Shower Door

[Happs]

I plan to remodel my small bathtub into a porcelain tiled shower-only deal and was wondering where is the best place to buy an approximately 60″x70″ basic clear glass shower door.

[sdduuuude]

I found a shower door company in LA on ebay but I don’t have contact info for them. See if you can find them. The ebay ad was fairly vague. You just paid for the auction and figured it out later.

Was about $700 and I installed it myself.

[EconProf]

Consider the pros and cons of simple shower curtain instead:

$20 vs $700 to 1000 +
no cleaning after use (esp. since you want clear glass)
No mold growing around metal
Easier entry & exit
Larger feeling to bathroom
Seriously, anything that simplifies life and is vastly cheaper to boot, I’m for!

[spdrun]

Also, unless you’re dealing with someone too disabled to step into one, tub/shower combos have their uses. And are less likely to leak.

[briansd1]

[quote=EconProf]Consider the pros and cons of simple shower curtain instead:

$20 vs $700 to 1000 +
no cleaning after use (esp. since you want clear glass)
No mold growing around metal
Easier entry & exit
Larger feeling to bathroom
Seriously, anything that simplifies life and is vastly cheaper to boot, I’m for![/quote]

That is so true.

A glass shower door looks good only for the first week.

Fabric like hotel shower curtains can be washed so you don’t have to replace for a long time.

[sdrealtor]

My shower doors look like new after 13 years. Just gotta squeegee them each time on the way out. Takes about 5 seconds

[briansd1]

Frame less doors are better but more expensive.

When I go to people’s homes I tend to observe their real estate and lifestyles.
Dirty shower doors and moldy frames are common

[desmond]

[quote=briansd1]Frame less doors are better but more expensive.

When I go to people’s homes I tend to observe their real estate and lifestyles.
Dirty shower doors and moldy frames are common[/quote]

What’s under the bed????????

[desmond]

[quote=sdrealtor]My shower doors look like new after 13 years. Just gotta squeegee them each time on the way out. Takes about 5 seconds[/quote]

Keep the graphics to a minimum…………….

[CA renter]

[quote=briansd1][quote=EconProf]Consider the pros and cons of simple shower curtain instead:

$20 vs $700 to 1000 +
no cleaning after use (esp. since you want clear glass)
No mold growing around metal
Easier entry & exit
Larger feeling to bathroom
Seriously, anything that simplifies life and is vastly cheaper to boot, I’m for![/quote]

That is so true.

A glass shower door looks good only for the first week.

Fabric like hotel shower curtains can be washed so you don’t have to replace for a long time.[/quote]

Third this.

We added a bathroom and remodeled two others, and were going to get shower doors for them all. We ended up reusing the original doors on one shower since they were fairly new, and decided to get shower curtains for the two bathrooms for the short term, just to save money. After using them for awhile, we decided to leave the curtains and forgo the glass doors indefinitely. Shower curtains are where it’s at.

Like Brian said, curtains are so much easier to maintain and make the bathroom more roomy. They also make it easier to get in and out of the shower/tub. If you have small children, it’s infinitely easier to give them a bath in a tub with curtains vs. doors (something to think about before ripping out the tub…this is a huge deal for families with kids, and the value will be affected if there is no tub in the guest/family bathroom). Just be sure to get washable ones so you can keep them clean.

[desmond]

We used a cheap clear plastic curtain to protect the fabric one.

[sdrealtor]

Shower curtains are perfectly fine (and IMO better) for tub enclosures. The title of the thread is “shower doors”. For a stall shower they dont cut it as well because you dont have a deep wall on the tub to keep water in. Over time you will likely develop mold and water damage aroud the exterior of the stall. Apples and oranges.

[Coronita]

If you don’t care about getting high end, Home Depot/Lowes can probably do a custom order. I had one done awhile ago back in bay area. Didn’t cost *that* much.

[CA renter]

[quote=sdrealtor]Shower curtains are perfectly fine (and IMO better) for tub enclosures. The title of the thread is “shower doors”. For a stall shower they dont cut it as well because you dont have a deep wall on the tub to keep water in. Over time you will likely develop mold and water damage aroud the exterior of the stall. Apples and oranges.[/quote]

This is a good point. One way to help protect the area around the shower, since you’re redoing the tile work, is to bring the tiles out a bit from the shower. We did this and also tiled the bottom ~3 feet of the wall coming out from the shower (water side) behind the toilet which is next to the shower.

This was suggested by a mold remediation guy from Emergency Services Restoration who was wonderfully honest and helpful. I’m giving out his info here because we called them out to check some water damage in a torn-out shower, and he was so honest, he told us we didn’t need their services. Then, he suggested ideas to avoid water damage, the tile thing being one of them — all for free. In case anyone needs mold remediation now or in the future:

http://www.esr24.com/

[Anonymous]

I think the shower curtains are much affordable than the glass door. If there is any water damage with the existing system you can check with the experts.
waterdamagecleaning.com.au

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