Recent Installation
Love your blog. We recently had an install where the door and supporting panel were installed but the panels were 1/8″ shorter than the rest of the shower. The company wants to grind the other two panels to remedy the situation. My preference would be got the two panels be remade and reinstalled. What is…
We Fix Botched Shower Door Installations
We were recently contacted by a gentleman who had a shower enclosure installed in a neighboring community (Santa Clara).The job went terribly wrong, and he needed some help. He was looking for advice about what to do about the poor glass fitting and bad caulking job done by the previous glass contractor. My advice to…
RE: Replacing Shower Door Hinge Gaskets
How difficult is it to replace the gaskets in the frameless glass shower door hinges? Do you have to take the door all the way off or can you do it one hinge at a time and leave the other two hinges attached? If you do have to take the door all the way off, do…
RE: My new frameless shower door is pulling the marble away from the wall!
Hi Chris, My 3 piece L shape frameless shower was installed about a month ago and the original installer had a bit of trouble lining up the top corner of the L in the two glass pieces that came together above garden tub ledge and 6″ wide piece on front. He also cut his hand…
Shower Glass De-lamination
Hello, Your help with this issue could save me a lot of time and money. We remodeled our bathroom over a year ago and had a frameless glass shower unit installed. Following the installers advise, we applied Rain-X to the glass before using the unit. Over a short period of time, we noticed a checker-board…
Frameless Shower Enclosure Channels
Chris, I have seen frameless showers with the glass resting in metal channels where it contacts the tile, you have also discussed recessing the channel into the tile (butting the tile up to both sides of the channel). Are there any pros and cons to having the channel on top of the tile vs recessed….
Curb-less Showers and Enclosures
Hi, Great blog. I am a homeowner with zero knowledge of showers. We are custom building our house and my architect wants to put in a curbless shower in our master bath. Glass, frameless with a hinged door (to swing in and out). The shower is not huge. My friend tells me curbless showers can…