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gregory_capello

Need shower door help!

10 years ago

Hi everyone!

I am having a bit of an issue with picking a shower door for the master bath in my new construction. We have a 5' shower stall in the master bath and the contractor installed an acrylic shower stall without running it by us. Now we're trying to keep cost in the bathroom down given the budget overrun we have had in the kitchen, but the issue is that the distance from the base of the shower enclosure to the top is 70.25". So the shower doors I am looking at all seem to be 70" but with a 3" header that only leaves 67". Add that to the 6" from the shower base to the floor and that is 73" from the floor to the shower header.

I'm 6'2... so based on that I am going to hit my head on the darn thing everytime I get in the shower.

I wish I had known and had been able to pick a better (taller) shower option but there is no way to change it now.

So my question is.. do I need to install the header at the top of the fiberglass enclosure? or can I get a 74" or taller door and mount the header right to the wall?