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3/8" and 1/2" GLASS FOR SHOWER DOORS
These are NOT available from all Tempering Plants.
They are available in SF Bay area.
See also the Ultra Glass Page
For Photos of Showers See our Gallery

3/4" Glass can also be used for shower door. 3/4" glass comes in Clear and Starphire.

3/8" and 1/2" Clear.
Shower Door glass is always tempered. Non tmpered is called annealed. Tempering involves running the glass over rollers through an oven at 1200° for a couple of minutes, depending on thickness, and then it is quenched in warm air for about the same amount of time.

RIGIDITY: At right are two company pictures. Right picture we are standing on 3/8" glass, and the left is 1/2" glass. Notice the increased rigidity of 1/2" glass. When we install glass to glass doors with no header we recommend 1/2" glass for teh fixed panel to reduce wobble. But you can see from the pictures than wobble in itself is not dangerous.


Standing on 1/2" Glass

Standing on 3/8" Glass

3/8" and 1/2" STARPHIRE - (LOW IRON)
It is the iron in glass that makes it greenish. Starphire is also called Low Iron Glass.

IMPORTANT NOTICE ABOUT STARPHIRE: It has changed some in the last few years. For a while it had a nice turqoise glow on the edges. But it was very expensive. Without warning a couple of years ago, the turqoise glow was gone and the prices came down. Now more affordable, but it's not as nice as it was. It's still very clear and doesn't change the color of items viewed through the glass. It's very hard to take a picture that shows the difference. See Satin Glass below, which seems to amplify the difference.


STARPHIRE

3/8" and 1/2" SATIN GLASS and KRYSTAL SATIN

Satin Glass is Acid etched. It looks like sandblasted but it seems more resistant to fingerprints. Satin is one of the few obscure glass patterns available in 1/2"
It is a modern simple obscure pattern. When people say frosted, this is what we suspect they mean.
Satin Glass seems to amplify the green. Krystal Satin is very white in comparison.
Click Here for Picture of typical Satin Installation.


KRYSTAL SATIN (Low Iron) - AND REGULAR SATIN

Custom SandBlasted Glass:
You can't see it in the picture but the Coarse Sandblasting sparkles. However the coarse sand chips the polished edges and can cause bowing. Also available in Extra fine, through coarse.

Many patterns are available now at very reasonable prices This page is coming soon.

 


COARSE SANDBLASTING

3/8" RAINY VIEW

Slightly different and better, I think, than the discontinued Rain Glass. May also be available in 1/2" thickness.

Picture of a Rain Glass Shower.


3/8" RAINY VIEW
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3/8" KRYSTAL RAIN

Doesn't have the green tint.


3/8" KRYSTAL RAIN

3/8" Baroque Glass
It's becoming more common. It is probably the one rolled glass that looks the most like hand slumped. So that makes it a bargain.

Larger Picture of Baroque Glass

Picture of Barok Door


3/8" BAROQUE
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3/8" and 1/2" BRONZE and GRAY GLASS

These cut out somewhere around 30% of the light. Sometimes, if the sun is shinning through the glass it's not dark at all. Other times it's quite dark.
Both bronze and gray come in 3/8" and 1/2", but not all temperers carry all four.

Click Here for Photo of Bronze Glass Shower

Another Photo of Bronze Glass Shower

A Photo of Sand Blasted Bronze Glass with Copper Hardware Neo Angle.


BRONZE and GRAY

Blue-Green glass and Blue Glass in 3/8" thickness suitable for Shower Doors. Very rare.


3/8" GREEN and BLUE/GREEN

KRYSTAL SERENITY

Medium Opacity. 3/8" Thick Low Iron Glass

2nd Picture

KRYSTAL STORM

Low iron 3/8" thick

Second Picture

 

 

They are available in SF Bay area.
See also the Ultra Glass Page
and Kentucky Art Glass
For Photos of Showers See our Gallery

 
     


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