It’s true that the topic of shower door sealing for inexperienced homeowner could be pretty confusing. If you have no idea about what a shower door seal is and how it works, here are some fundamentals of how you can get into shower sealing.

Most of the shower doors with glass commonly used for shower enclosures, no matter bypass or sliding doors, cause a big problem: water leaks through the shower door frame while the door slides or pivots. Over time the leakage causes bigger problems like musty smell from the damp, damage to the floorboard, plasterwork and wood joist. To prevent those repair bills coming unannounced, the smart solution is to apply shower door seals to the glass.

Shower seal strip is an innovative concept that shut the gap between the shower panels. It is a small profile normally made of PVC or EVA, clipped to the edge of the glass working as a seal to keep water inside the shower tray, rather than all over the outside floor.

The choice of sealing material for your shower door varies, foam, rubber, vinyl are few to name. Among all the available materials in the market, PVC is regarded as the priority pick. It’s the least visible materials (so that your fascinating shower screen does not look funny with the small gasket) featuring great durability, working years before it perishes, and most importantly flexibility which makes it an ease for individual homeowners to install.

There are different types of seals and they are used for different sealing applications. However they could be used in both ways: as single type or combination.

A shower door sweep or a door wipe is a sealing strip profile snapped onto the bottom edge of a swinging shower door. The soft wipe functions as a water tight seal drags along the floor and protects water from leaking outside the shower tray.

A shower door threshold is a rubber strip adhered to the curb of shower tray or fastened to the shower floor. It presses against the bottom of the door and makes water drain back into the tray. Shower door thresholds work better with a door wipe.

A shower door shoe is a flexible plastic or rubber gasket fitted at the door’s bottom part acting as a shower seal.

Each type of shower seal fits for a special application. However to seal a larger gap between floor and the door bottom, usually a house owner needs both door threshold and a door seal to do the job.