Glass Shower Door Installation In Harrison Township
A precise measure of the real opening, glass fabricated to those numbers, and our own crew setting it. Fortune Shower Doors keeps one family accountable from the first measurement to the last seal.
Walls Are Never Plumb, So We Measure Yours
Here is the thing nobody tells you about shower glass. Bathroom walls are not plumb, tile is not perfectly flat, and curbs are not dead level. That is true in a brand new build and it is doubly true in a house that has been added onto over the years, which describes a lot of homes in Harrison Township. A door built to a round number will fight all of it. It sits proud on one side, leaves a gap on the other, and water finds the gap. So we do not start with a door. We start with your opening. We take the width at the top, the middle, and the bottom, check how far the walls lean, check the level of the curb or the tub deck, and write down what is actually there.
Those numbers go straight into fabrication. We cut and prepare your glass ourselves to the opening we measured, so the panels come out shaped for your bathroom instead of close enough to a catalog size. Our standard heavy glass is 3/8 inch tempered, which has real weight to it and is unforgiving about a sloppy layout. That is exactly why the measure matters so much. Then our own crew comes out and sets it. Nobody is meeting your bathroom for the first time on install day. We hang the glass, put the seals where they belong, check that the door closes square and moves the way it should, and clean up behind us. One family, one phone number, start to finish.
Glass Shower Door Installation, measured and built for Harrison Township.
The Measure Comes First
We take the opening in more than one place, because the top, the middle, and the bottom of a wall rarely agree with each other. We check plumb, we check level, and we look at how the curb or the tub deck sits. Everything we build comes off those numbers, which is why the finished enclosure sits tight instead of nearly right.
Fabricated In Our Shop
Your glass is not ordered in and hoped for. We cut and prepare it in house to the measurements taken in your bathroom. 3/8 inch tempered is our standard heavy glass, and easy clean glass is available if you would rather have less to fight in hard Macomb County water.
Our Own Crew Sets It
The people carrying your glass through the door work for Fortune Shower Doors. There is no subcontracted installer who never saw the opening, and no unfamiliar truck in the driveway. The same family measured it, built it, and installs it, so there is one place to call when you have a question.
Remodels, New Builds, And Your First Glass Door
Waterfront and canal homes in Harrison Township get worked on constantly, and the shower door is one of the last pieces to go in. That order is on purpose. Glass has to be cut to the walls that exist, not the walls on a plan, so we measure after the tile is set and the curb or tub deck is finished. Getting the sequence right protects you, because a door measured too early is a door that will not fit the room you actually built. We do not handle the tile or the plumbing side of a remodel. We handle the glass, and we would rather come in at the right moment than the early one. If you are running a project and want to know where the door fits in the schedule, call the showroom and ask.
If this is the first real glass enclosure you have owned, take your time with it. Come to the showroom on Van Dyke Ave in Sterling Heights and put your hands on hinges, handles, and track hardware instead of judging them on a screen. Look at glass in daylight. Ask what a given opening can honestly carry, because that is a physical limit and not a sales answer. Or have us come to you, which costs nothing and carries no pressure. We will walk your bathroom, explain what the styles actually do differently, and be straight about which ones suit your room. Damp air and hard water are both facts of life here, so we will talk through coatings and hardware finishes while we are standing in it.
- Opening measured in three places
- Plumb and level checked first
- Glass fabricated in house
- 3/8 inch tempered standard
- Set by our own crew
- Showroom on Van Dyke Ave
Common questions.
Who installs shower doors in Harrison Township?
We do. Fortune Shower Doors is a family owned custom shower door showroom at 42624 Van Dyke Ave in Sterling Heights, serving Macomb and Oakland County. The same family measures your bathroom, fabricates the glass, and installs it with our own crew. The in home measure is free and there is no pressure. Call (586) 315-8900, text (586) 800-9481, or email sales@fortuneshowerdoors.com.
When in a remodel should the glass be measured?
After the tile is finished and the curb or the tub deck is set. Glass gets cut to real walls, and a bathroom almost never ends up perfectly square once it is built. Measuring at the end is how the panels sit tight against the tile you just paid for. Call us when the tile work is wrapping up and we will get out to you.
My opening is out of square. Can I still have glass?
Yes. It just means the glass has to be built for it. Every opening we measure is off somewhere, and homes in Harrison Township that grew room by room over the years are often off by more than a little. We record exactly where the walls lean and build to that. Some styles handle a crooked opening more gracefully than others, and we will tell you which one suits yours.
Can I buy the glass and install it myself?
What we build is measured, fabricated, and installed by us as one job. Tempered glass is heavy and unforgiving, and an enclosure sitting a fraction out of level will bind or leak. Our own crew handles the setting, the seals, and the final adjustment. That is also how we can stand behind the way your door fits and closes, because nobody outside our shop touched it.
Do you handle the tile or the plumbing too?
No, and we would rather say so plainly than pretend otherwise. Tile, plumbing, and steam generator work belong to other trades. What we do is glass. We measure your opening, fabricate the enclosure, and install it. If your tile and curb are finished, we can come measure. If that work is still going on, wrap it up first and then call us.
Book Your Free In Home Measure
We will come to your Harrison Township bathroom, measure the real opening ourselves, and quote your glass with no pressure. Call (586) 315-8900 or text (586) 800-9481 whenever you are ready.