New Construction Shower Doors In Rochester Hills, MI
Glass is one of the last trades through the door on a new build. Here is when to bring us in, what the opening has to look like on measure day, and how the enclosure stays off your punch list.
Glass Goes In Last, So Plan For It First
On a Rochester Hills new build the enclosure is decided early and delivered late. It sits on the plan set long before anyone can cut glass, and by then the framer, the plumber, the waterproofer and the tile setter have all had their say about what the opening actually is. So the rule is simple: we build to the finished opening, not to the drawing. Every dimension comes off set tile, a finished curb, and the walls as they stand the day we measure.
Which means the decisions that matter to you happen well before we arrive. Blocking behind the tile where hinges and brackets land, curb height and the pitch on top of it, which way the door swings against the vanity, whether the shower head throws water straight at a door gap. All of it is cheap at framing and painful after tile. Tell us what you are speccing while the walls are open, because whether a bath gets frameless shower doors in Rochester Hills or a custom glass shower enclosure around an angled or oversized opening changes where the backing goes.
Most builds have more than one shower and they rarely match. A primary walk-in, a hall bath over a tub, a stall roughed in downstairs for later. Each opening gets measured on its own, and one spec still carries across all of them so the glass and the finish read the same through the house. Glass shower door installation is handled by the same family that measured, so there is one number to call when a superintendent needs to move a date.
What A Builder Needs From Us, And When
Measure The Room, Not The Plan
Plan dimensions and framing numbers are a target. Tile thickness, a mud bed, a curb built a hair proud and walls that are never truly plumb all move the real opening. We take our numbers off finished surfaces, so the measure waits until the tile in that bath is set, grouted and done being worked on.
Blocking, Curb And Swing At Framing
The decisions that strand a job get made before drywall. Solid backing where hinges, clamps and header brackets land. A curb height and pitch a sweep can seal against. A door that swings clear of the vanity and the casing. Tell us the enclosure style while the walls are open and we will tell you what to leave behind the tile.
One Spec Across Every Bath
Speccing the same glass and the same hardware finish for every shower keeps selections simple and the walkthrough short. Decide it once, and each opening still gets its own measure. When a buyer upgrades one bath late, that is a change to a single opening rather than a rethink of the whole package.
The Sequence That Keeps Glass Off Your Punch List
Framing, plumbing rough, waterproofing, tile and grout belong to other trades, and we come after all of them. What we need from your schedule is simple: tell us when the tile in each bath will be finished, and give us a shower nobody is working in anymore. Glass measured against a wall that still has to be floated, or a curb that is going to be rebuilt, is glass that gets cut twice.
Install is one trade in one room. Our crew brings the panels in, sets the hardware, seals what needs sealing and carries the packaging out. Give us a clear path from the entry to the bath, a floor that is protected, and power on site. If a buyer walkthrough is coming, put us in ahead of it, so anything you want adjusted happens while we are still there.
- Blocking set where hinges and brackets land
- Curb height and pitch finished
- Tile set and grouted before we measure
- Door swing confirmed against the vanity
- Hardware finish locked for each bath
- Clear access and power on install day
Common questions.
When should we bring you in on a new build?
Twice. Call at framing so we can tell you what backing to leave behind the tile and how the curb should be built for the enclosure you are speccing. Call again when the tile schedule firms up, and that call books the measure, which happens once the shower is tiled and grouted.
Can you measure off our plans or the framing?
No, and skipping that rule is the most common way a glass order goes wrong. Tile thickness, a mud bed, a floated wall and ordinary out of plumb framing all move the opening away from what the drawing says. Plans are useful early, for backing and curb. They are not what we cut to.
Who picks the glass and hardware, us or the buyer?
Either, as long as one person owns the decision for each opening. On spec homes the builder usually sets the package and keeps it consistent. On a presold house the buyer often chooses. What stalls a job is selections left open after the tile is done, because nothing gets fabricated until they are settled.
Do you handle waterproofing, tile or plumbing?
No. Those are other trades and they run ahead of us. We look at what they left when we measure and tell you plainly if something will keep the enclosure from sealing, like a curb pitched toward the wall or an opening out of plumb enough to show. Better you hear it before glass is cut.
The house has several baths. Is that several measures?
Yes, though usually one trip. No two showers in a house come out identical even when they were framed the same way, so each opening gets its own numbers. If the tile is finished throughout, we take all of them in a single visit and build every enclosure to the one spec you set.
What if a selection changes after the measure?
Tell us before fabrication and it is straightforward, since a finish or glass change does not move the dimensions. Once panels are cut, a change means new glass. That is why we ask for selections to be settled at the measure rather than chased while the other trades are trying to finish.
Bring Us In Before The Tile Goes In
Call (586) 315-8900 or text (586) 800-9481 with your Rochester Hills schedule. We will tell you what to leave behind the tile now and book the measure when the showers are finished.