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Glass shower doors

Thursday, January 21, 2010
posted by Craig

***BED and BATH TIPS***

Basco Luxury Frameless Shower Door **Shower Doors**

*Installing Shower Doors

When installing any type of shower, provisions must be made to make sure the water stays in the shower area. This can be most easily accomplished by use of either a shower curtain or a shower door.

Shower curtains have the advantage of being generally inexpensive and easily replaced, but their disadvantages are that they are hard to clean; they lack durability and wear out rather quickly. Light doesn’t penetrate them well. Most important, they’re also usually inefficient at holding water in the shower.

Fixed doors solve all of these problems. Clear or etched glass, swing in or swing out, DIY and design any thing you can envision. Chrome, brass or bronze you call the finish.

Shower doors are sold in a variety of configurations depending on the opening that they are designed to cover. This may be the opening over a tub, the open side of a one-piece enclosure, or the doorway to a custom shower.

Shower doors may operate as sliding (bypass) doors, swinging doors, or a combination of both (bi-fold). The choice depends largely on personal preference, but also on the layout of the bathroom.