Frameless Shower Door Height

This is based on observations while shower doors are being measured for by the installers over the years.

Frameless shower door height.

My ceiling height is 8. An accepted minimum is the glass height being at or above the bottom of the shower head. Sliding shower doors range from 45 inches to 47 inches. For taller than typical enclosures 1 2 thick glass is a suitable choice.

Frameless fixed shower door in brushed nickel without handle. Glass warehouse 28 in. Most frameless glass enclosures use tempered 3 8 glass. We have a rotating piece of glass used to vent out the steam above the door that is 1 tall then the frame of the shower itself is about five and a half inches on both the top and the bottom where you see the travertine face.

There are correlations between widths and heights and glass type sometimes because of weight and sometimes because of what is most common or most generally acceptable by builders and pan tub shower manufacturers. Exceptionally tall showers are better served by 1 2 glass. Textured glass can greatly impact the final look of your bathroom. The next benchmark for shower enclosure height is the glass height in relationship to the shower head.

More textures are available in 3 8. Wider sliding shower doors will be 57 inches to 59 inches wide. They are usually set in the center of the panel which should be about where yours is if the door is the standard 6 height for frameless doors. The standard for the company i m using is 72 h anything more than 72 h will be an extra 400.

Nothing was ever specified for the height just handle style. Installation costs range from 300 to 400 making the total for this installation 900 to 1 200.