A steam enclosure has one job a normal shower does not: hold the steam. That means glass to the ceiling, a transom above the door, and every edge sealed instead of left to drain. We build them here in Lodi, fabricate in our own shop, and start with a free measure of the finished room.
A regular shower enclosure is designed to let air move and water drain. A steam enclosure is the opposite. The glass runs floor to ceiling so there is no open gap over the door, and a fixed transom panel closes the space above the door line. The door itself gets a full sweep and seals down both sides. Get any of that wrong and the steam bleeds into the room instead of staying where you want it.
Most steam transoms are built to vent, usually an operable panel you can crack open after a session so the enclosure dries out. That detail matters as much as the seal. The rest is heavy glass done carefully: 3/8-inch or 1/2-inch tempered safety glass, a header sized to the ceiling height, hardware in your finish, and the protective easy-clean coating if you want the surface to shed water. Most enclosures are ready in a week or two.
Steam enclosures live or die on the ceiling, and Lodi's older housing stock keeps that interesting. Capes, colonials and two-family homes built decades ago were not framed with eight-foot bathroom ceilings in mind, and second-floor baths in particular can run low or have a slope where the roof line comes down. That changes the transom height, the header, and sometimes whether a steam build makes sense at all. We measure it before anyone orders a generator.
A steam shower is almost always part of a bigger renovation, so the glass is the last thing in. Your contractor handles the pan, the vapor barrier, the tile and the steam unit. We handle the enclosure, and we template after the tile is finished so the seal lands where it should. Being based in Lodi means we can come back at the exact point in your schedule, without a week of lead time.
See sealed steam enclosures and full-height glass from bathrooms around Lodi and Bergen County.
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Come by the showroom. We are at 80 Industrial Rd in Lodi, open Monday through Friday 9 to 5 and Saturday 9 to 4, and the glass is fabricated in the same building. You can see how a transom sits above a door, how the sweeps and seals close an edge, and compare glass thickness and hardware finishes side by side. Call or text (201) 460-1313 before you come.
We will not throw a number at you before we see the room. Steam pricing depends on glass thickness, the height and size of the panels, whether the ceiling calls for a custom transom, the glass type you choose and the hardware finish. Ceiling height alone can change the job. You get a firm, itemized quote after a free measure, and we have monthly payment options if that helps the project.
The glass itself runs about one to two weeks from template to install, and the install is usually one visit. The scheduling question is really about your renovation. We cannot template until the tile is set and final, so the glass goes on the calendar once your contractor gives you a finish date. Since we are right here in Lodi, we can usually slot you in quickly once that date is real.
For a working steam shower, yes. If there is an open gap above the door the steam simply leaves, and you run the unit longer for less effect while pushing moisture into the rest of the bathroom. Full-height glass with a sealed transom keeps the heat where you want it. If you are not committed to steam, a standard enclosure is the simpler build.
Often, but it has to be measured. It is common in capes and older colonials to have a bath tucked under the roof line with a slope on one side. Glass can be cut to follow that angle and the transom sized to what is actually there. What we need to know is the finished ceiling height and where the slope starts, which is a fifteen-minute visit for us since we are in town.
We build, seal and install the enclosure itself. The steam unit, the plumbing, the pan and the vapor barrier behind your tile belong to your contractor, since we are a glass company. That is the normal split on a steam job. Tell us who is running it and we will set the template date with them directly so nothing waits on a phone call.
Send Jessica your ceiling height and rough dimensions, and we will come look at the room at no charge.
Send Jessica your ceiling height and rough dimensions, and we will come look at the room at no charge.
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