semi-frameless shower door pic?

16 years ago

Looking for pictures of semi frameless shower door?

Trying to understand the difference between that and frameless. I know its obvious but it escapes me.

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scottmel
16 years ago
email me at SCOTTMEL@ZBZOOM.NET and I will email you a semi frameless door.
weedyacres
16 years ago
Semi-frameless has the frame around the edges, but not around the door. Here's ours:
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mommyto4boys
16 years ago
Weedyacres-love love LOVE your bathroom. You have given me some ideas to steal. We are doing a darker stained cherry cabinet and I wanted to keep the floors, etc lighter to contrast. I love youtub tile and wood panels. Is your tile edge from Lowes. I think I saw it there? What an awesone idea...looks so beefy and aesome. The corner shelf in your shower....did you just fram out for it & tile? Can it handle a little weight. I'm glad to see you have ashower pan in a beautiful home. Some of my neighbors were making me feel like it would be such a bad choice to not go custom poured with tile. I just don't want the tile & grout to deal with there. Also, does your wood panel just meet up witht he tile egde. Fromt he picture it almost looks like the tile is over the wood. Again, beautiful job!
weedyacres
16 years ago
Thanks for the compliments, mommyto4boys.

Yes, the tub and shower tile is from Lowe's as are the decorative inserts in the floor. Floor tile came from a local store.

The bench is a metal triangle (I've seen people call them "Better Benches" here, but I don't know if that's the brand we got) that you screw into the studs, fill with mortar, and tile over. And yes, it's strong enough to sit on.

We did a shower pan because I've heard of people having issues with floor grout, plus I was less confident of my DIY skills when it came to a tiled floor with the slope and all. We got it from Onyx (the only manufacturer I found that made this size standard, not custom), and it weighs a TON...took 4 of us to get it up the stairs.

The way I put together the tub:
1. built the frame with 2x4s and plywood
2. tiled the top deck
3. nailed the panel around the sides (lots of shimming to get it to match perfectly around the whole thing)
4. glued the chair rail over top of panel
5. nailed the baseboards and the trim that goes over the 135 degree corners.
I put the picture frame on before attaching the panels to the tub frame.

Hope that helps!

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