Bathtub And Tub Shower Doors In Mount Clemens
Glass over the tub you already own. Sliding panels or a swing door, custom measured to your tub and your walls, installed by our own crew. The curtain and the mildewed liner go in the trash.
Retire The Curtain, Keep The Tub
A tub door is tempered glass that mounts to the deck of the bathtub you already have and to the walls above it. The tub does not move. The plumbing does not move. Nothing gets tiled. All that changes is that a limp plastic curtain becomes glass that holds the water in, lets the light through, and never grows mildew in a fold. In Mount Clemens that upgrade lands hardest in the hall bath, because in a lot of these houses the hall bath is the only full bath and its tub does everything. It bathes the kids, it takes the shower traffic, and it is the room guests see. Glass handles that load better than a curtain ever did.
There are two honest ways to put glass on a tub, and neither is automatically better. A bypass runs two panels past each other on a track, so nothing swings into the room and you can step in from either end. That is often the right answer in a small older bathroom where the door, the vanity, and the tub are all fighting over the same patch of floor. A swing or pivot tub door is a single panel hinged at the wall that leaves most of the tub open, which people prefer when they lean over the edge to bathe a child or scrub the tub out. Which one fits is a decision to make standing in your bathroom, and that is what the free in home measure is for.
Bathtub & Tub Shower Doors, measured and built for Mount Clemens.
The Liner Goes Away
No more plastic sticking to your arm, no more mildew living in the folds, no more buying a new liner every few months. Glass wipes down and keeps looking like glass. In a bathroom that gets used hard every day, that alone changes how finished the whole room feels.
Sliding Or Swing
Two panels on a track, or one panel on hinges. A bypass keeps everything inside the tub footprint, which matters in a tight older bathroom. A swing door leaves the tub wide open for bathing kids and for cleaning. We look at your actual room and tell you which one you will be happier with.
Brighter, Bigger Room
A curtain cuts a small bathroom in half and blocks whatever light there is. Clear glass lets you see the tile and the far wall, so the room reads longer and brighter without anybody moving a wall. It is the simplest way to make a small bathroom feel like more than it is.
Tub Decks That Are Not Level
Mount Clemens is the county seat and its housing stock shows real age. Many of these bathrooms have been reworked more than once, and a tub that has been in place through a couple of those rounds is rarely sitting dead level anymore. The deck can pitch slightly. The wall above it may have been retiled by somebody working to the tub rather than to a level. The corners are not true corners. None of that stops a glass door from going in, but all of it decides how the door has to be built, because the bottom rail has to sit on that deck and seal against it along its whole length.
So we measure the tub itself, wall to wall, at the deck and higher up, and we note where the opening moves. The glass is then fabricated to those readings in our own shop, and our crew installs it, so the panels overlap where they should, the rail seals to the tub, and the door glides instead of binding. Tub decks in the newer infill around town tend to be truer, and the same process still applies, because a door built to a real measurement always beats a door built to a nominal tub size. Hardware matters too, since anything living in Metro Detroit water has to be chosen for it. Ask about the full range of finishes when we come out.
- Mounts to your existing tub
- Bypass panels or a swing door
- Curtain and liner retired
- Sealed to the tub deck
- Tempered safety glass
- Easy clean glass available
Common questions.
Can you put glass on the tub I already have?
Yes. That is exactly what a tub door does. The glass mounts to the tub deck and the walls above it, so your bathtub, your tile, and your plumbing all stay right where they are. Every door we build is custom anyway, so an unusual tub size or an older tub is not a problem. We measure yours and fabricate the glass to those numbers.
Sliding panels or a swing door for a small bathroom?
In a tight bathroom a bypass is usually the safer answer, because both panels stay inside the tub footprint and nothing swings out toward the vanity or the bathroom door. A swing tub door needs clear floor in front of it, but it leaves the tub open, which is better for bathing kids and for cleaning. We check the clearance in your room and show you both.
Will a glass door hold the water in better than a curtain?
That is the main reason people make the switch. A curtain relies on you tucking it in every single time. A tub door built to your opening has a rail that seals to the deck and panels that overlap, so water runs back into the tub on its own. The fit is what makes that work, which is why the measure is not something to rush.
Will hard water spot the glass over the tub?
Metro Detroit water is hard, so minerals will try to build on any glass in the county. Easy clean glass helps, because the coating gives them less to hold onto. Pair that with a squeegee kept in the tub and a quick wipe of the rail now and then, and the door stays clear. Ask us about coating options when we come out to measure.
Do you install tub shower doors in Mount Clemens?
We do. Our showroom is at 42624 Van Dyke Ave in Sterling Heights and we cover Macomb and Oakland County, Mount Clemens included. We come out for a free in home measure and a no pressure quote, then fabricate the glass and install it with our own crew. Call (586) 315-8900, text (586) 800-9481, or email sales@fortuneshowerdoors.com to set up a visit.
Put Real Glass Over Your Tub
Show us the tub and the room around it. We will measure free, walk you through sliding and swing options, and quote it with no pressure. Call (586) 315-8900 or text (586) 800-9481.