SHOWER DOORS AND INSTALLATIONS

Shower Door Installation in Maui, HI

Maui Shower Door Installations


If you need high quality shower doors in Maui, Hawaii, look no further than the skilled team here at California Frameless Shower Door, LLC. We are proud to be the shower door service that homeowners in our community trust for all of their shower doors needs, and we strive to exceed all expectations with our high quality services, years of experience, and stunning results. Whether you are installing a whole new shower, or just need to replace a broken or worn out shower door, California Frameless Shower Door, LLC is here to help with our beautiful shower doors. 


Our Shower Door Team


California Frameless Shower Door, LLC’s shower doors team has been working on shower doors of all types for many years, and with all this experience under our belts, you can rest easy knowing that your shower doors will be completed with a master’s eye for detail. Poorly installed shower doors can lead to water leaking all over your bathroom floor, and cause a serious accident if someone slips. With California Frameless Shower Door, LLC on your side, you won’t have to worry about your shower doors causing a problem. 


Quality Shower Doors


When you come to California Frameless Shower Door, LLC for your shower doors, you get far more than just a high quality product and installation services — you get our top of the line customer service, as well. We are passionate about our work, and that passion shows in every project we take on. You can depend on our team to arrive on time, complete your shower doors quickly, and even clean up when we’re finished. 


Get A Shower Door Quote



Give California Frameless Shower Door, LLC in Maui, HI a call today to learn more about our shower doors and services, discuss our affordable rates, or schedule a consultation to receive a free quote from one of our skilled professionals. Our friendly and knowledgeable staff is always happy to answer any questions you might have, and we look forward to serving you!

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Types of Shower Enclosures

Frameless Single Sliding Door & Fixed Panel:



This type of enclosure is most commonly made using 3/8” tempered glass. There are some manufacturers that can make limited sizes using 1/2” tempered glass. This style of sliding shower door is classified as a frameless enclosure because it has no perimeter frame work. There is a thick heavy roller bar that extends from wall to wall. The roller bar is supported in the center by attaching the bar directly to the fixed glass. The fixed panel is attached at the bottom with thru-glass clips. Because the fixed panel is needed to help support the weight of the sliding door there can only be one door and not two. The door slides smoothly across the bar using large exposed rollers kind of an exposed barn door style of hardware.

Framed Shower or Tub Enclosure:



This would be the less expensive type of enclosure. It generally has 1/8” to 3/16” thick glass in clear or Rain glass. Each piece of glass including the door has an aluminum frame the encompasses the glass on all sides. The framework comes in many different colors to match your bathrooms, faucets, fixtures, towel bars, etc. You can get framed enclosures with a hinging door and fixed panels or as a By-Pass door with 2 sliding doors and fixed panels if needed.

Custom Shower Enclosure:


A custom shower enclosure is any odd shape that does not fit into any of the named shower enclosure types above. They can have multiple angles and panels. They can be zig-zag shapes. They can be combinations of more than one of the other types of shower enclosure mixed together such as a multi-paneled Neo-Angle connected to a 90º at one end. I have had 90º inside corners with 90º outside corners on the same shower enclosure.


The biggest problem with Custom Shower enclosures is that there are rules that need to be followed in order to use the frameless shower door hardware that is on the market. There have been situations where a customer has asked for a Custom frameless shower door to be done after the tile was completed. They never bothered to find out what the rules are, based on the shape of their design. I have had cases where it was impossible to install the type of enclosure the customer was hoping for because the hardware that would be needed to safely support the glass did not exist.


Always get input from your frameless shower installer before you attempt something that is out of the ordinary. There may be subtle changes to your design that would make it compatible with frameless shower door hardware that is currently on the market.

Types of Shower Door Hinges

Pivot Hinges:


This type of hinge is used the most in the company's work. A Pivot hinge is a type of hinge that attaches to the top and bottom of the door. With the pivot hinges there can never be more then 2 hinges, therefore the pivot hinges carry the most weight per 2 hinges then almost any other hinge in their class. There are many benefits that come with using pivot hinges. Because the hinge cut-outs are on the top and bottom of the door, the hinge can be locked in place with setting blocks placed in between the hinge and the glass cut-out to prevent the door from slipping.


The weight of the door is carried by the glass sitting on a rubber block on the bottom hinge, so it does not hang on the wall. Unlike the wall mounted hinges, if the tile wall that the door hinges from is not flat the pivot hinges will still function perfectly because the hinge pins will always line up with the hinge cut-outs in the glass. They are not dependent on how flat the walls are.


One of my favorite things about the pivot hinges and the other clips and brackets is that all of the hardware is at the extreme top and bottom of the glass enclosure. This helps to keep the center open and unobstructed to show off that beautiful tile work.

Side Mounted Hinges:


This type of hinge attaches to the side of the glass door. Most frameless doors will use 2 hinges. We will only use this type of hinge if the situation calls for it. Using 2 hinges you can support a 3/8” or 1/2” tempered glass door between 80 and 110 lbs. With the side mounted hinges you can use as many as 3 hinges and handle door weight from 120 to 140 lbs on average depending on the hinge you choose. There are some hinges on the market that can handle more weight, but they are more for specialty situations and they can get very expensive.


There are draw backs to using side mounted hinges. The tile wall that the door hinges from needs to be perfectly flat from top to bottom. If the tile that the top hinge attaches to is tilted up and the tile that the bottom hinge attaches to is tilted down, the hinge pins will not be in alignment with each other. It’s even worse if the wall is not flat and you need to use 3 hinges. One of three things can happen because of the stress to the hinge pins not lining up: The tile will crack, the hinge can break apart, or least likely the glass could break.


Another problem with side mounted hinges is that over time the weight of the door hanging from the wall causes the glass to slide out of the hinge. In most cases it will not fall completely out, but it can sag down far enough to cause problems with the door opening and closing. I actually had this happen at a place I worked at many, many years ago. We had a customer that had a different shower door company install one of there shower doors. They used a poor quality side mounted hinge and once a year almost like clock work, they would call to have the door re-adjusted because the door would sag down on to the curb, trapping them inside the shower.

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