Thanks Archnista! You understood what I meant. I appreciate your feedback. To have one last go round on this to understand and compare my BF and I yesterday went to 2 places that I'm dealing with for the bath remodel and see if by staring at displays I could understand more. The first place was the place where I'm getting the cultured marble panels (and install) from. The other place is where I'm getting our Totos, all of our Grohe stuff, plus the lighting and some storage pieces. Both places have lots of displays, not necessarily exactly like ours is going to be - but close enough to depict the ideas. So, the cultured marble place says for a "swing out" door, we'd be looking at an "in-line" notched piece over the bench, then the "swing out" door, then another piece of "in-line". They do indeed do "pivoted" hinges, but we'd have to have enough depth to provide full swing in - that makes total sense. Also, the best possible thing is to have full swing on the outside or at least know what we'd be hitting - toilet for sure if we opened all the way. Also, the BF is worried that the wing out door would collect water and then deposit it on the floor, plus he feels that the swing in deal would mean splattering water outward if one of us enters or exits the shower while water is on (very likely since we do that tonight - i.e. shared showers.) The key thing that helped me was to see the "trim" aspects of the by-pass doors and in the trim type I like. It won't be too bad. I was picturing old fashioned big bulky shower frames of yesteryear. There's much nicer sleeker and contemporary stuff available now. Also, tomorrow the cultured marble guy and my GC are meeting over at the new house to go over the plans for the shower stall. At this point the bench is roughed in and by the time the cultured marble guy arrives I think the plan is to have the window roughed in too. And I think the plumbing values are also going to be roughed in. But I think they'll figure it out. The key thing is everything is down to studs and that means we they can get a clearer picture of what goes where, etc. Thanks for your help. I do think we'll wind up with bypass doors in a minimal frame trim and everything will be fine :) Cheers, --jans We enet

I hate my sliding door. The tracks are impossible to keep clean, and I have hit my feet so many times on the bottom track. My doors also have a metal frame around them which I also hate because dirt or mold gets trapped between the glass and the frame and it is impossible to get it out. Go with the hinged frameless door. Just make sure that there is a seal on the bottom and the sides so that water doesn't leak out. I have seen OVE Doors at Lowe's. They look nice and are about $600.00. They aren't cheap, but they look like decent doors that don't cost a fortune either. Take your time and find the right door for you and your wife. They don't have to cost a fortune but can still be nice. Good luck.

Hi, I have seen many cases where the shower door hinge is installed such that when opened inward, it will block the shower and control. sample Is it better than installing the hinge on the other side? IMO, it is not good for time when the shower is wet and I want to turn on the shower for a few second to wait for the hot water to come in.

Here's a follow up. I attached a diagram of what I think is in the wall and pictures of one of the hinges and where I want to attach them. I replaced a window on that wall, so I'm fairly sure the sheet rock and insulation part of the diagram is correct. I stuck a paper clip in the hold in the fiberglass, so I think my drawing of the stud is correct too. The screws on the inside would need to be angled to reach the stud. Spacers would have to be put around the long screws to keep the fiberglass from crushing. Do you think this can be done? What would I use for spacers? I also considered drilling a hole in the top and filling the space with concrete. Thoughts on this? I don't know where around the shower the concrete would stop flowing.