Serving Durham, NC
Custom Shower Doors in Durham, NC
Custom shower doors, templated to an older Durham bathroom.
Custom Shower Doors in Durham.
Durham has more genuinely old housing than anywhere else we work, and old houses are the reason the measure matters. Maven Glass measures and installs custom shower doors throughout Durham, with 33 years in the trade. Licensed and insured, and shower glass is our specialty.
Frameless, semi-frameless, or framed, with many hardware options available. And we tell you the truth about frameless glass: it has small, intentional gaps by design, so some water movement at the edges is normal. We set honest expectations for your layout instead of promising a watertight seal frameless does not provide.
What to expect
We can usually give you a rough quote right over the phone. We call within 24 hours to book your critical measure, and that appointment comes with a one-hour arrival window instead of a half-day of waiting. Your glass is then made to exact dimensions, quality-checked on arrival, and installed clean.
Durham houses have moved, and glass does not bend
Bungalows, former mill houses, and pre-war homes have had eighty or a hundred years to settle. Walls lean slightly, floors are not quite level, and shower openings are almost never square. None of that is a defect, it is what an old house does. But frameless glass is rigid and cut to a fixed shape, so a wall that leans half an inch over seven feet shows as a gap that widens toward the top.
This is why we measure the opening at several heights and check the walls for plumb before anything is ordered, then take up the variance in the wall channels, the hinge selection, and where the glass is notched. Tempered glass cannot be cut, drilled or shaved once it is tempered, so there is no adjusting it on site. It is right before it is ordered or it is not right at all.
Our custom shower doors page covers the configurations, the hardware options and the measure process in more detail.
Wondering what it costs? We do not publish a number, and we explain honestly why not: what actually moves the price of a frameless shower door in Durham.
What We Do
Every detail, handled.
- Frameless, semi-frameless, and framed shower doors
- Custom-measured at a precision critical measure appointment
- Heavy glass options, many hardware choices available
- Steam showers, neo-angles, and custom configurations
- Old enclosure removal and haul-away
All glass is custom-cut for your project. Once your order is placed, it cannot be returned or refunded. See our policies.
Common Questions
Durham questions, answered.
Do you serve Durham?
Yes. Durham is part of our regular service area and shower doors are what we do best. We are based in Morrisville, roughly twenty minutes away in normal traffic, so measure appointments in Durham are straightforward to schedule.
My bathroom is mid-renovation. When should you measure?
After the tile and any curb work are finished and before the fixtures go on. Measuring off studs or backer board will be wrong by the thickness of the tile alone, and that is enough to matter. Call us when tile is scheduled and we will time the measure around your tile setter.
Will a frameless shower door leak?
Frameless glass is designed with small, intentional gaps, so a little water movement at the edges is normal and not a defect. Thoughtful design and proper installation keep it minimal, and aiming showerheads and body sprays toward the walls rather than the door helps too. We set honest expectations for your layout rather than promise a watertight seal that frameless glass is not built to provide.
Nearby
We do the same work next door.
Maven Glass works across the Triangle from Morrisville. The housing is different in each town, so what we deal with is different too.
- Frameless shower doors in Raleigh Older bathrooms inside the Beltline, builder upgrades outside it.
- Frameless shower doors in Chapel Hill Mostly renovation work, where the measure has to follow the tile.
- Frameless shower doors in Apex Newer construction, where the builder framed unit is what gets replaced.
Or see all our custom shower doors work and every area we serve.
Ready to get started?
Serving Durham and the Triangle. Most projects get a rough quote right over the phone.