Why Choose a Glass Shower Door?
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1. Completely Customizable
When designing a glass shower door with Dabbl, you’ll have access to a variety of customization options. By customizing your new shower door, you’ll ensure that it’s the exact design and size you need for your space. Let’s break down how to use Dabbl’s customization options to create your new glass shower door.
All of our high-quality glass shower doors are made of the finest tempered glass, which is a type of safety glass that is incredibly strong and break resistant. While there are a few types of glass we offer for windows and doors, our shower doors are exclusively tempered glass because of its strength and safety profile.
Dabbl’s customization options include glass thickness, glass type, door width & height, hinge side & type, handle style, size, and placement, and hardware finish.
For glass thickness, we offer ⅜ inch thickness or ½ inch thickness. When it comes to glass type, there are several decorative glass options to choose from, including regular clear glass, tinted glass, or obscured glass. Our tinted glass options include bronze, grey, and starphire, while our obscured glass options include frosted, rain, aqui, and bubble. Obscured glass is textured glass that distorts or “obscures” the image behind it. Because of this, obscured glass is used for increased privacy, and is commonly used for glass shower doors, glass shower enclosures, and bathroom windows.
When selecting the width and height, you can choose up to four feet in width and nine feet in height. This allows for plenty of variability in door size, which ensures you receive the exact door size you need for your new glass shower enclosure.
For the door hinge, you can choose to have it installed on the left or right side. To know which one you need, stand outside the shower (or where it will be) and look at the shower door. Does the door need to hinge on the left side or right side? This affects which direction your door will swing. Does it need to open to the left or the right?
Finally, you can pick whether you want a square hinge or a round hinge. This selection is purely aesthetic. Dabbl will automatically configure the size and quantity of hinges needed based on the size and thickness of the door you order.
By figuring out which side the door will hinge on, you can then decide on the handle style, size, and placement. For handle style, we offer a few different styles that range from sleek and modern to elegant and traditional. The handle size can be either six inches or eight inches, and is measured from center hole to center hole. The handle placement ranges from 24 inches to 48 inches and is measured from the bottom of the glass door to the midpoint of the handle, regardless of the size of the handle.
Lastly, you can customize the type of hardware finish, which applies to the handle, hinges, and anchor bracket (if needed) for your new glass shower door. We offer a variety of hardware finishes, including matte black, polished chrome, satin brass, and more!
2. Makes Bathroom More Spacious
Bathrooms are usually the smallest rooms in a home. Because of this, they can feel a bit cramped sometimes. When you have a shower curtain or bulky framed shower enclosure, it can make the space feel even smaller.
With a glass shower door, you can achieve the opposite effect: more spaciousness. This is because glass allows light to pass through, creating a more open feeling.
If you want your bathroom to feel open and spacious, a glass shower door will significantly help create that effect. Clear glass is the best glass option for this purpose, but obscured glass will also create spaciousness as it still allows light to pass through.
Furthermore, a frameless glass shower enclosure and frameless glass shower door create a more efficient layout in larger bathrooms, as it maximizes the available space. This is because frameless shower enclosures usually fit well in corner areas or right up against the wall where they’re out of the way and won’t interfere with the rest of the bathroom layout.
3. Increased Safety
One of the reasons people choose to undergo a bathroom remodel is to increase the safety of their shower or bath enclosure. Traditional bath enclosures feature a structure that one must step over to get into. For some, this can be challenging and can increase the risks of slipping.
Frameless shower enclosures with a glass shower door eliminate needing to step over and into something, and allows one to simply walk into the shower. In this way, glass shower doors and enclosures are generally safer than traditional bath enclosures.
Furthermore, shower curtains aren’t as effective at blocking splashing water from the shower base, and may cause water to pool outside of the shower or tub enclosure. When stepping out of the shower, the excess water creates a slipping hazard. Shower doors are much more effective at blocking splashing water, decreasing the likelihood of water pooling up at the shower entrance. This makes glass shower doors much safer than traditional shower curtains.
Another way shower glass doors are safer than shower curtains is their strong and sturdy structure. If one happens to slip and grab onto a shower curtain to steady themselves, the shower curtain can fall and land on the individual, creating a hazardous situation. A shower door is a much stronger structure to lean on, as one can grab the handle if they lose their footing, and it won’t slip from its place, creating a safer environment for those who need extra support.
- Easy to Clean
Although it’s already been mentioned that glass shower doors are easy to clean, this benefit deserves its own section, as it is truly one of the greatest advantages of owning a glass shower door.
Because the glass shower door lacks a frame or sliding track, you don’t have to worry about trying to scrub hard-to-reach cracks or edges. The absence of these hard edges and cracks prevents the build-up of mold and scum. As previously noted, shower curtains are more difficult to clean, and most homeowners decided to replace them rather than take the time to clean them.
With a glass shower door, all you need to do is give it frequent wipe-downs and an occasional deep scrub, and you’ll have a sparkling clean door. If you opt for clear glass, your guests won’t be able to help but notice how impeccably crisp and clear your glass is.
Even if you choose an obscured glass type that has a textured surface, such as rain, it’s still much easier to scrub clean than it is to clean a shower frame, track, or shower curtain.
All that to say, if you’re interested in a shower door that requires little maintenance and easy cleaning, then a glass shower door is perfect for your bathroom renovation project.
Company: Foshan Dabbl Sanitary Ware Co., Ltd.
Website: www.dabbl.de
Contact: export7@dabbl.de