Englewood asks a lot of a shower door. One address is a grand East Hill estate, the next is an early-1900s colonial a few blocks off Palisade Avenue, and the glass has to look right in both. We build frameless enclosures from heavy tempered safety glass, hand-templated to the opening you actually have and cut in our own Lodi shop about 14 minutes west. It starts with a free in-home measure.
Take a level to almost any Englewood bathroom and you will find the walls run out a little. That is why a frameless enclosure begins with a template rather than a tape measure and a catalog page. We map the real opening, corner by corner, then cut 3/8 inch or 1/2 inch tempered safety glass to that shape in our Lodi shop. With no perimeter frame to hide behind, every edge has to land where the drawing says. The hardware stays lean on purpose: a few finish-matched hinges, clips and a header if the span calls for one.
Decisions come next, and they are all yours. Standard clear glass carries a faint green cast at the edges; low-iron ultra-clear takes that out if you want the tile color true. A protective coating can be added to help the surface shed water and spotting. Handles, hinges and clips come in 15 finishes, from polished chrome and brushed nickel to matte black and oil-rubbed bronze, so the metal matches the fixtures already in the room. Once the template is back at the shop, fabrication generally runs 1 to 2 weeks, and installation is normally one visit.
Climb toward the East Hill and the houses get large and deliberate: estates, Tudor Revival landmarks, primary baths that were meant to be looked at. Those are the projects where 1/2 inch glass earns its keep, sometimes paired with a mirror wall on the opposite side of the room. Head the other way, toward downtown and the streets around Palisade Avenue, and the housing turns to early-1900s colonials and in-town homes that owners have looked after carefully. Same service, completely different starting point, and we would rather see which one you have before anybody quotes anything.
A century-old bathroom is never square, and that is fine by us. Walls lean, tile beds sit proud in one corner and shy in the next, and a tub deck rarely runs level end to end. We measure what is actually there rather than what a plan says should be there, then cut the panels to suit, so the door closes clean and the water stays where it belongs. Distance helps as well. Englewood sits about 14 minutes east of our Lodi shop, so the template goes back to the same building where your glass is cut, and our own crew sets it.
A look at frameless shower work from around Englewood and the neighboring Bergen County towns.
More custom glass in Englewood: sliding & bypass shower doors, semi-frameless shower doors, shower door replacement, custom mirrors, custom glass shower enclosures, steam shower enclosures, bathtub shower doors, glass railings, commercial glass. See everything on our Englewood, NJ page. Frameless Shower Doors nearby: Paramus, Ridgewood, Hackensack, Fort Lee, Lodi, Midland Park, Teaneck. Learn more about our frameless shower enclosures statewide, or read the How much do frameless shower doors cost in NJ? and Frameless vs. semi-frameless: which is right? guides.
The closest place to put hands on real glass is our main Lodi showroom at 80 Industrial Rd, roughly 14 minutes west, open Monday through Friday 9 to 5 and Saturday 9 to 4. Englewood itself does not have an Accurate location. Midland Park, at 108 Greenwood Ave, sits farther northwest and works by appointment. Call (201) 460-1313 before you drive over.
No two openings price the same, so there is no flat number to hand you. Size drives it first, then glass thickness, whether you go standard clear or low-iron, and which of the 15 hardware finishes you pick. Layout matters too, since a corner or neo-angle build takes more glass than a single door. We put a written price on it after the free in-home measure.
Most jobs run 1 to 2 weeks from measure to install. The measure and template happen at your house, then the glass is cut and the hardware prepped in the Lodi shop, which is where the time goes. Install is usually a single visit. If your Englewood project is tied to a contractor's schedule, tell us at the measure and we will work to it.
That is squarely what 1/2 inch glass is for. The large primary baths in East Hill homes carry the weight easily, and the thicker panels feel more substantial every time you open the door. We can pair the enclosure with low-iron ultra-clear glass so the tile color stays true, then match the hinges and handles to the rest of the room.
Usually yes. Century-old Englewood houses shift, and almost none of those bathrooms sit plumb. Templating is how we deal with it: we record the real angles on site, cut the glass to match, and let the clips and hinges absorb the small differences. The finished enclosure looks deliberate against tile that was set generations ago, rather than forced into place.
Everything we hang is tempered safety glass, which is the standard for shower enclosures and behaves very differently from ordinary glass if it is ever broken. We spec the panel thickness to the span, use hardware rated for the weight, and set the hinges into solid backing. Our own crew handles the install, so nobody is guessing at what the wall will hold.
One call gets it started. We will set a free in-home measure at your Englewood address, walk the opening with you, and follow up with a written price. If a photo and a rough width is easier, Jessica will take it from there.
One call gets it started. We will set a free in-home measure at your Englewood address, walk the opening with you, and follow up with a written price. If a photo and a rough width is easier, Jessica will take it from there.
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