Help-Normal Frameless Glass Shower Seal?

last month

Hello all thank you in advance for any insight you can provide on 2 issues regarding my frameless shower glass door in my recently remodeled bathroom

1.) I noticed there is a visible gap between the glass and vertical seam/seal (see pictures below- one is the default position where you see the gap and the other which is if you pull and hold the shower glass tight against the seal so you can see the difference) The gap runs the entire seal meaning the glass doesn't make any contact with the seal.

2.) The bottom sweep is uneven there are bigger gaps along the sweep. See photos where I can't put my finger under it in some places and in other places I can fit my whole finger under it.

Last thing the door is hard to close you-literally have to push it shut across the threshold. My contractor says this is all normal and no reason to call the glass company back out to evaluate- what do you think?

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millworkman
last month
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None of thise are normal. The seals should be touching. The door bottom if it is dragging will rip up the sweep in short order. Sounds to me like it was not ordered correctly and not all installed plumb, level and square,
HU-522729827
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last month
Thank you- yes it feels off but wanted to get someone's opinion on it
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LF Builders
last month
Your contractor is wrong. None of that is normal.

The vertical seal gap is actually pretty telling diagnostically. That rubber sweep along the jamb is supposed to compress when the door closes — if you can pull the door snug and see it seal right, the glass itself is the correct size. What that tells you is the panel is sitting in the wrong position, which means a hinge or jamb plumb problem during install, not a seal defect.

The bottom wiper should sit evenly close to the floor along its whole length. Uneven gaps like you're describing usually mean the glass panel is racked slightly in the frame. That unevenness will tear the sweep faster than normal and let water through along the low spots.

The hard close is the one I'd worry about most. A properly hung frameless door closes with almost no effort — pushing it across the threshold suggests it's out of square with the opening and binding at the bottom corner. That kind of friction chews through sweeps and eventually stresses the hinges.

Worth calling the glass company directly rather than going through the contractor. Most have a warranty window and will send someone out to check hinge plumb and jamb angle for free. Framing it as "I want a warranty inspection before the 90 days is up" tends to get results faster than complaints through a GC middleman.

Similar situations come up fairly regularly at home.renovation.reviews — there's a thread that covers documenting shower door defects before the warranty window closes: https://home.renovation.reviews/t/bathroom-shower-door-renovations-in-arizona-homes/43645
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Original Author
last month
Thank you very much for your detailed response- I will be pushing back against the contractor tomorrow regarding this!