Does anyone know what shower doors were made of before glass? They seem to be a polycarbinate/plastic type of material. I want to buy some but it seems like glass is the only choice now. Glass is too heavy and gets scummy, I don't like them. I want the older type but I don't even know what to ask for. I have them in Sun City but I need some for a house I have here. I searched everywhere online but no luck.
So Ace hardware on Bell was always the "go to place" for replacement stuff. Oddly, my wife now favors True Value by a long shot.
And no need to cross a big road to get to TruValue (for me). I sound like a big roads wimp when actually I'm in big road traffic everyday in L.A. Most roads I drive are big roads here. I have called so many old timer stores around here about the shower doors. I own a home here that also has two of them. One of them is so cute. I took out the bathtub in the 3rd bathroom and installed a shower. I didn't realize how difficult it would be to find those old shower doors...the ones people refer to as the cheap ones. It's not the price I care about..I just like them so much better than glass.
I have the plastic shower doors. They are bubbly on one side and smooth on the other. Just recently I noticed that the doors in the main bathroom with tub/shower have the bubbly side facing out. The other bathroom, shower only, has the bubbles facing in. I think facing in is the correct way. Right? I don't plan to change them because I never use that shower. Only guests do.
I believe some of the shower doors of the 60s were made of plexiglass. You can use plexiglass, lexan poly, or Acrylic... plexiglass is likely the less costly option.
Thanks. Now can you tell me where to buy them. Even the many salvage yards in L.A. do not have them...and they have so much from torn down homes.
I don't know anyone that makes shower doors with anything other than tempered glass these days. Home Depot, etc. sells plexi, lexan, and acrylic in large sheets, and youtube has how to videos for making frameless shower doors. I suspect that anything other than glass is a DIY project.
Saw a way cool shower built in a remodel; no doors, just tile walls that were long and an entry on the far end. No glass to clean and way more functional.
Yes if you have enough space that style is cool. Tile is also a challenge to keep clean though because of the grout. There are newer solid surface materials that don't require grout.