Not every Englewood bathroom has floor to spare. The secondary baths in early-1900s colonials downtown were drawn narrow, and a hinged door that needs a clear arc simply will not work in them. Sliding glass solves it: two panels of tempered glass pass each other on a slim overhead track and never leave the plane of the opening. We build them to your exact width, including over a tub you are keeping.
Everything hangs from a header at the top of the opening. Two panels of tempered safety glass ride that track on rollers, one in front, one behind, so opening the shower moves glass sideways instead of pushing it out into the room. Nothing arcs over the toilet or the vanity. Because the header does the structural work, the panels can span a wide alcove that no single hinged door could cover. We keep the framing minimal and the track low profile, so the result reads modern rather than like the aluminum sliders these doors usually replace.
Specs are the same ones we use on frameless work. Tempered safety glass in 3/8 inch, low-iron ultra-clear if you would rather lose the green cast at the edges, and a protective coating available to help the surface shed water. Track, handles and pulls come in 15 finishes, so the metal can match the shower valve you already have. Each pair of panels is cut for one opening in our Lodi shop, which takes roughly 1 to 2 weeks after the measure. The install itself is normally finished in one visit.
Downtown Englewood is where a bypass door earns its keep. The blocks running off Palisade Avenue are full of early-1900s colonials, and the bathrooms in them were laid out when a tub, a sink and a toilet were the whole program. There is no spare floor for a door to sweep through. A bypass enclosure gives you real glass in that room without asking for an inch you do not have, and it looks like it belongs in a house of that age rather than fighting the architecture around it. That matters downtown.
Then there is the tub question. Plenty of Englewood households want the tub to stay, whether for kids or for resale, and sliding glass is the cleanest way to close in that opening. The panels span the tub, the track sits on the existing walls, and the tile stays exactly where it is. Even in an East Hill house with generous baths, a long alcove sometimes calls for bypass panels rather than a swinging door. We will tell you which way the room wants to go at the measure, and that measure costs nothing.
Sliding enclosures and tub glass we have built for homes in and around Englewood.
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Englewood does not have an Accurate showroom, so the nearest place to put your hands on one is our main Lodi shop at 80 Industrial Rd, about 14 minutes west. Hours are Monday through Friday 9 to 5 and Saturday 9 to 4. Midland Park at 108 Greenwood Ave sits farther northwest and works by appointment. Ring (201) 460-1313 first.
Four things, mostly. The width of the opening decides how much glass gets cut, the thickness matters, the glass type you choose changes it, and the track and handle finish moves the number as well. A tub alcove and a walk-in opening quote differently even at the same width. We put real numbers to it after the free in-home measure.
That is exactly the room these were made for. Because the panels stay inside the opening, you lose no floor at all, which is the difference between a usable bathroom and a cramped one. We check the wall condition and the true width at the measure, since a house of that age rarely gives you the same dimension top and bottom.
Yes, that is a standard job for us. The panels run the length of the alcove on a header track fastened to the existing walls, so the tub, the tile and the plumbing all stay untouched. We confirm the tub height and the wall surface during the measure, then build the glass to that opening. Nothing about the room gets torn out.
We do, and there is no charge for it. Englewood sits about 14 minutes east of the Lodi shop, so getting a measure on the calendar is straightforward. We look at the opening, the tub or curb, the wall condition and the way you actually use the room, then quote from real numbers instead of a guess over the phone.
Not at all, beyond the basic idea. The framed sliders sitting in a lot of older bathrooms use thin glass, deep bottom tracks that collect grime, and metal that pits over time. Ours run heavier tempered glass on a slim header with minimal framing, and the bottom guide is kept low and clean. Side by side, they do not look related.
Tell us the width of the opening and whether a tub is staying, and we can point you at the right setup. The in-home measure across Englewood is free, and Jessica turns around text quotes fast.
Tell us the width of the opening and whether a tub is staying, and we can point you at the right setup. The in-home measure across Englewood is free, and Jessica turns around text quotes fast.
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