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RE: Just One Bracket (?)

ByShowcase Shower Door April 13, 2016April 13, 2016

Chris, As shown in the attached picture, our contractor installed our new glass shower panel using only one bracket (along the tiled wall near the top of the panel). A clear adhesive (supposedly “the best material in the business”) was also used along that tiled wall, as well as along the bottom of the panel…

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…Gap Too Much?

ByShowcase Shower Door January 1, 2016August 19, 2021

Hello Chris, I just had a tile/glass shower built in Georgia. If you can see the picture, there was one tedious glass cut that is on the front and just left of the shower door. I realize some of these cuts are difficult, especially if you have a slanting shelf as I do. My question…

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Frameless Shower Enclosure Channels

ByShowcase Shower Door April 14, 2015

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….

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Glass to Glass Hinges and Fixed Panels

ByShowcase Shower Door November 24, 2014December 23, 2015

Hello, I saw your blog and I wanted to know if you think our shower doors are safe. We got them installed today and because the hinges are not attached to the wall the entire panel moves when you open the door. It takes effort to open the door. The track is adhered to the…

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Glass Panel Problem

ByShowcase Shower Door June 30, 2014

hello, we have a problem, we installed a glass panel with silicone in the track, Is there a solvent or some product that will dissolve the silicon, we tried lacquer and it didn’t work, Any ideas other than breaking it, don’t want to do that. As we just had it all tiled,, Thank you, Marge…

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No Weep Holes?

ByShowcase Shower Door June 25, 2014

Hi, Chris. We had one of our baths redone a few years ago but the apartment has been empty ever since as we were away from the country. A the time, a frameless door was installed and we never thought about looking for weep holes on the track until now that we found your blog. The shower has never…

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Help.

ByShowcase Shower Door May 22, 2014

Hi Chris: I was so happy to see your website and was wondering if u can give me any advice. I have a fixed shower panel where it is secured at the bottom with U Track type of metal. My contractor guys forgot to seal it in the beginning so water got in and leaked…

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Shower Door Issues – Buyer Beware!

ByShowcase Shower Door March 31, 2014

Hi Chris, I was so happy to see your web site and hope to find some answers to some of our shower questions. In the master bathroom we installed a frameless shower door with L shape panels. After about 3 weeks the door was hitting the glass panel. We had the installer come out and…

RE: Just One Bracket (?)

…Gap Too Much?

Frameless Shower Enclosure Channels

Glass to Glass Hinges and Fixed Panels

Glass Panel Problem

No Weep Holes?

Help.

Shower Door Issues – Buyer Beware!

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