Kitchen Remodeling

November 19, 2007

Selecting a shower door company

Filed under: bathroom, shower door — scottdh @ 5:41 am

Some contractors are just plain awful. There are some tell tale signs that you can rely on when determining if a contractor is on the level. If you are remodeling your bathroom and including a new frameless shower door then you’re going to need to be able to sort out the real contractors from the clowns.

Read up on some of the possible problems that you can run into with a contractor, and what to do to avoid getting tangled up with one who will do a terrible job, the likes of which a 5 year old could do better.

November 18, 2007

The value of glass shower door sealant coating products

Filed under: bathroom remodeling, shower door — scottdh @ 3:43 am

If you’re considering a clear shower door as part of your bathroom remodeling project then you no doubt know already that squeegeeing off the water after each use is required to maintain the clearness and beauty of your new shower door. This can be a real drag, especially when you’ve overslept and are late for work.

You might have heard of coating systems and decided wither they’re too expensive, offer little in the way of benefit, and can easily be damaged with chemical cleaners, rendering it ineffective. Well, there are some options, and not all coating systems are created equal. See this homeowners experience and what he did for a clear shower glass glass sealing.

November 12, 2007

Low iron glass shower door

Filed under: bathroom remodeling, shower door — scottdh @ 3:53 am

I never realized before we started remodeling the bathroom that there were actually different types of glass used for bathroom shower doors. Sure there’s clear glass and there’s obfuscated glass that much is obvious. But what I didn’t realize is that there’s low-iron glass and regular (high iron I guess) glass. Imagine that - iron metal in glass.

Anyway, it turns out that regular glass has some iron in it and the iron can cause a slight shift in the color of anything on the other side, like tile. This fact came to our attention when we visited the shower door company to go over options - low iron glass was one of the options. It helps to consider the pros and cons of low iron glass shower doors before visiting the shower door company -

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