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Question re aethetics of support bar in 5-sided frameless shower

6 years ago

We are putting in a 5-sided frameless shower -- 3 sides glass. Apparently we need either a support bar from one of the glass walls to one of the structural walls, or to put a rim of stainless to match the fixtures all around the top. Neither is ideal in terms of appearance, but we can't find photos of frameless shower with support bars, so it's hard to compare. Our support bar would be around 18 inches and would be near the top of the shower, and we're afraid that it would make a carrara shower that already contains two fixed shower heads and two hand-held shower heads mounted on bars, a bench and a niche, look pretty cluttered. OTOH, a rim around the top seems to defeat the idea of a frameless shower.

Help please! Does anyone have a photo of a frameless shower with a support bar that you'd be willing to post? Advice on frameless showers with a rim around the top? Thanks!

(P.S. Still unsure why my screen name here is Nopublicdisplay Nopublicdisplay. Sounds very...modest?)

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