Frameless glass shower doors installation time
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PROPatricia Colwell Consulting
3 years agoRelated Discussions
framed or frameless shower doors--decision time
Comments (3)Personally, I much prefer the look of frameless shower enclosures over framed. A cost differential like that would certainly be worth it to me. However, I am a little concerned about his comment regarding leakage when squeegeeing (though I am not any kind of bathroom/shower/tile expert). As far as I would expect, water from the shower will be as likely to go out the bottom while showering as while squeegeeing a glass door. In fact, I would have guessed (again, not an expert opinion here) that the slope should continue out slightly beyond the shower if there is no curb to hold water in. What happens if the shower drain is slightly (or worse: not so slightly) plugged? Is the frame of the shower door expected to hold the water in? Also, if the frame is expected to hold the water in somehow, how does this work? Is there a gasket or is it caulked at the base where the frame meets the tile floor? Couldn't the same be done at the base of the frameless glass? I hope I haven't caused you further decision anxiety, but the caution from your builder seems odd to me. I have seen many (pictures of) showers without curbs with frameless glass enclosures. It seems to me that designing a curbless shower would include designing to handle whatever type of shower enclosure is selected. Maybe some of the construction/shower building/tiling experts can chime in?...See MoreIs tapered threshold for frameless sliding shower door installed wrong
Comments (15)Hi Home Reborn, Thanks for your input. I had a feeling that was the problem. I even told the contractor that a few days ago but he brushed off my concerns and blamed the design of the door. So then I started looking at the metal strip more closely and that's when it hit me that the metal strip might be shaped that way because it closes up the gap between the curb and the bottom edge of the door. Thanks for clarifying that they actually got it right. Unfortunately for me, it's already too late to fix the curb issue because the entire bathroom is 90% done. I've been using a towel at the base of the glass door to keep water from leaking out and it seems to be working but I can't keep doing this forever. I was wondering if a half round style threshold would close the gap between the stone and the bottom edge of the door. He could caulk it in place where I put the towel (which you can sort of see in the original post). It's not the best way to fix the problem but I don't want to undo all the work and pay him more money when it was his fault to begin with....See MoreFrameless glass shower install/layout question.
Comments (4)You can use a half-wall near the vanity and the rest glass. Attach half wall to the lower framing and the glass will be attached to the top of the half-wall and over the niche. Something like this...See MoreHelp! Large gap between my two sliding glass frameless shower doors
Comments (22)after seeing that hardware, yes, it would explain the gap. what's going on here? this shouldn't be raised like that: those tracks and plastic will get gross and gunky within 6 months. (if this is used daily. ) I have a frameless and those plastic barriers are a pain to keep clean. within a year or so they harden and yellow. You have all the soft marble tile work, and those big bulky door sliders. the two don't work together. yours fits more of more masculine, industrial type of shower. (which you don't have) honestly, I'd have them rework it and give you a less obtrusive top rail. maybe like this one or just do frameless doors....See More
lhutch13
3 years agodlev822
3 years agoThe glass company was hired by our contractor. He was the person that told us the timeframe.
We of course want it to be done properly. Our concern was that the 10-12 hour installation time seemed excessive for the job.
Pictures below of the bathroom showers.
Thank you all for taking the time to respond, much appreciated!
dlev822
3 years ago
KW PNW Z8
3 years ago
we had this frameless glass installed a few months ago by the glass company that we bought shower glass from. Took 2 men less than 4 hours to install, clean glass, have us inspect it & explain to us how to maintain this glass with the spot resistant coating. They did not do the removal of existing shorter framed enclosure, the GC handled that. They did come to house to measure for glass after demo was done so this could be ordered. 2 men needed for install because this glass is really heavy. Maybe your GC is over cautious & wants to make sure you’re available for a large window of arrival & start time?
dlev822 thanked KW PNW Z8dlev822
3 years agoThank you all, again for your responses!
Below is a picture of the master bathroom.
We did a remodel of our master bathroom several years ago, total gut, in our previous home with a different contractor.The shower installation took an hour at most.
That person was not available for this job.
I have contacted both the contractor and the glass company regarding installation time and I’m waiting to hear back.Thanks again for your help!
AJCN