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Shower doors
Framed, semi-frameless and frameless enclosures, neo-angle corners, steam rooms, and the hardware that holds all of it together. Measured on the wall, not off a catalogue page.
Chapter 01
Framed, semi-frameless or frameless: the wall decides more than you think
We build three kinds, and we build all of them in house: Framed shower doors, Semi-frameless shower doors, and Frameless shower doors. Which one belongs in your bathroom is decided by the opening, not by a preference picked off a page.
A framed door has metal on every edge. It uses the thinnest glass of the three, the frame does the structural work, and it is the most forgiving option if the surrounding wall or curb is out of true. It also costs the least, and for plenty of bathrooms it is simply the right call.
Semi-frameless splits the difference: metal where the door swings, bare glass edges everywhere else. Frameless has no surrounding frame at all, which means the glass itself has to carry its own weight. That takes thicker tempered glass and hardware set straight into the tile, and it depends on the wall behind that tile being solid enough to hold it. We tell you honestly which of the three fits your room before we quote it, not after.
Frameless shower enclosure with tan tile and a mosaic accent band
Measuring an out of plumb wall: why a template beats a tape
Almost no tiled corner in an older South Shore house is perfectly square or perfectly plumb, and a tape measure only tells you one number at one height. Before we order any glass, we template the actual opening: top, bottom and the lean of the walls in between. Glass is cut and tempered off site and cannot be trimmed once it arrives, so the template is the only chance to get that gap right.
Skip the template and use a single tape reading instead, and the gap between the door and the wall tapers as it runs down a tiled corner. That is the difference between a frameless door that closes sweetly for twenty years and one that starts dragging on the tile within a season or two.
Chapter 03
Hardware, hinges and what actually keeps the glass clean
The hinge geometry, the handle, and the channel and gasket system on a shower door are not interchangeable parts. Hinge weight has to match the glass thickness, and the wrong hinge on frameless glass is what causes a door to sag or swing shut on its own over time. We fit hardware from established suppliers, including CRL, Quality Enclosures, Portals Luxury Hardware, US Horizon and HMI Glass, matched to the specific door.
The same visit that sets your door usually sets its supporting hardware too: towel racks and clips mounted straight to the glass, and glass-mounted handrails where a step or a tub edge calls for one. Sweeps, the rubber strip along the bottom or hinge edge of the door, wear out well before the glass does and are a straightforward swap, not a full re-install.
For everyday cleaning, a squeegee after each shower and a mild, non-abrasive glass cleaner is all frameless or semi-frameless glass needs. Anything with grit or bleach will dull the surface faster than normal use ever would, especially on glass that hasn't been coated with Diamon-Fusion.
Neo-angle, corner and steam enclosures
Neo-angle and corner units are the enclosures we get called back to build again most often, because they solve the bathrooms where a straight run of glass was never going to work: a shower squeezed into a corner, an odd-shaped stall, or a tub-to-shower conversion. The extra angle means more panels and more seals to get right, which is exactly where a template pays for itself.
Steam shower enclosures carry the same door and hardware principles but need a tighter seal at every joint to hold steam in the stall, along with a full-height panel or ceiling closure most standard doors don't need. It's a variation on the same trade, not a separate one.
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