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.

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

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

ANOTHER PAGE OF GLASS TYPES

1/8" Thick for windows and cabinet doors

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.

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.