- The Buyer’s Guide
If you are remodeling your bathroom, frameless shower doors are definitely a great option to consider.
A frameless shower door is a door and/or enclosure without those ugly metal frames of the past. These frames look bad. They corrode over time, causing rough places that can cause injuries, grow mold and mildew, and become hard to clean.
Frameless shower doors do not use any metal frame. Watch this video and see how elegant it can be in your bathroom:
If you worry that the glass may break, here is the secret: all the shower doors (framed or frameless) are made of special safety glass (tempered glass). For details, please click here.
Shower doors come in many types of configurations, styles and sizes to match your taste and budget. Your shower door can be as simple as a utilitarian device or as sophisticated as a key decorative element in your bath that truly reflect your personal style. Please read the following buyer’s guide that gives you all the factors to make the informed decision so you can easily choose the frameless shower door that will work the best for you.
Shower Types
Depending on the type of shower you have, your shower door can be for:
(Including: Alcove, as shown above, or Corner, such as the
neo-angle shower in the next section)
Door Types
Bypass: Also known as sliding doors, they take the least space and consist 2-3 panels that slide pass each other on the top and bottom tracks.
Pivot: Commonly known as swing-open doors, open outward (some products can open inward too) on a single side. They are ideal for smaller space where no enough room is available for bypass doors.
Neo-angle: Designed to fit neo-angle shower enclosures for corner installations. These doors take little space and can be swing opened left or right.
Neo-angle Frameless Shower Door
Glass Types
Thickness: Typically for frameless shower doors, the glass thickness ranges from 1/4″ to 3/4″. In general, the thicker and the heavier the glass is, the more stable and more smoother gliding the door is. Because the special, tempered safety glass is used, the strength of the glass is not a concern.
Patterns: Depending on your taste and style, you can choose to use different types of glasses:
- Clear Glass: It makes your shower (as well as the bathroom itself) seem larger. The header, tile and stonework of your shower area are all clearly visible.
- Color and Frosted Glass: They offer the most privacy.
- Patterned Glass: In addition to providing privacy, the glass turns the entire door into a piece of artwork representing your personal style.
Accessories
- Towel Bars: They give you a convenient place to dry your towel
- Door Handles and Pulls/Knobs: In addition to their daily usefulness, they add details to your show door and reflects your personal taste
- Hinges: Though not quite visible, they add perfectness to your show door when selected carefully
Where Can I Find the Best Frameless Shower Doors?
There are numerous places you can buy your frameless shower door. Based on my investigation, I found that Amazon.com is the the best place for you to get started for a couple of reasons:
- Amazon carries HUGE inventories. It has the business partnership with all the leading manufacturers and large online retailers. Therefore you can easily find every kind of frameless shower doors you can ever imagine.
- Better, manufacturers and retailers are all competing for your business. You can easily pick up the lowest price offer with one mouse click.
- Best of all, you can enjoy the FREE shipping – which can save you up to $182 depending on where you live. Any items labeled with “Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping” will be delivered FREE of charge to your door.
- In addition, you can read the customer reviews and ratings to find out whether a shower door is really the best.
As I said, Amazon.com is not the only place to buy frameless shower doors. However, it’s really a great place to start looking. For your convenience, I’ve prepared a few reviews based on my research and comparison by going through numerous shopping sites, consumer groups, discussion forums, complaint/feedback centers and other resources on the Internet. You can access these reviews from the right panel of this page.
Finding a great frameless shower door is never an easy task. The shower door will be part of your family life for many years. I do hope that my information is helpful for you. Please use the online contact form (available on the right panel) to contact me should you have a question or need assistance. I’ll try my best to help you.
Thanks again for visiting! And good luck with your search for the best frameless shower doors…
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~ Anthony
How to Choose Your Frameless Shower Door?