Glass doors for shower room

Being engaged in the arrangement of the house, each of us strives for beauty and perfection. Such a simple material, like glass, conceals in itself a huge field for design developments. Therefore, it is not surprising that glass doors for a shower room or another room are becoming more popular every day. They can be issued in any style, choosing the most acceptable option for themselves. Very convenient to use glass door, most often helps the owners of small apartments.

Advantages of a glass door for a shower room:

  1. Long service life.
  2. A shower with a glass door for many years remains aesthetically attractive.
  3. Humidity and temperature difference do not show their effect on the glass.
  4. Performing the function of the partition, due to the light transmission capacity, they retain space, and in some cases visually increase it.

Types of opening a glass door for a shower room

  1. The type of mounting "floor-ceiling" is designed to install a pendulum door. With its help, we have the opportunity to open it, both inside and out.
  2. To save space, many choose sliding glass shower doors that have a roller movement mechanism. The design of the coupe type is available with one or two partitions . In any of the options, the glass is protected with a metal profile. When buying a door, pay attention to the material from which the roller carriages are made. The main requirement to it is resistance to erasure. After all, the ease of movement of the door and the length of their service depend on it.
  3. Swing glass shower door is more suitable for apartments with a sufficient area of ​​the room, as it will take a lot of space to open. This type of door opens only one way and will require preliminary work on the installation of the box. However, if you do not want to install it, you can adapt the pendulum door to the swing door. For this purpose, special restrictors are produced.
  4. Folding structures are prominent, for example, an accordion door . They are a combination of glass with a metal profile.

Brief characteristics of glass

The door for the shower room can only be made of tempered glass, which is famous for its strength. To hurt it, you need to put a lot of physical strength. But, even in a broken state, it is absolutely safe, since the fragments have obtuse angles. Its thickness is usually from 8 to 12 mm.

Depending on the tastes of the owners, the squares and style of the premises, choose frosted glass, colored, tinted, transparent or super-transparent. There are special finishing materials and techniques, with the help of which a pattern is made on the door, making it the highlight of the room. Popular is the use of sandblasting, engraving and fusing stained glass.

Requirements for fittings

To glass doors for the shower room were not only beautiful, but also airtight, they must have high quality fittings. In addition, any door should open and close easily. After all, this is the guarantee of its reliability and your comfort. Avoid corrosion only those elements that necessarily pass the test. They are made of stainless steel, brass and aluminum with a chrome surface, matte or gold. During the installation for their cover use overlays that give the finished structure an attractive appearance. It is desirable that the closed position of the door is fixed by magnets.