If you're in the DMV, I recommend Dulles Glass and Mirror.

Not sure what DMV stands for so I guess that would not be close to here

I'll second the CR Laurence hardware. We have used that in all our bathrooms.

Never assume ... glass is not just glass! There is always a range of products and choices that can be made. You will have to decide on glass thickness. Glass can also be ordered with a low iron content (Starphire is one of the brands) which eliminates the green tint you tend to see in regular glass. Low iron glass is more expensive, but I think worth it, because it doesn't distort the color of the tile you used when looking at it through the shower glass. This is more important if you used white or light colored tiles in your shower.

Also ask about spacing between the glass and the sides and floor. Will they need to add shower door sweeps/seals?

I decided based on how they wanted to install the glass and how they measured (or didn't) for it--one place wanted to attach it through the shower curb and the other place wanted to attach it along the wall. One place came out to measure themselves and the other had me send them measurements and gave a quote without coming in person. We went with the one that came out and wanted to attach to the wall since we didn't want clips through the shower curb and didn't want to be on the hook for mismeasuring things. That said, the quotes weren't that different, and I had trouble even getting quotes from the two place at the time. I have no idea what hardware they used, though. We have green tile so the guy told me it wasn't worth getting the low-iron glass because the tile was already green. No idea if that's true, but we think it looks good as is and it wasn't as expensive.

@chispa Should they be adding sweeps at bottom of doors?

Setup and shower size will dictate for certain, but you can have them cut them and hand them to you. You can slide them on at a later time if you decide you need them. They are just clear polycarbonate.

@chispa Out of all the quotes we got only one person told is about Starphire glass. He said 95% of his clients use just the regular clear glass. The Starphire glass is a lot more expensive. Not sure if worth it?

I did not mention it as it truly is a person prefernce. Regular glass is enough for most. The Starphire glass is not necessarily any better, it is just more clear. I would seriously consider getting the Showerguard glass treatment however.

@millworkman What is showerguard treatment?

@millworkman Just looked into showerguard and will ask for quote on getting this done

I was just going to post a link for you. Definitely consider it and I would recommend it over the others on the market as this is directly in the glass when manufactured, not a topical treatment.

@millworkman Does the Starphire glass scratch easier than rhe clear glass?

Star fire glass and regular glass do not scratch differently but if you have an upscale home with upscale finishes the starfire is beautiful because it visually goes away and allows your materials to be seen clearly. If you are someone that doesn’t squeegee after every shower I don’t care what anyone says about any topical or integral finishing process - you will see spots and streaks. I’d save money on those upgrades and just plan to squeegee.

@thinkdesignlive Is your recommendation to use the Starphire galss but not get the showergourd and just keep up with the cleaning?

Yes to upkeep of the cleaning no matter what. Your level of finishes and budget determine the starfire or regular glass. Honestly I’ve seen some ‘regular’ glass look really grey - almost a tinted look so just be aware of that.

Regular glass will have a greenish hue so if you are using bright white tile just be mindful of that. Again I would use the Showerguard over the Starphire unless I had really beautiful tile work and was against the greenish hue.

The showers glass installer that husband is thinking of selecting actully prefers smoked glass if we were to upgrade to anything. Too many options…

You need to go to your fabricators showroom and look at all the options with your finishes.

@thinkdesignlive It seems that around here many fabricators closed down showrooms after covid. They all came to meet my husband at our place.

Should glass in regular shower go all way to the ceilings? All the fabricators (we had 5 or 6 companies come by) have the same desgin of glass all tjye way to the top except above shower door. Is that enough air circulation. They also advised to attach the glass using clips attached to ceiling and the shower curbs.

How tall are your ceilings and how high is your shower head? Our shower head is a bit under 7' with 9' ceilings; our tile goes up just past that. We took the glass to 7'. Neither fabricator that we talked to proposed anything higher, and I didn't see the need since we wanted the air to get to the fan.

@artemis78 Our ceilings are 8 feet high. it seems all companies suggested we go all the way to the ceiling and attach the glass there. i was thinking it would be better to have a gap on top

Ok you will need to post your floor plan. And seriously no showrooms? Where are they doing their fabrication? They should have some place where you can view their samples of glass and hardware.

"Should glass in regular shower go all way to the ceilings?"

I purchased a custom bypass door. I asked that the height of the shower doors match those of the bathroom entry doors on either side. The result is that the shower doors are 78" tall (above the shower pan) and there is an 11" gap between the doors and the ceiling. The ceiling fan is outside the shower.

"They also advised to attach the glass using clips attached to ceiling and the shower curbs."

Only the fixed glass panel has clips and those are attached to the tiled wall. The track on which the sliding door rolls is attached to the tiled walls at both ends. I required that there be NO clips attached to the shower pan as it is cast iron and holes drilled in it could have led to rust. There would have been no reason to attach clips to the drywall ceiling.

FWIW I didn't find glass showrooms in our area either, so I imagine it varies regionally. The only glass on display was in prefab enclosures at the big plumbing warehouse type places, and we knew we didn't want that. The fabricators all either quoted online or came out to you. The place we ultimately went with did have references of past customers but given COVID, I didn't end up contacting any to go look at their showers. It all worked out--what we got was exactly what we expected and what was in all their photographs of past jobs.

HU-337240152 before I could tell you to the ceiling and or clips at the floor and the ceiling I would want to see a layout with dimensions for the width of the door, fixed panels, etc. as well as the glass thickness they quoted. At the end of the day that is really the only way to judge whether it goes to the ceiling or not as the stability of the structure is paramount. Just my .02.

@HU-337240152, most of the glass showers I've had needed a sweep on the door. For our new build, the glass/shower guys my builder used weren't great and left gaps on the side that were a bit too big. They came back 4 times for one of my showers ... they kept measuring the wrong thing! They didn't have their act together at all. None of the commercially available sweeps or side seals were fitting my shower doors correctly. Then I remembered the infomercial with Alien Seal! I bought a pack and it worked perfectly because it is flexible. I put it on all the shower doors. It has been on the 3 showers for 16 months and still working well at keeping the water in the shower. All our shower are zero entry, so a bit harder to keep the water contained, compared to a shower with a threshold.

I think the Starphire glass is worth it, but I have light/white colored tile and a green tint would really have bothered me.

@millworkman Did sketches of the washrooms, hopefully they make sense. The ceilings are 8’ high and both bathroom have curbs in the showers.

In the kids’ 5’ by 9’ bathroom we are thinking of only installing a 34” fixed piece of glass on the shower. Will add a door later if we have issues with water.

The master bath has 33” by 59” shower with two sides made of glass. Plan on doing a 26” swinging glass door on the longer side.

@millworkman The glass thickness that was recommended and quotes on is 10mm thick