Frameless shower doors in 3/8″ and 1/2″ glass

A frameless shower door is made from 3/8″ or 1/2″ tempered glass thick enough to stand on its own, so there’s no metal channel running around the edges. Hinges, clamps and a handle hold everything in place, and that’s about all the hardware you’ll see. The glass edges are polished and left exposed.

With nothing framing it, the door can swing both into and out of the shower, so water running down the inside face drips back toward the drain. Both thicknesses are tempered and both work without a frame; which one your enclosure gets is settled at the final measure. For customers who want a little metal at the edges, Shower Doors of Nashville also builds semi-frameless enclosures, and Steve can show you the difference at the consultation.

Most bathrooms end up with a glass-to-glass hinged enclosure. The door hinges off a stationary glass panel instead of the wall, which lets it sit near the center of the opening rather than tight against the tile. Steve puts it plainly: “It’s the cleanest-looking option and the one we build most often.”

A door hinged straight off the wall sits at one side of the opening instead. An inline enclosure runs the door and its fixed panels in one straight line across the opening, and corner and neo-angle shapes add panels that meet at an angle. Some layouts call for a header, a bar across the top of the glass, or a transom panel above the door, and both are offered.

Where a swinging door would hit the vanity, a slider is the usual answer. Our sliding and barn door shower page covers those.

Expect roughly two to three weeks between the final measure and the install, plus a few days to get the first visit on the calendar. A job goes in four steps:

• Consultation. Free, in your home, and usually booked within a few days. You can also visit the showroom at 103 Tennessee Way in Hendersonville, Monday through Friday, 8 to 5.
• Design and final measure. You choose the glass, the hardware finish and where the door goes, and the opening is measured for fabrication.
• Fabrication. The glass is made to those measurements.
• Installation. Anywhere from 1 to 5 hours on site.

Kyle and John are the installers customers have named in their reviews. One customer, Clair P., wrote that her doors went in two days ahead of the original date.

Four things set the price of a frameless shower door: the size of the opening, the glass thickness, the glass type and the hardware finish. That’s why there’s no price list on this site. The quote is free, and it comes after the in-home consultation, once the opening has been measured.

Glass type means clear, UltraClear low-iron, a privacy pattern or ShowerGuard coated glass. Hardware comes in finishes including matte black, brushed nickel, chrome, brass and oil-rubbed bronze, so the hinges can match the faucet. Every choice is laid out on the shower glass and hardware options page. To get a number for your own bathroom, book a free consultation or call 615.431.5070.

Uncoated shower glass in Middle Tennessee will spot from hard water, and over time those spots etch into the surface for good. Heat, humidity, soap and cleaning products wear on the glass too. That’s the reason Shower Doors of Nashville is a Guardian ShowerGuard registered dealer.

ShowerGuard is Guardian’s coated shower glass, made to resist the corrosion that leaves ordinary glass dull and cloudy. It’s chosen at the design visit along with the glass type and hardware, so the coating is part of the glass from the day it’s installed. Water hardness changes from one utility to the next, and the city pages list the local utility and its published hardness figure where one exists.