Custom Glass Shower Enclosures In Pontiac, MI
Corner units, neo-angle fronts, walk-in panels and glass-to-glass returns. If your opening is not a stock size, and most Pontiac openings are not, the enclosure gets built to the room. We measure, build and install it.
Nothing Off A Shelf Fits A Real Bathroom
A custom enclosure is what you build when the opening has more than one plane to it. A corner shower with two glass walls meeting at a post or at a glass-to-glass joint. A neo-angle tucked into a corner with an angled front. A walk-in with a long fixed panel and a short return at the end. A tall panel that stops below the ceiling with a transom above it. None of that comes in a box. Every piece has to be sized off the actual room, and the pieces have to agree with each other, because a quarter inch of error in one panel becomes a visible gap where two panels meet. This is the part of the trade where measuring stops being a formality and becomes the whole job.
Pontiac makes this interesting because the housing runs across so many eras. A craftsman-era bathroom near downtown was laid out around fixtures and habits nobody designs for now, and the shower usually got carved out of whatever space was left over. A recently built primary suite toward the edge of town has a large walk-in that was drawn on paper before anyone stood in it. Both of them end up needing glass made for that room and no other. We take the measurements ourselves, we build the panels ourselves, and the same family comes back to set them. There is no outside glass shop sitting in the middle of that chain guessing at what we meant.
Custom Glass Shower Enclosures, measured and built for Pontiac.
Corner And Neo-Angle
Two glass walls meeting in a corner, with or without a post, and neo-angle fronts that cut across at an angle. These layouts make the most of a small footprint. They are also the least tolerant of a sloppy measure, because every joint has to land exactly where the drawing says it will.
Glass To Glass Joints
Where two panels meet with no metal between them, the cut edges and the hardware have to be exact. Done right it looks like one continuous surface with a hairline seam. That comes from measuring the real corner angle instead of assuming ninety degrees, then fabricating to the number we actually recorded.
Walk-In Fixed Panels
A single fixed panel with an open entry is a clean, low-maintenance answer for a larger shower. No door to swing, no track to keep clean. It has to be sized so the spray stays inside and the entry stays comfortable, which is a judgment we make standing in your bathroom, not off a floor plan.
How A Multi-Panel Enclosure Comes Together
It starts with the free in-home measure, and for a custom enclosure that visit takes longer. We measure the opening at multiple heights, check every corner for its real angle, find the high and low points of the curb or the pan, and note where solid backing sits behind the tile. Then we talk through layout: where the entry wants to be, which panel is fixed, whether a header helps, and how the door should swing so it does not collide with the vanity. You leave that conversation knowing what you are getting. We leave it with the numbers we need to build it.
Then the glass gets made. Every hole and notch is drilled before tempering, because once glass is tempered it cannot be cut or drilled at all. That is exactly why the measurements have to be right the first time, and why we do not hand this part off. On install day our own crew sets the panels in order, plumbs each one, ties the joints together, seals what needs sealing, and checks that the door swings and closes the way it should. Then we clean up. Pontiac is about thirteen miles from the showroom, so getting back out to you is never a problem.
- Corner and neo-angle layouts
- Glass-to-glass joints
- Walk-in and fixed panels
- Headers and support bars
- Angles measured, not assumed
- One family, start to finish
Common questions.
Do you build custom shower enclosures in Pontiac?
Yes. Custom is most of what we do. Our showroom sits at 42624 Van Dyke Ave in Sterling Heights, a thirteen mile run east of Pontiac, and we cover Oakland County. The first step is always a free in-home measure, on your schedule, with nothing owed for it. Call (586) 315-8900 or text (586) 800-9481 and we will come look at the opening with you.
What counts as custom versus a stock enclosure?
Stock means a fixed width and height sold in a box, with filler strips absorbing the difference between that size and your wall. Custom means the panels are cut to the dimensions we recorded standing in your bathroom. If your opening is an odd width, out of square, a corner, a neo-angle, or taller than standard, you are looking at custom work.
Can you build an enclosure without a metal header across the top?
Often, yes, depending on the span, the glass and what the walls give us to anchor into. A header adds rigidity across a wide opening and sometimes it is genuinely the right call. We will tell you which way we would go and why, instead of deciding for you quietly. That conversation happens at the measure, standing in the actual room.
Do you handle the tile and plumbing too?
No, those are separate trades. We build, fabricate and set the glass. Your tile setter waterproofs and finishes the walls and the pan, and your plumber handles the valve and the drain. We are used to working alongside both of them, and we would rather be straight with you about where our scope ends than promise something outside it.
Should the glass go in before or after the tile?
After. The tile has to be finished before we take final measurements, because that finished surface is what the glass meets. Measuring off bare substrate would put every panel off by the thickness of the tile and the mortar behind it. If you are scheduling a remodel, plan on us measuring once the tile is done and the walls are the walls.
Build The Enclosure Your Bathroom Needs
Free in-home measure anywhere in Pontiac, with no pressure to decide on the spot. Call (586) 315-8900 or text (586) 800-9481, or send a photo of the opening and we will start there.