Shower glass,
answered plainly.

A frameless hinged door for the cleanest look, a sliding or bypass system where there is no room for a door to swing, a fixed panel — a splash guard — for a walk-in with no door at all, or a framed grid style where the black metal line is the point. The room usually narrows the list faster than taste does.

Out, in most cases, so water runs back into the tray. But the swing has to clear the vanity, the toilet, the towel bar and the door into the room. This is the single detail that most often has to change after someone has already pictured the finished bathroom, so it is worth settling first.

Frameless enclosures are typically 3/8" or 1/2" tempered glass — the thickness carries the door on its hinges and keeps a large fixed panel from flexing. Framed and sliding systems can use thinner glass because the frame does more of the work. Shower glass is safety glazing by code, and the permanent mark on the pane is the evidence of it.

After the tile is finished. Frameless glass is cut to the opening you actually have, not the one on the drawing, and tile changes both dimensions and squareness. Measuring early is the most expensive shortcut in a bathroom.

It is normal, and it is handled at the measuring stage rather than on installation day. Out-of-plumb walls and uneven tile lines are accounted for in the fabrication and, where needed, with a wall profile that absorbs the variation. It has to be known before the glass is ordered, because tempered glass cannot be trimmed afterwards.

Matte black, polished or brushed chrome, brushed nickel, brushed gold, satin brass, and oil-rubbed bronze are all in common use, along with a range of handle styles. The hinges, the header, the clamps and the handle should be chosen together, and confirmed before anything is ordered.

Not on its own. Hard water leaves mineral deposits that etch into the surface over time, and Florida water is not gentle. A protective coating such as EnduroShield makes the surface easier to keep clean, and a squeegee after each use does more than any product. We will tell you what your glass actually needs rather than sell you a coating by default.

Yes — frosted, satin, fluted, rain, and low-iron glass are all available, and each changes both privacy and how much light reaches the rest of the bathroom. Worth seeing in person before deciding, because samples read very differently at full size.

Sometimes, if the existing hardware is still made and the opening has not moved. Send photographs of the hinges, the header, and the full opening and we can tell you whether a replacement is realistic or whether the enclosure should be redone.

No, but it changes the answer. A sliding system, a narrower door, or a fixed splash panel often works where a swinging door cannot. Send dimensions and photographs and we will tell you which configurations actually fit.