodeled our master bathroom with a curbless shower and we’re having the same problem that you mentioned. The shower enclosure people put a metal bar right at the door to hold the water in (see photo attached). It helped but it didn’t solved the problem. I would like to know if you were able to solve the problem in your shower. We’re at the point that we’re wondering if we should ask the contractor to build the curb and re-do the shower enclosure because we just want to be done with this issue.

    We hope to hear from you and your experience. Thanks


  • 7 years ago

    The shower floor wasn’t slanted enough to draw the water to the drain. The only real solution may be to glue a clear rubber piece the length of the shower opening. Place it directly under the location of the shower door when it is closed. It will blend into the floor visually but may fix the seepage problem.

  • 7 years ago

    This is how my curbless shower enclosure looks

  • 7 years ago

    My glass shower doors have a clear plastic sweep that slides on. I just replaced it and found the same one at Home Depot.

  • 5 years ago

    Hi Chris, I am having the same issue with my curbless shower. I also have the metal strip but water leaking. Did you end up building the curb? I‘m wondering the same thing, if I should add the curb and redo the doors. Thanks.

  • 5 years ago

    Can you get the installer to switch the position of the door a d the glass to the left? Your door is right where the water comes down so there’s more water coming out at a weak place. It’s easier to turn on the water w/o getting wet but...

  • 4 years ago

    I have been dealing with a similar issue of water flowing out from under the door. The shower installer put a metal strip, when we first observed this flow. He was able to install that without removing the door. It helped a bit but didn’t block the water flow completely. The other solution that was suggested, is to move the glass enclosure to the point where the floor tile is sloping towards the drain (currently the glass is on the flat portion just when the slope ends). The issue with moving the glass is that we will have to deal with the holes in the tiles at the old location. Not sure how bad/ugly that will look and if this move will actually solve the water leak issue.

  • 4 years ago

    @Cris Romero-Hodson sorry it ended up that way, but thanks for taking the time to share and educate others!

  • last year

    Now writing in 2025 about my curbless shower. We finally decided to have the curb built around the shower so we also had to redo the shower enclosure. They recommended a sliding door and we moved the position of the door to the left, on the other side of the showerhead. Eventhough we discussed it, at the end the openning between the doors was positioned towards the showerhead, we wanted it facing the fixed panel. We cannot believe things don’t come out as planned but.. it works!

    so there’s no water leaking outside the shower enclosure. Another thing we did is changing the linear shower drain strainer to a deeper one that we got in Amazon. That helps to not get accumulation of water frequently or have to clean the drain strainer everytime we use the shower.

    Total cost $2,700 to get a shower with no worries about water leaking. Finally 👏🏼