Custom Shower Doors, Oakland Township
Our showroom sits on Van Dyke Avenue in Sterling Heights, a short drive southeast of Oakland Township. We measure, build, and install frameless, sliding, and swing glass shower enclosures, all in-house, with no sub-contracted glass.
Glass That Suits Your Home
Oakland Township leans toward established estates, wooded acreage, and newer custom subdivisions set back along Adams, Rochester, and Orion Roads. Bathrooms here run the full range, from updated primary suites in older homes near the Paint Creek corridor to ground-up builds with large walk-in showers. We bring the same care to each one, measuring the actual opening rather than working from a standard size.
Because every piece of glass is cut, tempered to 3/8", and fitted by the same family, you get an enclosure that follows your walls and your tile, not a kit forced to fit. You see the hardware finishes and glass textures in person before anything is ordered, so there are no surprises on install day.
Oakland Township bathrooms come in two eras.
Oakland Township does not have one kind of bathroom, it has two, and they rarely sit in the same house. The older homes toward the Paint Creek corridor were finished and refinished in stages. The ground-up builds sitting back off Adams and Orion were drawn with the shower already in the plan. The two produce very different openings.
In the older houses the work starts in the primary bath and reaches the secondary baths later, and around here those secondary baths are where the tub openings live. What is in the opening now is often a metal framed unit over a tub, or a narrow stall pinched between the vanity and the wall. Those walls have moved since the house went up.
The newer builds give us the opposite problem, which is room. A walk-in wide enough for a bench and a niche is common, so the question stops being whether glass will fit and becomes how much of it you want standing up. Most get sequenced early, and the enclosure is the last piece to go in.
- A tub opening in a secondary bath, where the door has to clear the tub deck
- A narrow stall in an older bath, with the vanity and the toilet setting the clearance
- A wide walk-in where one door and one fixed panel is the sensible split
- An existing framed unit with a metal track sitting right at the threshold
Three Ways to Enclose
Frameless
Clean panels of 3/8" tempered glass held by minimal hardware, a quiet, modern look that suits open primary baths and custom showers.
Sliding (Barn-Style)
A rolling glass panel on an exposed track, ideal for tubs and tighter layouts where a swinging door would crowd the room.
Swing (Hinged)
A classic hinged door that opens wide, a dependable choice for stand-alone showers in both older and newer Oakland Township homes.
Oakland Township at a glance.
Measured Here, Installed by Us
A project starts with a free, no-pressure measure at your home. We look at the opening, the tile, and how the space is used, then help you choose a glass and a metal finish that fit the room and your taste.
From there, the same family fabricates your enclosure and returns to install it. One team handles the whole job, so the people who measured your shower are the people who set the glass.
- Free in-home measure
- 3/8" tempered glass throughout
- Matte black or brushed gold
- Polished chrome or brushed nickel
- Clear, low-iron, frosted, or rain glass
- Measured and installed by one family
Which door suits which Oakland Township opening.
The opening rules out more options than taste ever does. A wide walk-in in one of the newer Oakland Township houses wants one door and one fixed panel, and putting that door on a pivot lets the glass run wider than a standard hinge allows. That is the case for hinged shower doors in Oakland Township, usually done in frameless shower doors, and when the walls run out of square the answer is one of our custom glass shower enclosures built to those walls.
Over a tub, and in the secondary baths where that comes up most here, the best door is often the one that never swings into the room. Sliding shower doors take nothing from the floor when they open, and bathtub shower doors are sized to the tub rather than to a stall. In a tight older opening that needs a rail to keep the glass steady, semi-frameless shower doors or framed shower doors hold their line better than a heavy swinging panel.
If there is glass in the opening already and you are swapping it out, that is shower door replacement, and the measure starts from the walls as they stand today, not as they were built. On a new build, glass shower door installation gets slotted in after the tile is done. And if a steam unit is in the plan, the glass has to close to the ceiling, which is what steam shower enclosures are built to do. The generator itself is another trade's work.
Where an Oakland Township enclosure gives out.
The enclosure in there now tends to fail in a familiar order. The sweep along the bottom goes brittle and stops meeting the floor, so water tracks out onto the tile. The bottom track of an older slider holds a shallow puddle that never fully dries and turns into a mineral crust no cleaner takes off. The glass itself clouds, not from dirt but from water sitting on it, and polishing will not bring it back.
For the replacement, all of that is a measuring problem before it is a glass problem. An older house up here that has settled will hand you an opening with a lean in it, and a tall panel is where that lean shows worst. We check plumb and level in the opening before anything is cut, then decide whether a channel should take up the difference or the glass should be cut to follow the wall. If the tile behind the old unit is cracked or the pan feels soft, that is tile and waterproofing work for those trades. The old enclosure comes out and leaves with us.
Ten miles northwest, start to finish.
Oakland Township sits roughly ten miles northwest of the shop, which makes it a short run and a regular one. The showroom is at 42624 Van Dyke Ave in Sterling Heights, open Monday to Friday 9 to 5 and Saturday 10 to 2, and it is worth stopping in once to put a hand on the hardware and look through clear, low-iron, frosted and rain glass.
The measure happens at your house, free, with a quote and no pressure attached. The same family that measures the opening cuts your 3/8 inch tempered glass in house, never subcontracted, and comes back to set the glass in your bathroom. Call (586) 315-8900, text (586) 800-9481, or email [email protected].
Around Oakland Township.
Oakland Township sits inside our regular Oakland County run, and the neighboring cities are covered the same way, with the same crew and the same free measure. That includes Rochester, Washington Township, Rochester Hills and Shelby Township.
Everything runs out of one showroom, which is the point: the same family measures in Oakland Township, fabricates the glass in our own shop and installs it, whichever city the job is in. The full list of communities we cover is on the service area page, and if you do not see yours, call the showroom and ask.
Common questions.
Do you serve Oakland Township?
Yes. Oakland Township is roughly ten miles northwest of our Sterling Heights showroom, an easy trip for measuring and installing throughout the area.
What does a custom shower door cost?
Price depends on the size of the opening, the enclosure style, and the glass and hardware you choose. We give you a clear quote after the in-home measure, with no obligation.
How long does the process take?
After we measure, your glass is fabricated and then installed. We confirm a realistic timeline at your appointment, since each enclosure is built to your exact opening.
Do you only supply glass, or do you install too?
We handle the entire job: measuring, fabricating in 3/8" tempered glass, and installing. There is no sub-contracted glass and no separate installer to coordinate.
Do you come out to Oakland Township to measure, or do I bring dimensions to the showroom?
We come to you. The free in-home measure is how the job starts, because the numbers that count are the ones taken off your own walls. You are welcome at the showroom to see glass and hardware, but nothing gets cut from a tape reading sent over the phone.
Our older Oakland Township house has settled and the opening is not plumb. Can we still go frameless?
Usually. A lean only becomes a problem when nobody accounts for it, and we check the opening for plumb before anything is cut. Sometimes the glass gets cut to follow the wall. Sometimes a channel or a top rail is the smarter call. We tell you which at the measure.
We are building new in Oakland Township. When does the shower glass get handled?
Bring us in once the tile and the pan are set, since the glass is measured to the finished surface. Most new builds up here get sequenced that way and the enclosure lands clean at the end. Calling earlier still helps, because the layout decides which door types are on the table.
What usually goes over a tub in a secondary bath?
Either a rolling panel or a hinged door sized to the tub, depending on how much floor the door needs when it opens. Secondary baths are the tighter room in most Oakland Township houses, so how the door behaves in motion matters more than how it looks closed.
Does the old unit leave with you?
Yes. The existing enclosure comes out and gets hauled away as part of the install, so you are not left with a framed door and a length of track propped in the garage. Plumbing, tile, waterproofing and demolition sit with other trades, and we say so plainly at the measure.
Is it worth driving down to Sterling Heights to see the glass first?
For most people, yes. Clear, low-iron, frosted and rain glass all read differently under bathroom lighting, and the finishes we stock look nothing like they do in a photo. Ten miles is a short drive to settle a decision you will look at every morning.
Start With a Free Measure
Reach out to schedule your in-home measure and see your glass and hardware options in person.