Opinions Please. Shower curtain or shower door???
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Why do some of you prefer shower curtain over shower door?
Comments (23)I like a shower curtain for its softness. In our previoius house, we purchased a clear glass door. It looked great and wasn't too hard to clean but we also sold the house just a few months after installing it--who knows what it looks like now after a few years. But also, a year or so ago I read an article by a guy who had his shower door shatter while he was naked and helpless. Tempered glass won't break from a direct impact on its broad side but what happens is if the track becomes worn/loose it can cause an edge impact, and then it will shatter easily. I know it is rare, but it scared the crap out of me! He stood in his shower surrounded by glass with no way out!! Yikes. I don't think a curtain necessarily makes a room feel smaller--here's our ceiling to floor shower curtain...helps make our small master bathroom feel grand :) Here is a link that might be useful: Ceiling to Floor Shower Curtain...See MoreShower door or just shower curtain?
Comments (13)I have the exact same set-up you are describing. I also have super hard water and know that a pretty glass shower door isn't going to stay pretty for long at all. I love the look of the frameless doors, but I also know that my OCD self will be spending hours making sure that door stays spotless. I don't have that kind of time. I went with a curtain. 2 thoughts for you. 1. My exhaust fan is powerful, and yes, it was sucking the curtain actually into the shower. So I didn't have a problem with water dripping out, but how much fun is it to take a shower with a clammy curtain stuck to your legs? I found that a heavy- weighted liner, and also using an outer curtain, solved this problem though. 2. If you are talking about doing the same sized shower as what your bathtub used to be, just know that finding right-sized shower curtains was a royal PITA (at least for me). As someone mentioned, most curtains are 71 or 72 inches long. I needed something that was 74 or 75. You can find stand-up sized stall curtains that are that length, but they're not wide enough. You can also buy curtains that are something like 84 inches long...but that was way too long in my application, so there was some tailoring needed. In the end....I almost wish I'd kept the bathtub. Ha-ha. This post was edited by patriceny on Thu, Apr 18, 13 at 12:05...See MoreBathtub shower doors vs. shower curtain, what are pros and cons?
Comments (3)If little kids in the house I'd definitely go shower curtain. If there is a separate master bath, I'd also go with a curtain (in the non-master bath) - I'm tired of cleaning my glass shower surround. A curtain you just throw away/replace or put in the washing machine, so easy. Also I hang lots of things to dry from the shower curtain rod - you lose that functionality with glass doors. I guess non-track glass doors is a higher end look but I live in a HCOL area and the kids' full baths almost always have curtains, no glass. (To sum up: get what you like!) :)...See MoreShower door vs curtain help please
Comments (6)Curtain or door, it does not matter. You can use either wherever you can fit them in. It is just the open shower with neither curtain nor door that requires that a shower have enough depth. You have told us the width, but not mentioned the depth of your shower. You ask about a curved rod and curb height, so it sounds like you want maximum depth to accommodate someone of size moving around inside and not wanting to hit the curtain. My new shower is about 36" deep and I have no problem with the shower curtain and I am a very wide woman (size 3X to 4X) with very large arms, hips, and legs. My curtain hangs straight down, since I have a no-curb shower. I imagine if you were able to put weights in the hem you could keep a curved shower curtain behind any curb more easily....See Morejuliekcmo
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