Glass is not smooth when viewed under a microscope, it's actually full of dimples and pits. That's where lime and other minerals can build up. You can order your shower glass with a super glossy coating that's applied after the glass has been tempered. The coating fills the dimples so lime and other minerals have nowhere to hold on and run off with the water, so your glass will stay clear longer. I your glass is coated, do not use acid based glass cleaner such as Windex etc., repeated use will remove the coating. Personally I'm glad we have the coating. Our MB shower glass is as clear as when we bought it, 8 years ago. DH is in a hurry in the morning, so he usually doesn't use the squeegee, while I do. The coating let's you get away with intermittent use of the squeegee. But don't skip too many times, Lime eventually will build up despite the super glossy surface and once there, it's really hard to remove without an acid-based cleaner, in fact it takes lots and lots of elbow grease. Best to not let that happen, and clean at least every other time. I was given a half a dozen specialty shower glass foam spray cleaners by my installers, Well, in 8 years I've only started using one of the bottles. The last time I used it, all I did was remove dust and finger prints on the outside of the shower glass.

It is not crazy to rip out things that are not broken assuming that spending the money on the replacements doesnt cause financial issues elsewhere in the family budget. I absolutely prefer a tiled in shower and would not want glass walls. I would have to lock the bathroom door if I had a shower like that. RE the tub, I am very noise sensitive so if it is noisy that would bother me. I also like a soaking tub, no jets, no bubbles. I ripped out a jetted tub and am putting in a soaker as part of my masterbath project. I actually ripped it out years ago because I hated it and the room has been tubless while I have gotten ready for the project. For the last 6 months the new tub has been sitting in its big box where it will be installed when this show gets started.

I was also going to suggest that the doors are not installed level. On the older style of slider or bypass doors you were able to adjust the roller bracket to bring to doors into level. I'm not sure what adjustments are available on the newer type of slider, which I assume is a set of rollers which roll on a bar. I would start by checking the level of the bar.

I got another quote and the starphire with endurashield is $4600 for both showers. I think the starphire upgrade is about $500 and endurashield $175 per shower. Does this pricing seem ok? I am leaning toward the starphire because I see green in the little sample and my panels will be larger and thicker (so greener). The showerguard is a lot more expensive than endurashield. I know it is permanent but endurashield lasts 10 years. Is the showerguard really worth it?