Frameless shower doors

How it works

For glass shops that sell and install frameless shower enclosures. The steps stand beside a 3D model of the shower that follows every answer. The layout comes first, on photos of the same bathroom: a single door, a door with an inline panel, a 90-degree corner, a neo-angle or a bypass slider, and the side the door hinges on. Then the opening in inches, the return of a corner or the walls of a neo-angle, the door width and the glass height, or a free measure when the customer would rather not measure. Then the floor and steam: a curb or a curbless floor, and a steam shower that takes the glass to the ceiling with a transom over the door. The glass is 3/8 or 1/2 in, clear, low-iron, frosted or rain, with an optional protective coating; the hardware comes in polished chrome, brushed nickel, matte black, oil-rubbed bronze or brushed gold, with a ladder pull, a knob or a towel-bar handle, and the glass is held by clamps, a U-channel or a header bar. Last, where the bathroom stands (tile finished, remodel underway, an old framed door or tub doors to take out), who is asking and when. The model opens the door, looks down on the plan and runs the water: drops gather on the inside of the glass, a steam shower fills with haze, and afterwards bare glass stays spotted while coated glass runs clear. The price is the glass by the square foot, the hardware set of the layout with its finish, the support and the handle, the curbless and steam work, the installation and the removal, shown as a range before sales tax; one switch in the panel hides it. The PDF estimate on Letter paper carries the picture of the model and every pane in inches.

What this example shows

• Five layouts on photos of the same bathroom: single door, door and inline panel, 90-degree corner, neo-angle, bypass slider
• A 3D shower beside the steps, built from the sizes in inches, with the door on the side picked; it opens the door, looks down on the plan and runs the water: bare glass stays spotted, coated glass runs clear, a steam shower fills with haze
• Opening width, corner return or neo-angle walls, door width and glass height, or a free measure priced on a typical size
• Curb or curbless, and a steam shower with the glass to the ceiling and a transom over the door
• 3/8 or 1/2 in glass, clear, low-iron, frosted or rain, protective coating; five hardware finishes, three handles, clamps, U-channel or header bar
• What the shop asks before the measure: tile finished or remodel underway, an old enclosure to remove, homeowner or contractor, timing
• Glass by the square foot pane by pane, hardware by layout and finish, a price range the panel can hide, and a PDF estimate on Letter paper with the model and every pane