How to Choose Your Shower Door

How to Choose Your Shower Door

Choosing the door for your shower is an important step in getting a bathroom design that is both beautiful and functional. You have many types and styles of doors from which you can choose and knowing some of the basic facts about the doors, how they work, and the amount of space that they need is crucial to your choice. Look at some of your options below and follow our tips for finding the right door that will complete the elegant look of your shower. Careful planning will give you the bathroom of which you have dreamed.

Know Your Door Types

It's to your advantage to know the types of doors from which you can choose for your shower. Review the door styles below to begin to make your selection.

  • Framed or frameless? Frames will support glass panels and can be chosen to match your taps and other bathroom hardware. Frameless doors give a sleek appearance and are much easier to keep clean. Frameless doors are usually more expensive but they make your shower look more elegant.
  • Neo-angle. This type of door works well in a corner and has only one door that can be either frameless or framed depending upon your preference.
  • Pivot doors. This type of door swings open much like the doors in your home. The hinge that runs down the side of the door allows it to open out into your bathroom so you should consider this door if you have a large bathroom.
  • Sliding shower doors. If you have a small bathroom, this is the door for you. The panels of this door are set into a track that glides from one'side of the shower to the other. It's important to keep the track free from debris and properly cleaned for them to work properly.

Measure Carefully

If you don't know how to measure for your shower doors, ask one of our professionals to help you. You must have the precise width and height so that you doors will fit properly and work efficiently. This is a critical step in completing the purchase of a shower that will be installed in your bathroom, so make sure that you have made no errors in your calculations.

Hardware

You?ll find a wide array of hardware to coordinate with our shower doors. We have suitable finishes and styles that make your bathroom a statement of elegance. Choose from matte nickel, oiled bronze, chrome, or polished nickel to match the taps and other hardware you've chosen for your bathroom. If you have trouble visualising how different finishes can work together we can help you with your selections so that you have a flow in your bathroom decor that looks planned and fashionable. It's also important to make choices that work well with the water pressure that you have in your home. Ask us what we recommend to use with low pressure and how you can use the hardware of your choice with some upgrades to your plumbing system.