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Whether you have a swinging shower door or a sliding shower door, eventually the door handle will become loose. Repairing it takes just a screwdriver.

The shower handle is usually secured to the door on the inside of the shower. A swinging door handle will have two screws that hold it in place located near the top and bottom of the handle. A sliding shower door will have the fasteners at either end of the long bar. Each of the sliding shower doors will have a bar on the door, and they are interchangeable. The bar on the inside door is used as a handle while the bar on the outside door is used to hang towels on (although it can also be used as a handle as well).

The repair is simply tightening the screws until snug, but do not over tighten. Some handles use a cover over the screw heads that you will need to pop off to gain access to the screw. Once you tighten the screw you can snap the cover back on. High-end swinging glass doors will have a cover that doubles as the fastener. It will have opposing holes in it to tighten.

It seems the heaver the door or the more you effort you have to exert to open and close it, the more often you will need to secure the handle.