Atlanta Shower Doors can make a bathroom feel bigger and brighter while providing privacy. They also help prevent water and soap from spilling onto the floor, which can be a slip-and-fall risk for senior citizens and toddlers.
These durable glass doors are tempered for safety and offer many options to customize your style. They are available in clear or patterned glass, as well as in a variety of tints including gray, bronze, and black.
Most shower doors on the market today are made from tempered glass. This is the safest and most durable kind of glass that you can purchase for your home. Tempered glass undergoes a special heating and cooling process that strengthens it by placing its surface under compression and its interior under tension. This makes it four times stronger than annealed glass and reduces the severity of any injuries caused by a broken door or panel. It is also safer than standard glass because it doesn’t shatter into dangerous shards. Most building codes require that homeowners use tempered glass for their shower doors and panels.
A common question we receive at The Shower Door Place is whether or not tempered glass can spontaneously explode. While this may sound frightening, it is very rare. Most of the time, a shower door will only break if it is dropped on its edge, if someone slams the doors, or if the installation was done incorrectly. In most cases, if your doors are installed properly and they are maintained regularly, they will remain intact for many years.
Besides ensuring safety, tempered glass also adds a modern aesthetic to your bathroom. Its transparency allows natural light to flow freely into your bath space, creating a bright and airy atmosphere. This type of glass is also easy to maintain. You can easily wipe down your shower doors after every use to avoid mildew and soap scum buildup.
For an even more durable and stylish option, you can opt for a frameless shower. These are usually made of clear tempered glass and offer a minimalist look that can be modern, contemporary, or industrial in style. You can also select a frameless glass shower door with frosted or etched details to achieve a more traditional, elegant appearance.
If you want to go the extra mile, we recommend purchasing a shower door that is coated with GlassShield. This is a special coating that helps retain most fragments of the glass in case of breakage, making it safer to clean up. Besides offering protection, this coating will keep your shower doors looking brand new for longer.
Sliding or Pivot Doors
The door that you choose for your shower enclosure has a significant impact on the overall look and feel of the room. Sliding doors offer sleek, modern aesthetics that are a perfect fit for contemporary or industrial design styles. Pivot doors provide a more luxurious, high-end look that complements traditional or transitional design styles. Both options have their pros and cons to consider as you consider which one is right for your home.
Pros of Sliding Doors
Unlike hinged doors, sliding shower doors move on tracks that are attached to the glass panels of your shower enclosure. This means that you don’t have to worry about the doors getting stuck or misaligned in their tracks like you might encounter with hinged doors that aren’t properly maintained. Sliding doors are also easier to clean than hinged doors since they don’t have any extra components like tracks that may become grimy or dirty over time.
Con of Sliding Doors
A big drawback to sliding doors is that they don’t allow you to see the entire door opening and closing as easily as hinged doors do. This can make it difficult to tell when the door is fully open or closed and might cause you to mis-handle the door which could result in damage or even injury.
Pros of Pivot Doors
The main benefit to choosing pivot doors is that they can be designed to be much larger than hinged doors. The hardware that allows this opens up the possibility of large, impressive entrances for your bathroom that create a grand, high-end feel. This makes them popular for luxury builds and in high-end homes that want to make a statement with their bathroom design.
Pivot doors also look a lot more refined and sophisticated than hinged doors. This gives them a more elegant, high-end appeal that can really elevate the look and feel of your home. They can be matched with almost any architectural style and look great in modern, industrial, or contemporary homes as well as traditional homes.
As with sliding doors, pivot doors require a little bit more maintenance than hinged doors because they have a few more moving parts to keep up with. They also tend to cost a little more than hinged doors since they need more materials to operate.
Textured or Patterned Glass
Glass shower doors come in a variety of styles and finishes, providing the homeowner with the option to choose between modern and more traditional looks. These options also offer varying levels of privacy and light transmission.
A clear glass door offers the most transparency, allowing natural sunlight to flow through the bathroom. However, if you would prefer privacy in the bathing area, a frosted or patterned shower glass may be more appropriate for your space.
Frosted glass has one side that features a textured surface, while the other remains smooth. This creates a decorative look that helps hide water spots, soap scum and fingerprints between cleanings. Frosted shower doors are available in a variety of textures, including raindrop, bamboo and fluted designs.
Another type of textured glass is acid-etched, which has a stippled texture. This offers a more decorative look than frosted glass, and it works well with a wide range of bathroom styles. The acid-etching process also makes this type of glass harder to scratch or chip, so it can withstand heavy use.
Other types of textured glass include tinted and cast. The tinted glass style has a dark tint that effectively blocks harsh light and offers privacy in the bathing area. This type of glass is ideal for a modern bathroom, and it can also be used in other areas of the home such as closet doors and office windows.
The cast glass option has a unique process that involves inserting molten metal into a mold and then cooling it quickly to create an extremely durable product. While it is more expensive than other glass types, the extra cost may be worth it for some homeowners.
Tempered glass is the safest kind of shower glass. It undergoes a special heating and rapid cooling process that leaves it four times stronger than annealed glass. Its durability also means that if the glass is broken, it will disintegrate into small chunks rather than sharp jagged pieces that could cause severe lacerations. This feature is especially important if your family has young children.
Custom Sizing
At Fab Glass and Mirror, our shower door options are designed to meet every user requirement. From maximizing space to creating a luxurious feel, our shower doors will elevate your bathroom interior effortlessly and provide a functional brilliance. Our glass shower doors are designed and built to last, made of high-quality toughened/tempered safety glass. This type of glass is processed by controlled thermal or chemical treatments that increase its strength compared to regular plate glass (annealed glass). When it breaks, it will crumble into small, granular chunks instead of jagged shards that can cause injury.
Framed, semi-frameless and completely frameless shower doors are available in a wide range of sizes to fit every walk-in shower or tub opening. Unlike buying a shower door from a big box store or online bathroom retailer, our shower specialists will review your design concepts and eliminate potential manufacturing and installation challenges before production begins.
Choosing the correct shower door size is important to ensure that your new shower enclosure fits perfectly and does not leak or create unattractive water spots. Our team is trained to help you select the proper shower door size for your home by analyzing the size of your existing walk-in and measuring your bathtub or shower opening. We offer custom shower door sizes as well, for those hard-to-fit spaces.
We also provide various types of handles to choose from. Our most popular option is a towel bar handle, which doubles as a pull lever and offers a place for your towels to rest in your shower. Alternatively, you can opt for vertical shower handles that are strong and durable, with the added benefit of freeing up room on your shower wall for a hanging towel rack.
Finally, we have a variety of hinge styles to match your shower door hardware. Pivot shower doors open similarly to any other hinged door that you might find in your home, and are an excellent choice for equipping alcoves in your bathroom. Sliding shower doors move laterally on a track to save space and are ideal for smaller bathrooms.
