Bathroom Remodel Shower Doors In Troy, MI
One bathroom torn up, the whole house sharing the other one, and a tile setter working to his own schedule. Here is where the glass fits into that, what to decide now, and what to tell your tile setter before he starts.
The Glass Is Last, The Decision Is Not
A remodel you are living through runs on one question: when do I get my bathroom back. Glass answers that question last. We cannot measure until the tile is up, the grout is in and the curb is set, because those are the surfaces the panels seal against. What you can do is decide early. Pick the style, the glass and the hardware finish while the tile setter is still working, so the only thing left when he walks out is the measure.
The mistake we see most often in Troy remodels is a homeowner who starts thinking about glass on the day the tile is finished. Now the room is done, still unusable, and the shower sits open while choices get made that could have been made while the tile was going up. Book the measure as soon as you have a tile date, and come see glass and hardware before then, because a finish looks like a different thing under real light than it does on a phone.
If the pan and the tile are sound and the enclosure is the one dated piece left, that is shower door replacement and the tile never gets touched. If the tub is staying, bathtub shower doors work off the opening you already have. And where the vanity or the toilet crowds the shower, sliding shower doors keep the floor in front of the opening clear. Everything we build for the city is listed on the Troy shower doors page.
Living In The House While The Bathroom Is Out
Decide Early, Measure Late
Nothing about the glass has to wait except the measure itself. Choose the style, the glass and the finish while the room is still torn up. Then the measure happens once the tile is grouted, and the enclosure becomes the last thing to arrive rather than the last thing anybody thought about.
Tell Your Tile Setter Three Things
Where the door goes, that the curb wants a pitch back into the pan, and that the wall the hinges land on should be as plumb as he can hold it. Say all three before he starts. Every one is easy while tile is going up and impossible once the grout has cured.
The Old One Leaves With Us
If there is an existing enclosure in the way, we take it out and haul it away, frame, glass, hardware and all. You do not need a dumpster on the driveway for it and you are not storing a rusted frame in the garage until trash day.
What Goes Wrong In A Lived-In Remodel
The failures are boringly consistent. Someone measures over unfinished tile and the panel comes back a hair proud. The curb gets pitched the wrong way and water runs onto the bathroom floor no matter how well the door seals. A bullnose sits out past the field tile exactly where the glass wants to land. The niche opens where the door swings. A towel bar goes on the wall the door has to clear. None of those are glass problems, and all of them get caught by somebody standing in the room before the glass is cut.
That is what the free in-home measure is for. We look at the whole room rather than just the opening: where the shower head aims, which way the vanity door swings, whether the toilet is close enough to argue with a swinging panel, and whether the threshold is level. Then we build to your actual walls. If your opening is better served by a slim frame that keeps a hard-used family bath square and quiet, framed shower doors still do that job honestly.
- Tile grouted and curb set before we measure
- Curb pitched back into the pan
- Hinge wall held as plumb as the tile allows
- Door swing checked against vanity and toilet
- Old enclosure removed and hauled away
- Free in-home measure across Troy
Common questions.
When in my remodel should I call you?
As soon as you have a tile date. The measure has to wait for finished tile and grout, but the showroom visit does not, and neither does the decision. Homeowners who call at the start of a remodel end up waiting only on the measure. Homeowners who call at the end end up waiting on everything at once.
Can I keep the tile I already have?
In most cases, yes. If the curb, the pan and the tile are sound and the enclosure is what has aged out, we measure the opening exactly as it stands today and build new glass to those numbers. Nothing gets demoed and nothing gets retiled. Tile and plumbing are other trades' work, and a straight glass swap needs neither one.
What should be ready before the measure?
Tile up and grouted, the pan and curb complete, the shower head and valve trim in, and the room clear enough to stand in. It helps to know your hardware finish too, since that is often the last thing people settle and one of the first things we need. If something is not done, tell us and we time the visit around it.
Only one bathroom is being redone. Does the rest of the house get disturbed?
Barely. Install is one room and one crew. We protect the floor on the way in, work in the bathroom, and carry the old enclosure out with us when we go. The loud, dusty stretch of your remodel belongs to demolition and tile, both other trades' work, and both finished well before we arrive.
The tile came out a little uneven. Will the glass still fit?
Almost always. Very few walls anywhere are truly plumb, and glass gets cut to the wall you have rather than the wall you wanted. We measure the lean and account for it before anything is fabricated. If it is bad enough to change how the door seals or swings, you hear that from us at the measure, not after the panels are cut.
Ready To Finish The Room
Call (586) 315-8900 or text (586) 800-9481 with a photo of the opening. Free in-home measure in Troy, a no-pressure quote, and the old enclosure hauled away.