This site has been very helpful. I have a folding accordian shower door mounted on a fiberglass molded blue shower/tub. I have been working on taking the caulk off and was going to recaulk and now wonder if I just want to remove it all. Some have made it sound like maybe I could handle it, but I am worried on what I might find under the frame. The fiberglass tub under the bottom rail is what I am worried about the most. Anyone worked with something like this? Thanks!

For those looking to dispose of old shower doors, there may be a Habitat for Humanity store in your area that you can donate them to rather than throwing them away. Just look for Habitat for Humanity in your local phonebook.

I'm probably on the wrong website since I don't have an apartment, but just wanted to share a "fixit" that I came across. I took my glass shower doors down and the frame was attached to my fiberglass tub surround with screws that had to be removed leaving holes. I searched the internet trying to figure a way to inexpensively repair the holes. I was taking a shower in our RV one day, when I happened to realize that the tub surround was attached to the wall with plastic anchors, consisting of a round plastic plug that after inserted into the fiberglass hole, a plastic peg could then be gently hammered into the plug. I called my RV dealer and ordered some of them in the color of my tub fiberglass, which luckily was almond. They worked beautifully and I did it all for less than $4.00. Oh and if the holes are too small, just drill them a little larger, the plug covers it. Hope this helps someone!

I just did this as well.
I just had to lift the doors up into the track and push the roller wheels away from the track. Then the top track was lifted out just as easy. I used a wire brush to expose the screw heads and removed all the screws. I used a scraper to gently lift the three tracks off the tub. Then used a scraper and scouring pad to remove the caulk. It seemed to help if I used hot water to loosen up the old caulk residue before I took it of with the scouring pad. I am stuck on the best way to fill the holes. So i am off the the local big box store to find a solution.

We did this today.

Doors lifted off perfectly, top rail came off easily. I unscrewed the screws, and used a plastic scraper to loosen the caulk between the side rails and the tub insert wall. Those rails came off pretty easily.

Where I ran into trouble was the bottom rail (attached to tub). It was not going to budge, so I stupidly ran an X-acto knife along both sides of the rail, through the caulk, PERPENDICULAR to the tub. DO NOT DO THIS!! Not only did it not work to loosen the caulk, but it also cut through the enamel or the finish on my tub. I have effectively wrecked the tub. Pooh.

I finally went to Home Depot and bought the Silicone Latex Caulk and Foam Sealant Remover. We applied that and let sit for 5 minutes. Then my husband used the X-acto knife to slice through the caulk, PARALLEL with tub, under the rail. He ran the knife through about 3 times on either side of the rail. This significantly loosened the rail, and then he used brute force to yank it off.

We used a caulk scraper to get most of the caulk off the tub, and I have yet to go to town on the last bits with a rough pad.

In terms of the holes, they go right through the tub surround and about 4" into the walls. There are 8 holes for 6 screws (hmph). The holes are also really wide (9/16") so this patch job is going to be nasty.

Since we plan on replacing the surround eventually, we don't really care what the patch job looks like, so we have filled the holes with Great Stuff foam seal, and when that dries, we will patch and caulk over the foam to make sure that water doesn't leak through. We came up with this idea ourselves and are not yet sure if this will work, so maybe ask your local hardware supply person for input before you try this.

Mostly good advice here. Thanks all. But I have an IMPORTANT warning. DO NOT use a crowbar to remove your shower doors. You might ruin your tiles. Think about this procedure before you actually do it, folks. Taking a crowbar into a bathroom with tiled walls??! Really??

I just removed our old nasty shower tub doors in less than 15 minutes after reading through some of these posts. I had already removed as much of the nasty caulk as I could on the outside and inside frames, all around. I tried lifting the door, but I found that the top frame lifted up quite easily. So I had my girlfriend on the inside of the tub bracing the two heavy doors up while I shimied up the top frame, then I worked the doors off one at a time. This was a little tricky because my two doors had attachments in the bottom frames. I literally had to wiggle the door off its track to snap SNAP! the plastic do-dad off the bottom frame. Then it just lifted right out, took these old rotten glass doors into the garage. After that, it was very easy to GENTLY wiggle both side frames away from the tile walls. Do this GENTLY so you DO NOT rip any tiles off the walls. Read up above to see one poor guy who did just this. Then the bottom rail comes up with a little elbow grease, too. The wet foul stuff that was under the bottom frame. YUCK! I HATE these doors. I have some Goo to help loosen/dissolve the rest of the caulk on the tiles and bath tub. That's it! New spring rod with nice new shower curtain, here I come!

I found a website that sells plastic plugs which could be used for the screw holes after the shower doors are removed....I have been looking for these everywhere!

http://www.pro-dec.com/decorative-screw-caps-screw-covers/hole-caps

I just wanted to say thanks! All these tips where very helpful. I was a little worried about doing it myself but hubby left for work and I decided to see if I could do it myself....We have been talking about removing the doors for a while now. The only problem I had was my shower doors did not just lift out, there where plastic clips holding it in the track, you will need a flat head screw driver, on the inside of the doors on the bottom there is a small slit that you can put the screw driver in and it pops right out, be sure and hold onto the door because this removes it from the track. I hope my added tip was helpful.

Squirt a little caulk in the screwholes and paint with acrylic paint. You can get the paint in the art section of stores such as Michael's. Red Devil also puts out a product that you can make tinted caulk, mixing the product with regular latex paint. The latter is more pricey.

Just moved into an old house with these 'blessed' doors. Reading all the above gave me the courage to tackle them... yes, at 11:00 pm!! Got the the doors off easily and the top brace popped right off. Took the screws off the side rails. Slicing off the caulking will be best left to a moment when my sleeping pills aren't kicking in! But at least now I know they'll be gone in no time flat!

I have a little different situation. Mine is actually a shower stall with the sliding doors. I want to remove the doors and put up shower curtains. Can this be done given the fact it is not sliding doors on the tub itself?