Glass Shower Door Installation in New Baltimore, MI
A precise measure of the real opening, glass fabricated to those numbers, and installation by our own in-house crew. Free, no-pressure in-home measure for New Baltimore homeowners, from our Sterling Heights showroom.
Walls Are Never Plumb
Here is the thing nobody tells you about installing glass. The opening in your bathroom is not square. It is close, and it looks square, but the framing, the drywall, and the hand-set tile all add up, and a shower opening will commonly measure a different width at the top than it does at the bottom. Glass does not bend to meet that. It gets cut once, to a number, and the number has to be right. So the install really begins at the measure, in your bathroom, with somebody reading the actual walls. We check the width at several heights, we check the curb, we check plumb and level, and we note which way the room gets walked through. Every one of those readings ends up in the glass that shows up on install day.
That is why we keep the whole thing in house. The same family that measures your New Baltimore shower fabricates the glass to those measurements and sets it. There is no handoff to a subcontracted installer arriving with a crate and no idea why the left side reads short. When one crew owns the measure, the build, and the install, the small notes survive the trip. If the hinge side had to be flipped because of where the vanity sits, the person who made that call is the person hanging the door. And if anything is off, there is nobody for us to point at but ourselves. That accountability is most of what you are actually buying.
Glass Shower Door Installation, measured and built for New Baltimore.
The Measure Comes First
We come to your house at no charge and measure the opening as it finished. Width at several heights, the curb, the walls, the clearance around a door swing, and how the room gets used. Then we talk it through. No pressure, no obligation, and a clear quote before a single piece of glass is cut.
Cut To Your Numbers
Nothing comes off a shelf. Your glass is fabricated to the measurements taken in your bathroom, with 3/8 inch tempered as our standard heavy glass. Easy-clean glass is available, and there is a full range of hardware finishes to choose from. Ask at the measure and we will walk you through the options.
Our Crew Sets It
Install day is our own people, not a subcontractor. They set the glass level, fit and adjust the hardware, seal the joints that should be sealed, and confirm the door closes true before they pack up. Then they clean up after themselves and show you how the enclosure is meant to operate.
Timing It With Your Project
If you are building new or remodeling, glass goes last. We measure after the tile is set, grouted, and final, because the enclosure gets cut to the opening as it truly finishes and not as it was drawn. Measure a wall that still has work coming and you have measured nothing. There is a steady amount of newer construction on the inland side of New Baltimore, and we work into those schedules regularly. The pattern is simple. Your builder or tile setter finishes the shower, you call us, we measure the real opening, we fabricate, we install. Tile, plumbing, and steam-generator work are other trades, and knowing exactly where our lane starts tends to make us the easiest call on the whole job.
The older homes near the water are a different kind of install and honestly a more interesting one. A place that has been added onto and reworked over decades will have a bathroom that has been changed more than once, and the openings show it. None of that is a problem. It is just a reason the measure matters more than the catalog does. The other thing we account for out here is moisture. Lake air keeps a bathroom damp longer after a shower, so we pay attention to how the enclosure drains, where the water wants to run, and how the hardware is going to hold up in a room that does not dry out fast. Those decisions get made at your opening.
- Free in-home measure
- Width read at several heights
- Custom cut, never a stock unit
- 3/8 inch tempered heavy glass
- Set level and sealed properly
- Measured, built, and installed by us
Common questions.
Who actually installs the glass?
We do. Fortune is a family owned showroom, and the same crew that measures your shower fabricates the glass and installs it. Nothing gets subcontracted out to an installer who has never seen your bathroom. One company is accountable from the first measurement to the last piece of hardware, so you always know exactly who to call. That is the whole reason we work this way.
When in my remodel should I call you?
Call once the tile is set and the walls are final. Glass is cut to the finished opening, so a measure taken before the tile goes in is a measure of something that is still going to change. You are welcome to call earlier to talk through styles, hardware, and glass options. The measurement your enclosure actually gets built from happens when the shower is genuinely done.
Do you install glass shower doors in New Baltimore?
Yes. Our showroom is at 42624 Van Dyke Ave in Sterling Heights, and New Baltimore is well inside the area we cover. The in-home measure is free and comes to you, so there is nothing to pay just to get real numbers for your bathroom. Call (586) 315-8900, text (586) 800-9481, or email sales@fortuneshowerdoors.com. Hours are Monday to Friday 9-5 and Saturday 10-2.
What if my walls are out of square?
That is normal, and it is exactly why we measure in person. Almost no shower opening is perfectly plumb, especially in a house that has settled or been reworked over the years. We read the opening at several points and build the glass to what is really there. If the opening needs a particular style or a filler piece to sit right, we will tell you at the measure instead of after.
What glass and hardware do you use?
Our standard heavy glass is 3/8 inch tempered, which is a safety glass. Easy-clean glass is available too, and given the mineral content in Metro Detroit water it is worth asking about. There is a full range of hardware finishes so the enclosure can match what is already in the room. Bring a photo of your faucet to the measure and we will help you match it.
Book Your Free In-Home Measure
Call (586) 315-8900 or text (586) 800-9481 to set up a free, no-pressure measure in New Baltimore. Custom glass, cut to your opening, installed by the family that built it.