Scope of Work
A custom frameless glass shower door for a bathtub in an apartment bathroom at 16 5th Avenue. The tub sits in a tiled alcove with the shower fittings on the left wall, and the client wanted the look of a frameless shower rather than a curtain or a framed tub slider. We measured the alcove, fabricated the glass to the opening, and installed a two-panel enclosure on the tub deck: a fixed panel over the plumbing end and a swinging door beside it.
Design
A tub enclosure has to do two things a shower door does not: keep water in a shallower, wider opening, and leave the tub usable for bathing and cleaning. The answer here is a fixed panel at the fitting end, tall enough to catch spray from the hand shower, and a hinged door that swings out of the way. The door hangs on glass-to-glass hinges off the fixed panel, so there is no post or channel at the center and the two panels read as one sheet of glass with a thin vertical seam.
The fixed panel is clamped to the wall at the plumbing end and to the tub deck, and the door is held square by a clamp at the far wall and a small support at the top, so the glass does not rely on the hinges alone. All hardware is polished chrome to match the shower fittings. See our frameless shower doors page.
Fabrication and Installation
The glass is clear tempered with polished edges, cut to the measured opening with the hinge and clamp cut-outs made before tempering. Installation on a tub is more exacting than on a curb: the deck is narrow, the tiled walls are rarely plumb, and the door has to clear the tub lip and the faucet. We set the fixed panel first, hung the door off it, adjusted the hinges so the door closes square against the seals, and sealed the fixed panel at the wall and deck. The door was left to swing both ways so it can be pushed in for cleaning the tub.
Photographs
Photographed after installation in October 2026.
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Planning Something Similar?
If you want a frameless glass door on a bathtub instead of a curtain or a framed slider, send us a photo of the tub alcove with rough sizes. We will propose the panel layout and hardware and price it.