1. SHOWER DOORS
2, "HOW TO"  INSTALL
3. TESTIMONIALS
4. DOOR DRAWINGS
5. GALLERY
6. LOCATIONS
7. FINISHES
8. HINGES
9. HANDLES
10. CLAMPS
11. HEADERS
12. U-CHANNEL
13. VINYL SEALS
14. SUPPORT BARS
15. SLIDNG DOORS
16. HYDROSLIDE
17. BI-FOLD DOORS
18. STAINLESS SLIDING
        SHOWER DOOR
19. GLASS TILES
20. STAINLESS         ROLLING HRDW
21. CONTOUR ROLLER
22. DIRECT ROLLERS
23. MORTISE
24. DOUBLE MORTISE
25. STRAP ROLLERS
26. DOUBLE STRAP
27. ROUND BAR
28. POLISHED
29. PARTS
 
30. ALUMINUM
      SLIDING DOORS
31. EPCO
32. CONTRACTORS
WARDROBE
33. COTTAGE
34. HYDROSLIDE
35. GLASS TILES
 
36. GLASS INFO
37. STRENGTH
38. FLAT GLASS
39. BENT GLASS
40. ART GLASS
41. LAMINATED
42. CABINET GLASS
43. COATINGS
 
44. RAILINGS
45. Z-BRACKETS
46. MINI - Z-BRACKETS
47. RSOB BRACKETS
48. STANDOFFS
49. BASE SHOE
50. SS POSTS
51. ALUMINUM
52. CAP RAILS
 
53. STANDOFFS
54.  2" DIA.
55.  1 1/2" DIA
56. 1 1/4" DIA.
57. - 1" DIA.
58. - 3/4" DIA.
59. - 1/2" DIA.
60. SLOTTED
61. MINI SLOTTED
62. - 1 1/4" SQUARE
63. 3/4" SQUARE
64. POLE ADAPT.
 
65. STORE FRONTS
 
66. REPAIR PARTS
          FOR OLDER
          SHOWERS
67. GLASS CLEANER
68. SHELVES AND
          BRACKETS
69. SEALANT

70. TOOLS

71. DISPLAY HARDWARE
72. CABINET HINGES
73. CABINET LOCKS
 
74. F.A.Q.
75. CONTACT
76. LINKS
77. CHARTS
78. CHECKOUT
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TYPES OF GLASS
These links take you on down this page: FLAT GLASS, BENT TEMPERED, SANBLASTED, SLUMPED, LAMINATED, CABINET GLASS
ANOTHER PAGE

GOOD for SHOWER DOORS

TYPES OF FLAT MONOLITHIC GLASS
(click the title) Monolithic means not laminated or insulated, just like annealed means not tempered, and atheist means not religious.
HEAVY GLASS SHOWER DOORS use 3/8" and 1/2" glass (mainly.) These include Clear, Starphire (Low Iron), Gray, Bronze, Satin, and a few Rolled Patterns such as Rain, Glue Chip and Barok. The rolled patterns look somewhat like Slumped Glass but the pattern repeats. Most tempering plants lack one or more of these kinds of glass. A few tempering plants have even more patterns.
For more photos of the flat glass go to our Gallery/Types of Glass Page.
1/4" thick tempered glass can be used for shower doors. We have hinges that are just like the ones for 3/8" and 1/2" but these are smaller. There are far more choices of glass in 1/4" thickness. For instance you can use half silvered mirror so that the shower is a mirror when the light is off. You can use greylite 14, which is almost black. They have eliminated a lot of colors but green is still available and blue reflective and great many patterns. These will all probably cost more than a heavy glass shower.
3/4" thick tempered glass which can be used for Shower Doors as well as furniture and Entrance Doors and Glass Railings. 3/4" Glass comes in Clear and, with a little searching we can also find 3/4" Starphire. Requires custom made pivots and hinges for shower doors.
Also rare is 1" thick glass, mainly for table tops.

GOOD for SHOWER DOORS

BENT TEMPERED GLASS:
Can be used for Shower Doors, Furniture, and Architecture.
Bent Laminated is also available but not suitable for Showers.
What about Bent, Slumped, Bronze Tempered, with an irregular top edge?
We can do that, I think.

Click here for more info.

GOOD for SHOWER DOORS

Custom Sand Blasting

SANDBLASTED and SATIN GLASS
Satin Glass is acid etched and looks like sandblasted but comes in crates of 3/8" and 1/2" thicknesses for shower doors. It also comes in 1/4" and maybe 1/8" for cabinets, windows, doors, and whatever. Some people say Satin Glass doesn't show fingerprints as much as sandblasted. But we always have our sandblasted glass coated with Clear Shield or some other polymer..

SandBlasted can be done in geometric or artistic designs. Price vary a lot across the country. In the San Francisco area, sandblasters are expensive. In L.A. and even Pennsylvania, sandblasting is much cheaper.

For Photos see Our Gallery, or Nolan Art Glass.

GOOD for SHOWER DOORS

SLUMPED GLASS:
see our gallery for a few pictures. (click on slumped glass icon)
Custom Hand Made for each project. Expensive and Unique, and spectacular. Perfect for Shower Doors. Runs around $125/s.f.
We buy from three sources:
Ultra Glass
Kentucky Art Glass
Nolan Art Glass

ANOTHER PAGE OF GLASS TYPES

ART GLASS PROJECTS
This page lists some unusual kinds of glass, such as heavy heat treated laminated with special interlayer for stair treads and walkways. There is an amazing glass walkway out over the Grand Grand Canyon.
This page also has some info about Glass Kote for Black Splashes and anywhere you needs completely opaque colored glass.
The photo at left is a counter made with three layered laminated with blue interlayer vinyl. The edges were nicely polished.

NOT GOOD FOR SHOWER DOORS

CUSTOM LAMINATED GLASS
Two layers of glass with exotic vinyl interlayer. Laminated glass is not suitable for Shower Doors. If the edge gets wet it will delaminate. It is great for windows and doors. Minimum thickness 1/4"

1/8" Thick for windows and cabinet doors

Cabinet Glass

SPECTRUM CABINET GLASS
We have Spectrum Glass available for will call or shipping. We don't stock it but we have samples in stock and we can get it in one or two days, cut to size. We can ship by UPS. $16/s.f. Minimum order is 2 s.f. and the maximum size is 24 x 48.
CLICK HERE for a catalog with decent but not really adequate pictures of the glass
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For Cabinets we also have 1/8" Clear, Bronze, Satin, Starphire (Low Iron), Azurlite (green) and some rolled patterns, which are less expensive but not as nice as the Spectrum Glass. Maybe we'll get pictures one of these days.

 
     
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