You spent a year on this project. You researched designs. You checked out the cabinets, lights, color combinations and fixtures that are available. You researched the different energy efficient applications and ordered a dual control low flush toilet. Even the showerheads and sink fixtures are water saving devices. You are a perfectionist. You interviewed 15 highly recommended contractors before you hired the one you trusted to do the work.

The focal point of the new master bathroom is the oversized shower stall showcased with a shower glass door. The shower has two showerheads for maximum enjoyment and a shower bench for comfort and convenience. Your crowning achievement is the tile work in the shower that will pull the whole bathroom together. It will tie all the colors and the decor into one gorgeous presentation. You went to 19 different tile stores. You brought samples home and viewed them in the shower stall with natural and artificial light to make sure you were getting exactly what you want. You know you will have to live with all your decisions for the next 10 or 20 years. You deserve perfection and you will have perfection.

You finally selected the right tiles and the right accent tiles to complete your bathroom. You interviewed seven recommended tile layers before you found the one that had the technique, the eye and the imagination to do what was needed. The tiles have slight variations that require them to be installed in the right design to maximize the effect. The tile layer accomplished that. In this whole process, you have left nothing to chance. The tile layer is done and your bathroom is ready except for the glass shower door and shower enclosure.

After all this work, effort, and attention to detail you were not going to allow a shower curtain to block that decorative wall. You are going to get a frameless glass shower door to showcase this work of art.

You found a marvelous manufacture on the Internet who specializes in glass showers. Glass shower manufacturers were easy to find, you just Googled glass showers and had a hundred web sites to choose from. This manufacturer was highly rated by the Better Business Bureau. You could get what you wanted at a reasonable price, a customized frameless glass shower door and shower enclosure to fit your space. These are one-half inch tempered glass, strong and beautiful, with heavy-duty hinges and pulls. You will have the clean, clear uninterrupted view of the focal point of your creation that you want. These came with a variety of glass types and hardware finishes. You easily matched the rest of the bathroom.

You had your choice of glass shower doors and shower enclosures. You could have purchased a shower glass door that slid, or a thinner glass. You chose to purchase one of the frameless glass shower doors. You want nothing but the glass between the shower and anyone who enters.

These doors and enclosures are easy to install, all the hardware necessary comes in the package. The contractor said it was the easiest installation he had ever done. These glass shower doors requires very little care, they are cleaned with just use cool water and a washcloth. You do not use vinegar or vinegar-based solutions, abrasive cleansers, any type of bleach, or any pad, steel or Teflon.

Now you can enjoy your creation showcased in one of the glass shower doors.

The storied Wisconsin fixtures maker features at least ten frameless shower doors priced between $237 and $600. The K-70210-L-SH Purist door is described by Kohler itself as open, light-filtering, and three inches of adjustability for the door, and can be installed to open either left or right depending on the bathroom or shower area layout. The door is available in clear or frosted glass and, while listing for $789, it can be found for as low as $582.

The Fluence (Model K-702400-L-SH) features the increasingly prominent Eurostyle design. Available only in clear glass, the door is a quarter-inch thick, allows inch-and-a-half adjustability for out-of-plumb installations, and can likewise be installed to open left or right. This door also features a roller-compression latch securing its closure as you shower.

Artistcraft makes frameless glass shower doors and even frameless glass shower stalls, if you want to go all the way to the Eurostyle look and ambience. One of their more distinctive frameless doors is a curve-top door with hinges on the long edge of the door rather than top or bottom corners, and you can order your door custom-drilled to open right or left. This door comes in clear (three eighths or half-inch thicknesses), obscured or frosted (three-eighths or half-inch thicknesses), or patterned (three-eighths inch thickness only) glass.

One of the stall offerings is a neo-angled stall that features frameless glass doors and flanking walls with a header rail. The opening width can be made in eighteen to thirty inches widths, and the standard height is sixty-six inches. As with the curve-top door described above, the glass comes in clear (three-eighths or half-inch thicknesses), obscured (same), or patterned (three-eighths thick only) glass, and the header rail offers about a two-inch opening between the rail and the doors and flanking panels for maximum steam ventilation.

Do-it-yourselfers may find a frameless shower kit challenging, and eShowerDoor.com offers several such kits with very flexible style and hardware options. Their Euro S5 frameless shower stall kit comes with the erratic edge style, their Custom Style 5 kit features a frameless doorway cut into a larger frameless glass panel plus a full panel that can be cut to your specifications if your stall area is bisected by other bathroom fixture or short wall. Those are only two examples. Each of their kits comes with your designated glass panels cut to your measurements, hinges and pull handles in assorted styles, bottom wipes, U-channels, stainless screws and anchors, pre-taped seals, silicone sealants, masonry drill bits, and other accessories.

The Shower Door Store offers a number of reasonably priced frameless shower doors. Their 3400-3500 series is a frameless sliding shower door with optional second towel rack, options for custom widths up to 72 inches, and starts at $295. Their Infinity French-style frameless door kit is a door pair with continuous hinge (running the length of the door), twin handles, an optional towel rack and handle combination, and starts at $795.

Essentially, a frameless shower door makes the bath area seem larger and more open and, in a benefit any homeowner appreciates, is easier to clean than a shower curtain, a sliding track, or a framed shower door. And if safety is your concern, be advised that the thicker, heavier glass involved is durable and difficult to break—but if it should break, because it becomes safety glass thanks to the tempering process in its manufacture the door will shatter into several thousand tiny pieces that actually reduce your injury risk.