Bathtub Shower Doors For Washington Township Homes
Glass over the tub instead of a curtain. Sliding bypass panels or a single swing door, built to the tub and walls you already have and set by our own family crew.
Glass Over The Tub, Not A Curtain
In the larger newer homes across this end of Macomb County, the primary bath usually got the attention and the big walk-in shower. The hall bath and the guest bath got a tub shower combination, and most of those are still hiding behind a plastic curtain. You know how that goes. It sticks to your arm, it holds mildew along the hem no matter how often you wash it, and it lets a puddle onto the floor every time a kid takes a bath. Glass ends all three problems at once. A tub door mounts to the bathtub you already own, seals against the wall, wipes down in seconds, and makes a plain builder bathroom finally look finished. The tub stays. The tile stays. The plumbing is never touched, which is why this is one of the least disruptive upgrades in the whole house.
There are two good ways to put glass on a tub and the right answer depends on how the room gets used. Bypass panels ride a header that runs the length of the tub and slide past one another, so nothing ever swings out into a bathroom that may already be tight on floor space. A swing or pivot door is a single panel that guards the wet end of the tub and leaves the rest of the deck open, which is easier if you are leaning over to bathe small children or help someone in and out. We will walk you through both at the free in-home measure, then build and install whichever one actually fits your family instead of whichever one is easier to sell.
Bathtub & Tub Shower Doors, measured and built for Washington Township.
Mounts To Your Tub
You keep the bathtub. The door is built to sit on the deck of the tub that is already in the room, so nothing gets ripped out and no plumbing is opened. That keeps the project small and clean, and it keeps a real tub in the house, which most people up here want for kids, for guests, and for resale.
Slide Or Swing
Bypass panels slide on a header and never take up floor space, which is the usual pick for a narrow hall bath. A hinged screen leaves most of the tub open for bathing kids or reaching the faucet. Neither one is automatically better. It comes down to the room and the routine, and we will go through it with you.
Brighter Small Bath
A curtain cuts a small bathroom in half visually and blocks whatever light the room has. Clear glass lets the eye and the light travel all the way to the back wall, so a modest secondary bath reads noticeably larger. Nothing about the floor plan changed. You just stopped hanging an opaque wall across the middle of it.
The Openings A Tub Deck Creates
A tub opening has its own geometry and it is not the same problem as a walk-in shower. The glass starts on the tub deck rather than the floor, and that deck has a slope built into it on purpose so water drains back in. The walls rising off it are almost never plumb, and tile at the tub line often runs a little proud. So the header has to come in level even though the surface underneath it is not, and the panels have to be sized to a real opening that narrows or widens as it goes up. That is exactly the kind of thing you only catch by standing in the room with a level. It is also why a stock door out of a box so often leaves a gap at one end that no amount of caulk will hide.
Water control is the other half of it. On a tub the splash zone is concentrated at the valve end, and the seal has to land where the water actually goes rather than wherever the hardware happens to sit. Get that right and the floor stays dry. The last thing to plan for is our water. Metro Detroit is hard on glass, and the homes on wells in the more rural stretches of the township are dealing with even more mineral than that. Tub panels take a direct hit from that water every day. A squeegee kept on a hook does most of the work, and easy-clean glass is available if you want the deposits to have less to grab onto. Ask about it at the measure.
- Bypass sliders or a swing door
- Built to your existing bathtub
- Tempered safety glass throughout
- Header set level to the walls
- Easy-clean glass available
- Free in-home measure and quote
Common questions.
Do you install tub shower doors in Washington Township?
Yes, Washington Township is well inside the Macomb County area we cover. Come see tub doors set up at the showroom, 42624 Van Dyke Ave in Sterling Heights, open Mon-Fri 9-5 and Sat 10-2. Or call (586) 315-8900 or text (586) 800-9481 and we will come to you for a free in-home measure and a no-pressure quote.
Will a glass door work on the tub I already have?
Most standard alcove tubs take a door without any trouble, and that covers the majority of secondary baths in newer homes here. Tubs with an unusual deck profile or a wide rolled rim need a look in person before we commit to a configuration. That is what the free measure is for. We will tell you straight if a tub is not a good candidate.
Sliding or swinging for a bathroom the kids use?
Many parents go with a swing or pivot panel, because it leaves most of the tub open when you are kneeling beside it washing hair. Bypass sliders win when floor space is tight and a swinging door would hit the vanity or the toilet. Bring the room dimensions and how the bath actually gets used, and we will figure it out together.
Does the bathtub have to come out?
No. The door mounts to the tub that is already there, so the tub, the surround tile, and the plumbing all stay exactly as they are. Nothing is opened up and no other trade needs to be scheduled. That is what keeps a tub door such a contained project compared to anything that involves changing the fixture itself.
How do we keep the glass clear with our water?
Squeegee it after showers. That one habit does most of the work, because hard water only leaves its mineral behind when the glass dries with water sitting on it, and this area gives glass plenty of mineral to deal with. Easy-clean glass is available and gives the deposits a slicker surface to fight. Ask us about it while we are measuring.
Trade The Curtain For Glass
Call (586) 315-8900 or text (586) 800-9481 to set up a free in-home measure for your Washington Township tub, or visit the showroom at 42624 Van Dyke Ave in Sterling Heights.