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Your Home Deserves the Apex Standard: A Frameless Glass Shower in Milton, GA

6 days ago
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Apex Glass Industries installed a frameless glass shower in a Milton, Georgia bathroom, with a hinged door, a fixed front panel, and a second fixed panel above a tiled half-wall. Milton is where Apex is headquartered, and this project is a good example of how we approach a finished bathroom.


A Shower Built Around a Half-Wall

The enclosure has three pieces of glass doing different jobs. A hinged door is the entry. A fixed panel forms the front of the shower. A second fixed panel sits above a tiled half-wall, so the shower stays open to the room above the wall instead of closing off behind more tile.


The bathroom was already finished: white marble-look tile with gray veining, a recessed niche, a patterned floor, a linear drain, and a freestanding bathtub beside the shower. The glass had to fit among all of it.


Measuring a Bathroom That’s Already Built

Apex installer working on Linear glass shower of master bathroom in Milton Ga

Tempered glass can’t be cut or trimmed after it’s made, so every dimension has to be right before fabrication. In a finished bathroom, the numbers that matter are the real ones: the tile as it was set, the top of the half-wall as built, and the clearance for a door that swings. Tile and setting-bed thickness can make a finished height differ from the drawing, so we measure the room as it is.


The door needs room to open without touching the tub or the wall. The fixed panels need to line up with the door and with each other, and the hardware has to sit where the glass can carry it. Apex handled the measurement, fabrication, and installation for this project.


Hardware That Stays Out of the Way

The glass is held with compact metal hardware, and the door has a vertical metal pull. Keeping the hardware small lets the marble-look tile and the rest of the bathroom stay the focus. Hardware finishes are chosen to match the faucets and fixtures already in the room, which is why we bring samples to your home.


Installed by Our Own Team

A frameless shower depends on small adjustments made on site, from aligning panels to setting the door so it closes properly. Apex’s own technicians do that work, in Apex uniforms, so the team that measured your shower is the one that installs it.


Frequently Asked Questions

Can a frameless shower have a fixed panel above a half-wall?Yes. The panel is measured to the finished top of the wall and fabricated to fit, so it lines up with the door and the front panel.


Why does a finished bathroom need careful measuring before glass is ordered?Tempered glass can’t be cut or trimmed after it’s made, and tile and setting-bed thickness can change finished dimensions. Measuring the completed room avoids surprises.


Can Apex match glass hardware to my existing fixtures?Yes. Apex brings glass and hardware samples to your home so you can compare finishes against your own fixtures before anything is made.


Does Apex install frameless showers in Milton, GA?Yes. Apex is headquartered in Milton and measures, fabricates, and installs frameless showers throughout Milton and Georgia.


Planning a Shower in Milton?

Apex Glass Industries is headquartered in Milton, with a Design Center in Alpharetta. Complimentary design consultations and estimates are available at the Design Center, online, or by phone or text.


See more on our Milton page, or learn about frameless glass showers.


Apex Glass Industries is licensed, insured, and warranty-backed, a BBB Accredited business, and a National Glass Association member.


Apex Glass Industries. Built to a higher standard.

 
 
 

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