Glass panel like this one for the shower: http://www.overstock.com/Home-Garden/DreamLine-Aqua-Lux-Glass-45x72-Shower-Door-36x60-inch-Amazon-Shower-Base/6136916/product.html Or maybe like this one for the tub: http://www.overstock.com/Home-Garden/DreamLine-Aqua-Lux-48x58-Clear-Glass-and-Brushed-Nickel-Bathtub-Door/5612122/product.htm

Hi, Pepperidge. Both are possibilities for sure. After all we're just holding up a pipe, and in our rather old-fashioned layouts the pipes will be over doorways and hidden behind solid walls. I am wondering about rust and would prefer to buy something made for showers. I just like curtains better than glass doors for us, so our master bath shower will have a cloth curtain framing its doorway and the plastic curtain inside. The other bath is a powder room with a shower for the occasional guest hidden behind a wood door, so in this case a curtain is just a way of making it work. Does anyone have one of those pivoting flange units sold on curved rods?

Mine is a little above the enclosure, and a bit of tub sticks out. I think it's normal, but honestly I'm just so happy to be rid of those nasty sliding doors I really don't care!

This is a no-brainer for me - - SHOWER CURTAIN!!!! I LOVE the look of a traditional tie back fabric curtain on the outside of my walk-in shower with a mold and mildew resistant plastic shower curtain (NOT A LINER) inside. The fabric curtain stays beautiful and only gets washed once in a blue moon. The plastic (non PVC) curtains which I buy in Walmart for $8 get tossed out every 6 months. That beats the extra $1,000 for installing doors. I never have a problem with water getting on the floor. I simply have to make sure the plastic inner curtain is inside the base of the shower plate----just as I would have to make sure the shower doors were closed if I had doors. I can't stand shower doors. Mold builds up in the tracks or collects along the bottom even with frameless doors. Who wants to squeegee the glass doors and wipe them down on a regular basis? Not me-I often take 2 showers a day, especially in the summer.