The perfect shower door serves as a cornerstone of your entire bathroom design. Before you place your order, make sure you have answers to three crucial questions to ensure an easy installation process:
1. What wall materials are used in your bathroom?
Form and function are equally important and you’ll want your bathroom walls to properly support your new shower door. While you can use thinner glass in just about any space, the type of wall material becomes more important if you’re eyeing a heavier product like ⅜” glass. For fiberglass and acrylic substrates, be sure to follow our specific support guidelines.
2. Where are the wall studs?
Before you order, check out where your wall studs are located, since this is where your door and hinges are mounted. When selecting a heavy glass door, you’ll need double studs for the hinge side and at the threshold.
3. What is the shape of your shower?
Whether you’re upgrading an existing bathroom or starting fresh, the shape of your shower area can really elevate the space. Basco’s most popular layouts are inline, return, and corner..
Your shower area is the centerpiece of your bathroom, and the right shower door is the key to getting the look you want. There are a few things to keep in mind when choosing the perfect shower door, along with some tips to follow for ordering and getting your new shower door installed.
Shower Shape
Choose Your Opening Type
Basco shower doors can fit in just about any bathroom space. Our most popular configurations include:
Inline Doors: These doors fit in a shower that has a single straight opening and include bypass doors (meaning sliding doors), single swing doors, and any door and panel configuration without angled panels.
Return Doors: The panel doesn’t line up to the door, but instead sits at a 90-degree angle. You can choose from a swing door or bypass door with a return panel.
Corner “Neo” Doors: With this option, your shower door is located in the center of two panels, both of which are angled at 135 degrees.
Getting into your shower
Decide How You’d Like to Enter
Enjoy the solitude of your shower every day by choosing a door that not only fits your space, but also fits how you use the shower.
Swing Doors: Much like any door in your house, these doors swing out into the bathroom to allow entry into your shower.
Sliding Doors: A stylish and space-saving option, sliding doors move along a single line. Some sliding enclosures feature bypass doors, where both sides slide, while others feature a sliding panel coupled with one that is fixed.
Rolling Doors: Much like sliding doors, rolling doors travel along a single plane. However, advanced ball bearings ensure a premium glide along the track on a fixed panel.
Panel Enclosures: For fans of simplicity, panel-style enclosures offer the purest form of entry. Assuming a strategically positioned shower head, and featuring no moving parts, panel enclosures keep the water in, while allowing for total freedom when entering.
Glass finishes
Choose Your Glass
Your shower glass can achieve any number of looks in your bathroom with any degree of privacy.
Clear: Creates an open and airy look
Obscure: Semi-private with a slightly blurred effect
Rain: A dramatic waterfall effect
Clear Etched: Clean-cut lines for a modern effect
Vessence: An elemental look that gently obscures the view
Silk: Maximum privacy with a sleek look
Strata: A blurred effect for better privacy
Autumn: Leaf-like prints offer texture and interest
Fluted: Horizontal lines create a textured look
Tempest: Provides artistic flair for any space
Reflections: Gives a dark mirrored appearance
Clear Beveled: Extends design into your shower door
AquaGlideXP Clear: Clear glass with a factory applied AquaglideXP to help protect the glass from daily use.
Shower Guard Clear: Permanent protection for lasting beauty
Pure Glass: A whiter edge for clear-cut perfection
Pure Silk: A whiter edge with a touch of sleek privacy
Metal Framing
Select Your Frame Type
The right door frame helps showcase your shower space, particularly any high design tile work. Explore your three options.
Framed: A framed enclosure includes framing around both the door opening and each panel. It’s the perfect way to complement the finishing on other fixtures in your bathroom.
Semi-framed: A semi-frameless enclosure has framing on each side of the larger piece, but not around the actual door or panel. It’s ideal if you want to incorporate your finishing without obstructing the view into your shower.
Frameless: These doors have minimal framing in order to provide the clearest view into your shower. It’s the best way to highlight tile, rain showerheads, and other high-end features.
Metal Finish
Choose Your Finish
Our finish options are designed to complement today’s most popular faucet and bath hardware. Choose from a diverse palette of options to match the latest trends and your style preference.
