Luxury Glass of CNY is a glass door company in Syracuse, New York, providing custom glass shower doors. With such a wide selection of shower door styles, glass types, and panel configurations, selecting which door will fit your bathroom décor and shower space can be challenging. Our management team has more than 30 years of experience and you can rest assured your project will go flawlessly and have the custom look you have always dreamed of for your home, as our owners personally design every job and install it themselves.
Jim Chappell has been designing glass enclosures for more than 20 years. As the co-owner of Luxury Glass of CNY, a glass door company in Syracuse, New York, Jim personally designs each and every project. His professionalism shows in every project by ensuring on-time installations, minimal mess, and expert consultation from start to finish. As lead installer and co-owner, Anthony Decicco ensures your project is timely, clean, quick, and painless while installing the glass that will become the showplace of your home.
Add instant appeal to your bathroom by installing frameless shower doors from Luxury Glass of CNY in Syracuse, New York. Your door should be easy to install; however, professional installation is recommended, as there are always opportunities to make mistakes that can be very costly. The installation is still mainly an art that requires some exacting skills. Frameless shower doors can be very visually appealing, providing a modern, contemporary look to almost any bathroom. You can create the illusion of a more wide-open and airy space, as there is no visual separation between the glass and the frame.
Showers can be open or enclosed. Open, wet rooms have no enclosing walls. Enclosed showers can be contained with waterproof curtains or doors that open, slide, or fold. Greater development of waterproof materials like bathroom tiles and sealants have created better, safer, and cleaner shower environments.
Basically, a hinged shower enclosure consists of a hinged swinging shower door that opens outward. There are typically magnetic catches installed that keep the doors closed when the shower is in use. While these enclosures are easy to access, there needs to be adequate room in the bathroom for the door to operate.
Frameless shower enclosures are popular in the market because they are stylish and sleek. It is a shower enclosure that exclusively features no frame, but instead surrounds the shower with the assistance of thick glass. Advantages of this type of shower enclosure are the easy cleaning and sleeker appearance, but they can be expensive to buy and install.
With the development of indoor plumbing in the 1800s and heated tap water not far behind, the first modern showering apparatus was born. JL Mott Iron Works invented it in 1889. It was similar to the modern power shower in that exposed pipes sprayed jets of water at the bather from every angle.
Three types of showers are the power shower, the mixer shower, and the electric shower. Deciding which one is best for you depends on your hot water system, budget, and other factors.