Custom Shower Doors, Mirrors, and Glass Handrails

Santa Cruz, CA

The Santa Cruz Glass and Glazing Blog - Hosted by Chris Phillips

Redwood decks are quite popular in the Monterey Bay area. Almost any place that you live in Santa Cruz County has a great view. Whether your back yard has a view of the ocean, the redwoods, the river, or the mountains, you probably want to do as little as possible to obstruct it. Glass handrails and guardrails are a great solution for that very reason. There are many different styles and configurations of handrails to choose from. We are able to design, fabricate, and install a handrail to match your existing architecture to provide safety, functionality, and beauty. We also design, fabricate, and install handrails and guardrails for staircases and balconies. There are new technologies available to protect your glass... it can include a surface treatment that will protect it from water stains,  keeping your glass looking beautiful year after year. As always, we are happy to provide you with a free estimate.

It used to be that, if you wanted a shower enclosure for your bathtub, you were limited to bypass doors. In recent years shower door companies began offering shower screens. A shower screen is basically a glass panel, usually on hinges, that extends approximately one half the width of the bathtub. This provides a frameless look and at the same time does a fairly good job at keeping the water in the tub. A shower screen is a good, inexpensive alternative to the run-of-the-mill sliding bypass enclosure.

A couple of years ago my customers started asking me if there were any other alternatives for their bathtub enclosures. After giving it a little thought, I came to the conclusion that there is no reason we can't install the same type of heavy glass shower doors in tubs that we do in full-size shower stalls. We started doing just that, and have achieved a lot of really nice results. Our customers definitely appreciate the uniqueness that custom tub enclosures provide. The tub enclosure shown in the photo to the left is installed on a Greek style tub. The home-owner opted to use 3/8" thick 'rain' style obscured tempered glass in order to minimize the appearance of water spots. This provides a more low-maintenance shower door. The enclosure worked out very well and complimented the bathroom nicely.

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