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regular or low iron shower glass?

8 years ago

Can anyone tell me the price difference between regular and low iron shower glass? Ballpark is fine, I'm just starting to research, clueless basically!

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chispa

8 years ago

last modified: 8 years ago

LA area prices, last year. 36w x 70h door. Regular 3/8 glass $968. Starphire PPG glass $1,197. Well worth the additional cost to eliminate the green tint in the glass, specially when you have white/light colored tiles.

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millworkman
8 years ago
My cost as a commercial glazing contractor is almost double.
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chisue
8 years ago
Do a search to find more on this. I have a clear (slight green tinge) door being installed this month. Just a normal size door...$2000 on Maui. It was several hundred dollars less than low-iron, but it has the 'baked-in' protection -- only manufactured by Guardian Glass Co.
enduring
8 years ago
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If I had another room to do I'd consider the regular glass as an option. It really depends on the colors in the room. I have blues and greens in my bathrooms and the regular glass would go with it just fine IMHO.

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Debbi Branka
8 years ago
last modified: 8 years ago
For my shower, the regular was about 1400 I think. The low iron was about 500 more. We didn't go with the low iron for 1/3 more money. It would have been nice to have clear, but the green isn't that bad.

I'm in the Detroit MI area.
llcp93
8 years ago
It depends on your area it would appear. I have starphire and it was $250 more.
millworkman
8 years ago
The price for the GLASS only is about double that does not mean the shower door will be double just my glass cost as hardware and installation doesn't really care about glass type. Here on LI after a little research the cost is about 50% more for the entire shower door system installed.

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