glass shower doors-framed or frameless, sliding or not archived
Nov 1, 2008 at 12:38pm
We just did the frameless like your first option, but our fixed panel is smaller. (Our total is 31.5 inches) We paid I think about 1400 for the door/panel inc. install and upgraded (ORB) hardware. This was from the place across from HD. They were my first call of many. They are kind of gruff on the phone, but were very responsive. Very pleased I finally went with them.
I was initially concerned the 24 inch door would seem narrow, but truth be told it is absolutely fine and the door functions beautifully.
I don't think the tracks on the slider will get gross. If you have a handshower I'd just spray it periodically (from in the shower) to make sure nothing sits in there. To save space that may be a perfectly fine option.
I was initially concerned the 24 inch door would seem narrow, but truth be told it is absolutely fine and the door functions beautifully.
I don't think the tracks on the slider will get gross. If you have a handshower I'd just spray it periodically (from in the shower) to make sure nothing sits in there. To save space that may be a perfectly fine option.
"Frameless" is barelely frameless. Before you pay the top price, have them diagram what the door would actually look like. We installed a frameless door in a corner shower--it was full of frames! Depending on the shape, you may be frameless, but I would check first.
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The big debate we're having right now is over the shower door.
The options:
--Ia frameless glass door, with one door of about 24 inch and a pane of 12 inches that doesn't move. However, I was quoted a price of about $2300 at Lowes, and $2500 at another store. This is my top choice--but the price! And for a third floor bathroom. Yikes.
--sliding glass doors. My husband favors this because it is inexpensive ($550), plus it has the added virtue of giving us more space. Bathroom is small, with little wall space. A sliding door means we could use wall space for towel rack, etc. But I worry that those metal tracks get gross after a while--very hard to clean.
--Semi-frameless with a 36 inch door. Price is $850 at Lowes, and I can live with it aesthetically. But: husband worries 36 inch door is too big and going to be unwieldy. To have door be 24 inches, with a solid pane of 12 inches, would add about $1000 to the price, around $1800.
What do you all think?