Custom Shower Doors for Richmond
Our showroom sits at 42624 Van Dyke Ave in Sterling Heights, a short run northeast up to your Richmond home. 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
Richmond sits at the quieter, northeastern edge of Macomb County, where Gratiot Avenue and Division Road carry you in toward the old downtown grid. The housing here runs the full range, from established homes on generous lots near the heart of town to newer construction spreading out toward the country roads. Whatever the era of your bathroom, a measured glass enclosure brings it forward without a full remodel.
We make the roughly 20-mile trip from Sterling Heights regularly, so a project out your way is routine rather than a special favor. You get the same in-house craftsmanship our local customers do: one family measuring, fabricating, and installing your enclosure, with no middleman handling the glass.
One tub doing the work for the whole house.
In the older homes near the heart of Richmond, the main bath is usually a compact room with one tub in it, and that tub is the shower for everyone under the roof. The layout has often not changed since the place went up. Vanity along one wall, toilet tight beside it, tub across the end, and very little spare floor between any of them.
Push out toward the newer Richmond construction and the rooms open up. Larger baths, a shower standing on its own instead of sharing the tub, and footprints that are not always a plain rectangle. Richmond runs to generous lots and well kept houses, and the smart money in those bathrooms goes where it actually shows.
What is already hanging in the opening is usually one of two things: a curtain on a rod, or the aluminum unit the house came with. Behind it, the tub and the tile are frequently still sound. That keeps a job like this to glass, metal and seals instead of a full bathroom project. Plumbing, tile, waterproofing and demolition belong to other trades.
- Established homes near the downtown grid with one compact main bath
- One tub carrying the whole household, morning and night
- Newer Richmond construction with larger baths and roomier showers
- Kids' baths and rentals where the door gets shoved daily
- Curtains and original builder aluminum still in the opening
Three Ways to Enclose
Frameless
Clean panels of 3/8" tempered glass with minimal hardware, the look most people picture when they imagine a custom enclosure. It opens up smaller and mid-size bathrooms beautifully.
Sliding (Barn-Style)
Glass that rolls along an exposed track, a practical, handsome choice when a swinging door would crowd the room. It fits tubs and alcoves common in older Richmond homes.
Swing (Hinged)
A hinged glass door that opens wide on solid hardware, simple and timeless. It works well in the larger baths you find in newer builds out toward the edges of town.
Richmond at a glance.
Measured In Person, Built By Us
A Richmond project starts with a free in-home measure. We come to you, look at the actual space, and take exact measurements, because no two bathrooms square up the same way and a tape on a showroom drawing is not enough.
Then you choose your glass and your metal, and the same family that measured your room fabricates the enclosure and installs it. Nothing about your glass is handed off to an outside shop, which is how we keep the fit tight and the finish consistent from first visit to final wipe-down.
- Free in-home measure
- 3/8" tempered glass
- Matte black or brushed gold hardware
- Polished chrome or brushed nickel
- Clear or low-iron ultra-clear glass
- Satin frosted or rain-textured glass
Tight rooms, big rooms, and what suits each.
In a compact Richmond bath the first question is whether a door can swing at all. If it would catch the vanity or clip the toilet on the way open, it is the wrong door, and that is where sliding shower doors in Richmond do the work, because the panels ride their track and never reach into the room. Over a tub alcove the same logic points to bathtub shower doors, built to the opening you already have.
For a busy main bath, a kids' bath or a rental, the door is going to be leaned on and shoved shut, and framed shower doors are the sensible place to put the budget. If you want a lighter look without going all the way, semi-frameless shower doors keep metal where it earns its keep and leave it off everywhere else.
Out in the newer construction the baths are large enough to let the glass be the feature, which is the job frameless shower doors were made for, usually hung as a hinged shower door on solid hardware. When the shower is a corner, a neo-angle, or anything but a plain rectangle, custom glass shower enclosures get built to the actual footprint, and a room set up for steam needs steam shower enclosures with the header planned from the start. Where the tile and pan are sound and only the glass changes, that is straight shower door replacement, and whichever type you land on, the fit comes out of the glass shower door installation itself.
The old unit in a bath that never gets a rest.
When one tub serves an entire household, the enclosure in front of it ages fast. The vinyl sweep along the bottom goes stiff and quits sealing, so water finds the floor and then the base of the vanity. The bottom track fills with a grey paste that no cleaner really touches. Rollers wear flat and the panel starts dragging instead of gliding. On a swing door the hinge screws work loose in a tired frame and the door stops landing where it should.
None of that means the room is done. In plenty of older Richmond bathrooms the tub and the tile are still solid, and what has run out is the glass, the metal and the seals. So we measure the opening as it stands today, walls settled and all, and cut panels to those numbers. If the house has moved over the years, the new glass is made for the room you actually have, which is the difference between a door that closes on its own line and one that never quite does.
Twenty miles northeast, and we run it often.
Richmond sits about 20 miles up from 42624 Van Dyke Ave in Sterling Heights, and that drive is a regular one for us. There is no Richmond office and no local branch. Everything comes out of the Sterling Heights showroom, because the same family measures, fabricates and installs, with no subcontracted glass at any step.
The measure is free and there is no pressure in it. We look at the actual opening, talk through the glass and the finishes we stock, and give you a firm figure off real numbers. When your panels are ready the crew brings them up, sets the fixed glass first, squares everything to the room, hangs the door, and adjusts the hardware until it stays where you leave it.
Around Richmond.
Fortune serves Macomb County and the communities around it, so if you are close to the Richmond line we are already working on your street. Nearby we also build and install in New Baltimore, Chesterfield Township, Macomb Township and Romeo.
Everything runs out of one showroom, which is the point: the same family measures in Richmond, 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 Richmond?
Yes. Richmond sits about 20 miles northeast of our Sterling Heights showroom, and we travel there regularly to measure and install.
What does a custom shower door cost?
Price depends on the enclosure type, the glass, and the hardware you choose, so we give you a firm number after the free in-home measure rather than a guess over the phone.
How long does it take?
After we measure, your enclosure is fabricated in-house and then scheduled for install. We will walk you through the timeline once we have your exact dimensions and your glass and metal selections.
Do you only supply glass, or do you install too?
We do both, as one family. The same people who measure your bathroom fabricate the enclosure and install it, with no sub-contracted glass at any step.
Is Richmond too far north for you to bother with?
Not at all. You are about 20 miles up from our Sterling Heights showroom and we make that run regularly. Richmond gets measured, fabricated and installed the same as anywhere else on our map, all in house, with no subcontracted glass.
My main bath is small and the toilet sits right beside the tub. What actually fits?
Usually sliding panels. They travel on a track across the opening and never swing out, so nothing catches the vanity or the toilet. We measure the alcove and build the panels to it. A hinged door needs swing clearance that a room like that does not have.
The house is old and nothing in that bathroom is square. Is that a problem?
It is normal in the older parts of Richmond, which is why we measure in person. Walls that were plumb when the place went up rarely still are. We cut the glass to the opening as it stands today, so the door closes on its own line.
We only have the one tub for the whole house. Can we keep it and lose the curtain?
Yes. Panels built to your tub opening give you a hard edge that water stays behind, and the tub stays right where it is. A good share of the tub work we do up your way is in that same kind of room.
What holds up in a kids' bath or a rental?
A framed door. The metal takes abuse that a bare glass edge should not, the hardware is simple, and it stays serviceable in a bathroom that gets used hard every day. In a busy Richmond main bath, that is often the smartest place to spend.
What happens to the enclosure that is in there now?
It comes out and it goes with us. Removal and haul away are part of the job, so the old door, the frame and the track are not left in your driveway. We do not pull the old unit until your new glass is built and on the truck.
Ready When You Are
Reach out to set up your free in-home measure and see how a custom enclosure fits your Richmond bathroom.