Frameless Shower Door Facts

Cleaning

• Frameless shower doors are easier to clean than doors with frames. A glass cleaner and a soft cloth are all you need to keep the door clean. A squeegee in the shower allows you to quickly skim water off the door after each use to prevent spotting. Also, the frames on framed shower doors provide crevices and corners for dirt and grime to hide in and are more difficult to clean. Frameless shower doors are easy to clean right to the edge of the door.

Thicker Glass

• The frame around a normal shower door provides some of the stability and rigidity that the door needs. Because frameless doors lack this, the builders need to compensate so that the end product is solid enough to work practically as a door without being in constant danger of breaking. They do this by building frameless doors out of thicker glass than that used in most regular shower doors.

Safety

• Frameless shower doors are very safe. Every side of each pane of glass used in a frameless shower is carefully smoothed so there is no chance of a sharp edge sticking out where someone could cut himself. This glass is unlikely to break. The glass used in these shower doors is not only thick, but it is also tempered to make it strong enough to stand up to most kinds of everyday abuse.

Opening

• Shower doors with frames open in a number of ways, as the frame gives the manufacturer more options when deciding how to attach the door. Some of those options, such as a sliding rail, are not practical for a frameless door. Instead, most frameless shower doors open on a simple hinge attached to one side of the door. Usually the hardware is kept as discreet as possible to continue the minimalist look of the frameless door.