It depends on how your floor was waterproofed and sloped. In one of my bathrooms we just skipped the door- problem solved. It’s a roughly 4’x6’ shower with a single shower head. In our primary bath it has two heads so needed the door. We use a small ikea bathmat that gets caught by the door but I can move it back with my foot. Another option is barn door hardware instead of a hinged door.

That floor better be waterproofed just like the shower or a wet mat will be the least of the issues.and I agree that a swing door is not ideal. The only experience I have with curbless is for ADA compiance and those just a curtain for ease of person in a wheelchair . have you thought about a glass shower screen with no actul door at all?

Maybe skip the glass and hang a shower curtain I didn’t want glass doors, so just had the rod installed quite high and got an extra long plain white curtain liner. It opens and stacks far to the side and is barely noticeable. The beautiful tile is fully visible as it would be with glass. Mine isn’t totally curbless, but a very low curb. If you get the curtain long enough and your shower is properly sloped, water shouldn’t flood the floor. You could definitely try it and opt for doors later if it doesn’t suit you.

Why the glass walls at all? We have a curb less shower area because we didn't have much space and did not want what was there eaten up by shower walls. We hung a 'hospital' curtain on the ceiling. The water never flows beyond to the rest of the floor. If your shower was properly sloped you don't need a door.

You contact the fabricator and unless there is a good reason? A shower door can hinge to swing in BOTH directions.

What is the size of the shower, the door itself, and where are the hinges placed? Attached to wall or glass?

Show the shower design/plan

Personally? I would not have it. I like water well contained, and no matter how sleek it looks a low curb hardly ruins a bath. Jmho

Get with your shower glass designer and advise they need to configure so door swings both ways.

You probably already checked this but can the doors open inward or could the doors be switched to two glass doors allowing only one to open with a section of the mat for your feet.

Or put a hook just outside the shower that hangs the mat so as soon as you are done you open the door, grab the mat, toss it on the floor, step on to the plush softness and when you are done rehang the mat.

Could you order a glass door that is shorter, sure the water might splash out but the door could open with your favorite bath mat?

this still has a tiny curb, but notice it looks like two doors.

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Can we see pics? My curbless shower is also doorless. No water issues bc the floor is properly sloped. One other option for you - assuming the floor is done correctly - is to shorten the glass door by half- or quarter- of an inch to allow for the bathmat.

@L H, I have 3 curbless showers in the house we built in 2021. All the glass doors have hinges that swing in and out, but the showers are all a good size so there is plenty of space. Another reason to want the door to swing in/out is that after the shower you want to leave the door in the "in" position so that it drips on the shower floor and not the bathroom floor.

Can you show plans or photos?

You can not just make the door 1/2" shorter as the water will just run out under the door.

There are some "flaws" with these showers that you only learn after building one! For me, the problem was that the glass/shower door subs were not the best and made several mistakes. The gaps ended up a bit too large and I had water getting on the bathroom floor. I tried several door sweeps, etc, but they didn't really work. In the end I bought a product I had seen on a TV infomercial, of all things! We have been in the house 2.5 years and they have worked great because they are soft, so they can cover a smaller or bigger gap if the floor or wall are not perfectly level. The stuff I used is the Alien Draft Seal Transparent Silicone Door Seal that you can buy on Amazon.

After the fact I learned of another local glass/shower door company that used a different hinge method, more like that of a pivot door and they said it allowed them to make the gaps between glass door and wall even smaller. I have done a lot of remodeling and shopping for materials, and I had never seen that type of hinge before.

There is nothing wrong with a properly planned and executed curbless. Maybe this suffers a deficit of planning and execution.

Our shower door also opens both ways, so we use a floor mat and pull the door in. Honestly though, no water comes out even with the door open

Target has some extremely thin bathmats that might also work. I had to use one in front of a sink, because the door into our bathroom snagged on the beautiful half an inch thick matching green mat.

We are currently talking to my contractor and the glass fabricator to install these curbs under the door only that raise the glass door by around 1/4", which should be enough to fit a thin mat. Will update the thread with pics when I have it done.

Boxerpal, the shower in the bathroom in the photo you posted does not have two doors. It has one door that is open at a 90 degree angle and you are seeing the handle that is on both the inside and the outside of the door.

We have a curbless shower and the door swings both ways. But, I just dry off in the shower and walk out dry - no need for a rug.

"You cannot just make the door 1/2" shorter as the water will just run out under the door."

I doubt that.

I have a curbless shower. When I take a shower, I put down a bath mat, about a stride length from the opened door. I take one step out of the shower to step on the mat. It hasn't been a problem for the past 16 years.

@Diana Bier Interiors, LLC aaahhhh thank you

Dry off in the shower a bit before stepping out.