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There's a trick to frameless shower doors
If you want to go with
the ultra modern and sleek look of frameless shower doors like those that
were first made so popular in Europe, then you are not alone. Many people
are going in for this kind of shower door, mostly because they really like
the way they look, and the super sleek look that they add to an otherwise
rather ordinary bathroom. But you may find that it is a new thing that
your contractor is not familar with, and that it requires a bit of a
search to find someone who is expert at the installation of this kind of
door.
When putting in frameless shower doors you have to make perfectly sure
that the way you measure the glass in the door is right, because the
margin of error for this kind of glass is less than a quarter of an inch
all the way around, and if you are more than a sixteenth of an inch off,
the door will probably not fit right, will leak, or will stick and not
work smoothly. So this is an area with little room for screw-ups, and it
is best to find someone who has enough experience with this that the
chance of errors is minimal. The glass is often ordered custom cut, so you
will not be able to return it for a refund.
When you attach the frameless shower doors, you usually do not use
conventional hardware, because the door doesn't sit in a normal,
traditional style tract or groove and is not mounted with normal hinges
and aluminum posts. Instead, the door is often tied into the existing tile
or surrounding walls, by the use or means of anchoring bolts or anchor
screws, at maybe three or four spots.
All of these proceducers for putting in a frameless shower doors are
critical and somewhat delicate. If you need help so that you can do it
yourself, you can search on the Internet, and there are many very good do
it yourself sites that offer lots of info on how to do this kind of
project. You can also use this kind of web site to communicate with other
people doing this kind of project, and with pros who have lots of
experience and are glad to share their knowledge with you to help you out.
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