I'm replacing the shower doors in one of the bathrooms. It's a semi-frameless style with two sliding glass doors, virtually identical to what was in there before. Note the key word "virtually". After spending a fun half day scraping away old silicone caulk (still not done...this stuff outlasts cockroaches!), I put the new side pieces against the wall to start marking where to drill the holes.
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The bottom hole location is fine, but the middle one is not. The hole in the new side frame is about 3/16" lower than the original one, so the edge of the new hole would touch the old one. Obviously, a recipe for disaster. The top hole (not pictured) is offset by 1/4", which is tighter than I like but I think it'll be OK.
Is there something I could use to fill the old hole, like epoxy or Bondo? Since the new hole won't overlap, I am not too concerned about the bit wandering into the old hole while drilling, but the anchor needs something to expand against. Another option is to simply drill another center hole 1/2" lower, and live with the exposed screw (the screws are meant to be covered by rubber bumpers for the door to stop against).
I thought about shimming the side piece up by 3/16" (and trimming it by the same amount), but that would mean the bottom hole is awfully close the old hole in the tile.
Also, let me take the opportunity to express my disappointment in the bathroom/ construction industry for making it close enough to be a problem but not close enough to reuse the existing mounting points.
Arg.
The bottom hole location is fine, but the middle one is not. The hole in the new side frame is about 3/16" lower than the original one, so the edge of the new hole would touch the old one. Obviously, a recipe for disaster. The top hole (not pictured) is offset by 1/4", which is tighter than I like but I think it'll be OK.
Is there something I could use to fill the old hole, like epoxy or Bondo? Since the new hole won't overlap, I am not too concerned about the bit wandering into the old hole while drilling, but the anchor needs something to expand against. Another option is to simply drill another center hole 1/2" lower, and live with the exposed screw (the screws are meant to be covered by rubber bumpers for the door to stop against).
I thought about shimming the side piece up by 3/16" (and trimming it by the same amount), but that would mean the bottom hole is awfully close the old hole in the tile.
Also, let me take the opportunity to express my disappointment in the bathroom/ construction industry for making it close enough to be a problem but not close enough to reuse the existing mounting points.