Sliding Glass Door Showers

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Before taking a decision on the type of sliding door shower, it would prove to be beneficial to go through a short description of different types that are generally available to work well with different kinds of showers. The choice of a sliding door is largely governed by the kind of your existing shower

Generally a shower falls into one of the following categories:

1. Walk-In shower - There is no bath tub here and you straightaway walk into the shower. Ideally, you should go for a sliding door shower with a walk-in shower. It helps you save floor area as the shower door does not open into the bathroom, you just slide that and the enclosure is complete.

2. Tub/shower combination - In this case you have a bath tub with a shower head usually installed above in the wall for showering. For getting a new look for your bathroom you should opt for door shower kits. They are convenient, economical and easy to install.

3. Corner Shower - As the name suggests this is a shower space created in a corner of your bathroom. There is not much of a choice in this case. Yet, you may go for a sliding arrangement. It may be a bit difficult, but can certainly be managed.

Having decided on the kind of shower enclosure that you would like to have, you have to measure up the area where you are going to install a sliding glass door shower. Go ahead and take the following measurements:



You will need to measure:

1. Top width (wall to wall distance at the top of the shower door)

2. Bottom width (wall to wall distance at the bottom of the shower door)

3. Height (Measure from the top of bathtub ledge or shower base up to the top of the wall where you want to install the shower door).

Spend a bit of time to make sure that your measurements are accurate. As even a slight error may cause hardships in fitting the door properly or it may not fit at all! Save yourself from the embarrassment of going back to the dealer for getting the door changed, if at all he does.

Keep your budget in mind while going out to buy a sliding door bath tub. As usual, there are small pretty tricks to save a few bucks. You may be offered a sliding door kit that comprises of all the hardware that is generally needed for such installations. You may already be having the hardware or the hardware being offered may not be to your taste and style. You need to act smart here and take a calculated decision. Perhaps you could postpone the purchase of the desired hardware for sometime and then replace those with what you really wanted to have.

It will be worthwhile to keep in mind the design and style of the rest of your bathroom fittings and explore for something that goes well with the present set-up. It will certainly be more economical to buy new equipment that jells with what you already have rather than buying something that calls for the replacement of all other fittings.

In a nutshell, you should know what you already have and what you want to add within the budget, be patient while taking the measurements and you will not go wrong.