Glass Shower Door Installation In Auburn Hills
The measure, the fabrication, and the install all come from the same family. We take real numbers off your finished opening, build the glass to those numbers, and set it with our own crew.
Walls Are Never Plumb, So We Build For That
Here is the part nobody mentions until the glass shows up. Shower openings are not square. The walls lean a little, the curb runs a little high at one end, and the two sides of the opening are almost never the same width top to bottom. That is true of a house finished last year and a house finished twenty years ago. It is normal construction. It only becomes a problem when somebody tries to force a boxed door out of a warehouse into a real opening, because a stock panel has one set of dimensions and your bathroom has another. The gap has to go somewhere, and it goes along the wall or under the door where you will see it every day. Auburn Hills baths tend to run large, and a bigger opening shows that error more, not less.
So the whole job starts with a person standing in your bathroom with a level and a tape. We measure the opening as it actually finished, not as it was framed, and we note where it is out of plumb and by how much. Those numbers go straight to our own shop, where the glass gets cut and prepped for your opening specifically. On frameless work, 3/8 inch tempered safety glass is our standard heavy glass, and easy-clean glass is available if you want the upkeep easier from day one. Then the same family that measured it comes back and installs it. Panels set level, hardware aligned, sealed where water would otherwise get out, and the whole thing cleaned up before we leave.
Glass Shower Door Installation, measured and built for Auburn Hills.
Measured In Person
Somebody from our family comes to your Auburn Hills home, measures the finished opening, and checks the walls and the curb for how far off true they run. You talk through glass and hardware standing in the room it has to live in. The visit and the quote are free and cost you nothing but the time.
Built To Your Numbers
The glass is fabricated in house to the dimensions we took off your opening, not to a stock size that almost works. Because we cut it ourselves, there is no shop across town guessing at somebody else's notes, and if a detail needs adjusting it is our own bench making the adjustment.
Set By Our Own Crew
The people carrying the glass into your bathroom work for the same family that measured it. They know what the opening does, because we wrote the numbers down. Nothing gets subcontracted to an installer who has never seen the room, and there is nobody to point a finger at if something needs attention.
Timing The Glass Into Your Project
If a bath is being remodeled or a house is being finished, call us while the tile work is still going and we will get you on the calendar. The measure itself has to wait until the tile is set and the walls are final, since that is the surface the glass has to meet, but planning ahead keeps the room from sitting done except for the door. Custom glass is cut after the measure, so there is real time between the two visits. We tell you what to expect while we are standing there rather than leaving you to wonder, and we would rather give you a straight schedule in person than a guess over the phone.
You are also welcome to come look at glass and hardware before you commit to anything. The showroom is at 42624 Van Dyke Ave in Sterling Heights, open Monday through Friday, 9 to 5, and Saturday, 10 to 2, and finishes are worth putting your hands on. Water in this area is hard, so the measure is the right moment to ask about easy-clean glass instead of finding out a year later. We install for new construction, for baths another trade is remodeling, and for showers that have made do with a curtain long enough. Auburn Hills sits inside the Oakland County territory we cover.
- Free in-home measure
- Opening checked for plumb and level
- Glass fabricated in house
- 3/8 inch tempered standard on frameless
- Easy-clean glass available
- No subcontracted installers
Common questions.
Should the glass be measured before or after the tile goes in?
After. The glass has to meet the finished surface, and tile changes the dimensions of an opening enough to matter. We measure once the tile is set and the walls are done. Call us while the tile work is underway, though, so we can plan around your schedule and be ready the moment the room is. An early call keeps the project from stalling at the last step.
Why not just buy a shower door at a store and install it?
Because a stock door has fixed dimensions and your opening does not match them. Walls lean, curbs run uneven, and the width usually changes from top to bottom. A boxed kit gets shimmed and caulked to hide that, which is where gaps and leaks start. Custom glass is cut to the opening you actually have, so it sits level and seals the way it should.
Is the same company doing the measure, the glass, and the install?
Yes. That is the whole point of how we work. It is common in this trade for a door to be sold by one outfit, cut by a second, and installed by a third who never saw the room. Every handoff is a chance for numbers to get lost. We measure, fabricate, and install in house with our own crew, so nothing gets translated along the way.
What glass do you install as standard?
On our frameless work, 3/8 inch tempered is the standard heavy glass. It is safety glass, it hangs straight, and it feels substantial in a large primary bath, which is what a lot of Auburn Hills homes have. Easy-clean glass is available on top of that and is worth asking about here, since hard water is the main thing that dulls a shower over time.
Who installs glass shower doors in Auburn Hills?
We do. Fortune Shower Doors is a family-owned custom shower door and glass showroom at 42624 Van Dyke Ave in Sterling Heights, and we serve Auburn Hills and the rest of Oakland County. Every job starts with a free, no-pressure in-home measure. Call (586) 315-8900, text (586) 800-9481, or email sales@fortuneshowerdoors.com and we will find a time.
Ready To Get The Glass In?
Call (586) 315-8900 or text (586) 800-9481 to book a free in-home measure in Auburn Hills. We bring options, take real numbers, and leave you an honest quote.