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All glass shower doors are a beautiful way to open up your bathroom and add value at the same time. Your bathroom will feel larger and more luxurious with this sleek and modern makeover. All glass shower doors and panels are easier to clean than traditional framed shower doors and panels as nothing get trapped in a frame system Since you can completely customize the size your options are clear and limitless!
Whether you’re designing a bathroom for a new home or about to dive into a complete bathroom remodel project, one of the essential design aspects to consider is the shower enclosure. The shower enclosure helps define the style and function of a bathroom. Because of this, a shower enclosure with a glass shower door is one of the most popular, durable, and aesthetically pleasing design options.
Top 10 Benefits of Glass Shower Doors
Completely Customizable
Makes Bathroom More Spacious
Natural Light Flow
Increased Safety
Smoother Functionality
Decreases Mold
Durability
Sleek Aesthetic
Increases Home Value
Easy to Clean
A glass shower door is a beautiful addition to the home and has many benefits. It increases safety, functionality, and home value. Plus, it’s easy to clean, highly durable, decreases mold buildup, and offers a stunning sleek aesthetic.
After learning more about each of these benefits, you’ll see why a glass shower door is one of the best investments you can make for your new bathroom.
Top 10 Benefits of Glass Shower Doors
1. Completely Customizable
When designing a glass shower door with Rustica, 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 Rustica’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.
Rustica’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. Rustica 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. Natural Light Flow
Along with creating more spaciousness, a glass shower door also allows for more natural light flow. This is one of the main purposes of glass: to allow light to flow and create clear visibility into other areas.
Shower enclosures with a shower curtain block natural or artificial light, which creates dim lighting in the shower. While some may not mind the lack of light, many prefer a bright and sunny shower experience, especially when taking a shower in the morning or during the day. It creates a rejuvenating, relaxing shower experience.
If you love the idea of natural light flowing into your shower to brighten your shower experience, then a clear glass shower door is the way to go. It will also help brighten the bathroom as a whole, as glass allows for effortless light flow. For increased privacy without sacrificing natural light, choose one of our obscured glass options.
4. 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.
5. Smoother Functionality
A frameless shower door has the significant benefit of opening either in or out, which allows for smoother functionality. A framed shower door, in comparison, can only open in one direction, either out or in. This decreases the functionality of the glass shower door, as it limits the ease of entering and exiting the shower.
A shower glass door is also much smoother and easier to open than a shower curtain, which can get bundled up on the shower rod. While this is a small nuisance that most overlook, the easy transition getting in and out of the shower with a shower door won’t go unnoticed.
6. Decreases Mold
A major disadvantage of shower curtains is how difficult they are to clean. Due to their structure and the presence of multiple ridges in the curtain, it’s easy for mold to build up. With a shower curtain, you either have to take it completely down and lay it out to scrub it clean or completely replace it with a new curtain. Most folks decide to replace the curtain altogether after a few years, which isn’t as sustainable or cost-effective as a high-quality shower door.
While a framed shower door is easier to clean than a shower curtain, it still has framed edges that allow mold and scum buildup. Even a sliding shower door can build up mold in the tracks. Cleaning mold out of the track and on the framed edges can be a difficult task to complete. This is not only frustrating, but can also become a safety hazard.
A frameless shower door and frameless shower enclosure have significantly less mold build-up than their counterparts. This is because they lack ridges, parts, or a track for mold and bacteria to hide. This makes them safer for the overall household’s health, and much cleaner than both a framed shower door and shower curtain. With regular maintenance and cleaning, you won’t have to worry about mold build-up on your frameless glass shower enclosure or door.
7. Durability
Given that the definition of durable is something that can withstand wear, pressure, or damage, it’s easy to conclude that a regular shower curtain doesn’t meet those requirements. A heavy glass shower door, on the other hand, is most definitely able to withstand years of wear or pressure, and isn’t susceptible to damage.
Why doesn’t a shower curtain not live up to that definition? As mentioned earlier, it’s easy for a shower rod to slip from its place on the wall if there’s too much pressure applied to it. It’s also easy to damage, and has to frequently be replaced due to the build-up of mold or scum.
With a glass shower door, it is firmly secured into the wall and or glass shower enclosure. Because of this, it can withstand normal wear and tear, as well as direct pressure. The fact that a glass shower door is manufactured with thick tempered glass means that it’s able to withstand more pressure and force than normal glass. This makes the shower door extremely strong and break-resistant, meaning you’ll have a durable shower door that lasts for years to come.
8. Sleek Aesthetic
While the function and durability of a glass shower door is hi