Sunrise Manor Shower Doors — Quality Glass at Honest Prices

Yes, and semi-frameless is usually the right recommendation here rather than a compromise. It comes in twenty to thirty percent below a comparable frameless enclosure, because thinner glass sits in a supporting channel and needs lighter hardware. It also controls water slightly better than fully frameless, since the channel drains back into the pan, which is worth having in an older bathroom where the pan may not slope quite as well as it should. The glass is still fully tempered safety glass, which is a code requirement rather than a grade you can trade down.

Usually, though the pan is the thing we look at hardest. Much of Sunrise Manor's housing dates from the 1960s through the 1980s, and a pan of that age may have settled, lost its pitch, or been repaired more than once. That matters because a frameless enclosure relies on the pan draining correctly, having no track of its own to catch water. Where the pan is doubtful, a semi-frameless enclosure with a draining channel is the more forgiving choice. We tell you which at the measure, before anything is cut.

Custom work starts at fifty dollars per square foot, and a straightforward alcove replacement in three-eighths glass with stocked chrome or brushed nickel hardware sits at the bottom of that range. What pushes a quote up is size, half-inch glass, an unusual configuration, or a specialty hardware finish, none of which a simple replacement needs. We will not quote over the phone and then revise it at your door: the free measure takes thirty minutes and produces a real number you can decide on.