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What is going on here...

6 years ago

I'm in the midst of a major renovation in which these shower doors were installed incorrectly. The obvious error is that they installed the right side at 3/4" away from the curb edge and on the left they installed at 1 1/2" away from the curb edge. Completely crooked from left to right by 3/4".


Upon closer inspection I see a 'whole lot of things here that appear wrong' and do not line up with the manufacturer's specifications. This shower base and doors were very expensive and I'm hoping someone can help shed light and advise. Ive spent the day on manufacturer's website and can't reach anyone as its the weekend.


The brand is Fleurco and the shower base is called Aurora and the doors are called Latitude. Base was ordered as being 36" depth x 60" wide.


QUESTION - When I measure the depth from the wall (after tiling in which 1' disappears to tile flange and tile - see diagram) I'm at 35" to the outside curb meaning when inside the shower as of right now there is only 32" of actual shower space! Is that normal? When you purchase a 36" shower are you not expecting 36" of actual shower room? Is this how all showers that are sold with a base sized?


With the doors being installed crooked and the manufacturer says they are to be installed with the frame on center, in order to correct I will have even less room and now everything as in fixtures are off center. This all seems wrong to me ... I feel in order to keep everything as best as I can to center and to maximize showering space I feel we would have to re-install the frame not on center but right to the edge ... it seems to me something is very wrong here and I can't figure it out. I feel the installer may have made other errors and I'm trying to figure this out. You will see that the writing on the glass doors is upside down, that can't be right. Plus why do I see a gasket on my doors...minor but still?


I'm so fed up with this garbage ... as you can see the whole bathroom is already tiled and they drilled into the tile and now its wrong and everything is starting to go off center and he insists that the fix is to bring in the 3/4" side even more as he says it will be center and that old holes will be covered by frame (which I don't believe the frame is wide enough to cover holes) but that means from inside the shower the moving door wouldn't even be flush with the curb, rather it would start to protrude and overhang and the fixtures will really be 'off' not to mention I would be losing 5" off my supposed 36" shower.


If anyone can shed light on what's happened here and what to do I would be most appreciative. I'm including lots of photos as I think its more self explanatory. Thank you in advance.














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