Shower glass · Mississauga
Shower glass made to fit your bathroom
Start with the room. A tub in a tower suite, a tiled ensuite in a house and a narrow second bathroom in a newer semi each suit different glass: a full enclosure, one fixed panel or a tub screen. Sometimes only a seal or a hinge needs changing. We connect you with an independent local glass professional who measures the space, explains the choices and quotes the work.
- Enclosures, tub screens and single panels
- Seals, hinges and rollers fixed where they can be
- Measured once the tile is finished
Before you replace
Water on the floor, a door that drags, a loose hinge
Most complaints are about hardware, not glass. The panels can often stay.
Water on the floor
A worn sweep, a tired seal or cracked caulk. Each is replaced on its own.
A door that drags
A hinge that has slipped, or worn rollers on a sliding door. Both are adjustments or part swaps.
A loose hinge or clamp
Hinges carry the glass's weight. Stop using the door until it's checked; a matching part often fits.
A chipped or broken panel
Tempered glass can't be patched. A new panel is made to the old size, and the rest stays.
Enclosure types
How much metal: frameless, semi-frameless and framed
The difference is how much aluminum holds the glass.
Frameless
Thick glass on hinges and clamps, with no door frame. Fewer places for soap to collect, but the panels are heavy and need close measuring.
Semi-frameless
A slim frame on the fixed parts and a door without one. It forgives walls that are slightly off.
Framed
A frame around every panel, with thinner glass. It is lighter and a practical fit for a tub in a busy family bathroom.
Measuring and access
Tile goes in first, then the pro measures
Shower glass is tempered to order and can't be trimmed later.
Finish the tile and the base
The pro measures finished surfaces. If tile, a curb or a new tub is still coming, wait.
Measure at several heights
Walls are rarely straight, so the width is checked at the top, middle and bottom.
In a suite, check the building's rules
Ask the management office about the building's renovation rules, such as elevator booking and contractor insurance, before booking. The condo owners page covers who approves what.
Install when the glass arrives
The second visit fits the hardware, sets the panels and seals the joints.
Door styles
Sliding, hinged, fixed panel or tub screen
Floor space decides most of it.
Sliding door
Panels on a roller bar or track. Nothing swings into the room, which suits narrow bathrooms and tubs.
Hinged door
Needs clear floor in front and should open away from the vanity and toilet.
Fixed panel
One piece of glass and no door, for a walk-in shower long enough to keep the water in.
Tub screen
A single panel on the tub edge instead of a full door. The tub stays easy to use for baths.
Glass options
Clear, low-iron, frosted, patterned or coated
All are safety glass. The choice is about looks and privacy.
Clear or low-iron
Clear glass shows a green tint at the edge of thick panels. Low-iron glass shows much less.
Frosted or patterned
Blurs the view for privacy and hides water spots.
Coated
A factory coating helps water run off. Ask which cleaners to avoid.
What affects the quote
What sets the price of a shower enclosure
Each enclosure is made to measure. The pro will ask about:
- The number, size and height of the panels
- Frameless, semi-frameless or framed
- Glass thickness and finish
- Hinges, clamps, sliding hardware and handles
- Walls or a tub that aren't square
- Access, building rules and removing the old enclosure
Send a photo, the width at top and bottom, and the height. Ask whether HST is included.
The rule
Safety glass is required in showers and tubs
The Ontario Building Code doesn't allow ordinary glass in a shower or bathtub enclosure. It must be safety glass: tempered, which breaks into small, blunt pieces, or laminated, which holds together. Showers usually use tempered.
Tempered glass can't be cut or drilled afterward, so every hole and notch is set before tempering. The same rule covers glass in sliding and storm doors, and the page on glass cut to size explains both types.
Questions
Shower glass questions
Explore your options
More bathroom and glass jobs
Local pros fit and repair shower glass in suites, townhouses and houses across the city, including Mississauga City Centre, Cooksville, Erin Mills, Churchill Meadows and Meadowvale.
Send your shower's measurements and a photo
Say whether it's a tub or a tiled shower, in a house, townhouse or suite. We pass it to a local pro who does shower glass, and they follow up with a quote.