A Guide To Shopping Perfect Shower Doors

Written By Arman Zulhajar on Wednesday, February 22, 2012 | 12:34 AM

By Justin Barley


Shower doors come in several different designs, not to mention finishes. Choosing the right one may seem like a choice best made by random selection. However, this article will give you a few pointers to help you choose the right shower door.

Choice #1: Framed or frameless?

The shower doors are classified based on the presence of metal frames. Some doors may have frames while the others may not. Being made of a thick glass, the frameless doors don't need a supporting frame. On the other hand the framed shower doors are made of a thin glass that needs a supportive metallic frame.

Frameless shower doors have several distinct advantages over framed shower doors. First of all, the lack of a metal frame means there are fewer places to catch water and / or to grow mold, mildew, etc. Secondly, frameless doors have a sleek, refined visual appeal that framed doors don't have.

Choice 2 - Sliding, Bi-fold or Pivot

The shower doors are classified based on the style of opening and closing.

The sliding doors are one of the renowned and popular choice of shower doors. In this model, the doors slide half wayand hide on the rear portion of the other door in order to aid the opening. Because of the width problems, these types of shower doors don't go well with shower stalls.

Pivoting shower doors open just like a standard door does. The disadvantage to this style is obvious ? it requires enough space in the room to swing open.

Bi Fold shower doors are somewhat of a compromise between the first two designs. They don't require width, nor do they require a lot of space in the room to open up into.

Choice 3 - Choosing the Best Finishing

While buying a framed shower door, you got to buy it in appropriate metal finishing. You may also find it difficult to find a metal finishing to suit your bathroom design.

Because of the trendy design and convenience, the walk in shower doors are preferred than any other type of shower doors. commercial places like gyms use these type of showers for years. Because these showers facilitate those who workout to take a bath right after their work out and wash away the excess sweat and dirt.

Walk in showers have become one of the popular choices in home bathroom designs. Because these showers offer convenience, flexibility, design and adaptability. Also, these showers help you take a quick shower without having to meddle with the shower curtains. This is why the walking shower design is called out as integrated minimal design.

Once you do decide that a walk in shower is what you want, you have some great design options. You can create a wet room, which is basically just a corner of your bathroom surrounded by some glass panels to contain the water. This gives you a very flexible design, allowing you to make the shower the right size to fit your specific needs. For example, you could easily make a handicapped accessible shower this way.

There are unlimited design options when creating a walk in shower. A unique bath design can be created by shopping and design your own glass panels. The designs can be created based on your requirements.




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