Your Works In Progress Or Finished Pics

[gueuzeman]

Beautiful. I did some glass toekicks on a few reception counters in a bank once...

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[ozzie joe]

the board is "James Hardies" - but where is the water proof membrane ? - fancy missing out on a chance to over specify - LOL.

[jondon]

My current shower project. Tore out the existing fiberglass unit. Homeowners picked out the tile/glass/accents and I put it all together. Talked them into doing the double niche, his and hers. I did the framing for the niches cause I wanted them in a very specific location, they had to be precise. Diagonal in the area where the niches are. Will post a completed pic next week sometime. Still working on it and gotta grout it and the master bathroom floor, in second pic.

I know there is a lot on shower doors but are the frameless hard to install, we haven't ordered one yet but gonna go with them to pick one out and order. Have done many shower doors with frames but never frameless, thanks!

[silvercitytile]

really nice jon. love the pencil above and below the band. and nice wrap around show some more when grouted

[gueuzeman]

Really sharp, Jon. That second close up pic the floor in the shower?

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[dhagin]

Installing heavy glass is stressful.

You need 2 people. Margins and margins for error are small, mistakes are expensive, if you bump a glass corner on the wall, curb or floor tile it can explode into little pieces, panels are heavy... etc...

Other than that, it's just glass.

[MNTileGuy]

As always, nice work guys.

Geez, Paul, Lake Charles, that's a bit of a haul. Awesome stuff though, even though you know my feelings on glass. Flawlessly executed though!

How many of you guys do your own glass doors? Just curious. That's something I wouldn't even consider. I've learned at business school that oftentimes those extra "conveniences' end up being big time money losers. I guess if you're comfortable with it, why not though?

[madronatile]

Plumbing up Wedi with fat beads of polyurethane. Fasteners tomorrow. Extra wood on valve wall because studs so far apart. Added some furring strips on the back wall to save glue.

Question-Any good solutions to a grossly out-of-level tub? This boy is 1 9/16" out along the back and we're using 1" glass. My thought is to make the first course out of a different material, say a 3" piece of the stone being used on the floor, to hide the taper a little better. My only other thought is to cheat the grout lines over the first two feet or so but that would look crappy and be too much work. Or just roll with it and have some slivers of glass on the bottom?

What I'd like is to get the plumber back but h.o. says not an option. Wedi hung now anyway.

[Houston Remodeler]

Lake Charles is only 170 miles away. We get a hotel room for the week. Plus the olde time barber there cuts a mean flat top. Been working for that GC off and on for 3 years now. We do all his high end stuff his regular tile guys ... um.... how shall I say this politely....??...

[MNTileGuy]

Lemme guess. $2/ft guest workers, tail light warranty.

[dhagin]

I usually do all my own glass Brad, but spent a few years installing it as an employee so no more learners permit here. Cheaper metal framed doors are relatively easy, be a good place to get the hang of things. Something like a straight 4' or 5' slider is pretty easy, hinged doors are more complicated & difficult. 2 sets of hands are good in the beginning as well.

[cx]

I don't do moving glass at all, Brad, but I've done my own fixed glass for years. One of them things where you really do want a helper, though, like Dana points out.

Just gotta learn to be careful and pay attention. And measure very, very carefully when things aren't exactly plumb and square. The glass guys are pretty good about bringing you exactly what you ordered, in my experience, so you better order exactly what you want.

When they get it wrong, it's usually waaaay off, not a little off. Like 4-0 x 5-0 instead of 40"x50", or such as that.

[dhagin]

uh yea, you only get one chance when measuring for frameless stuff. I'll spend hours measuring a complicated one sometimes. Yes, hours.

Cheaper metal framed are typically manufactured for a range of net sizes and you merely cut the metal sills & headers to fit... usually.

[jondon]

Jeff,

thanks for the remarks! Customer noticed the wrap right away! Used a lot of pencil strips in this shower, couple reasons. Glass was thicker than the tile so I need a border and pencil is perfect cause of the thickness. Used it as my finish piece as well, more tile and less bullnose. Will post pics when I finish it!

Gueuze,

Pic you spoke of is the floor area in the master bathroom. Shower floor is done in 4X4's, same as ceiling in shower. Did something differently this time, offset the Schluter Drain, with the tile. Tile was actually 4 1/4" so it didn't line up with the drain, too much space tween which doesn't work. I like the offset look and pieces are a lil bigger at wall to floor transition. Had I put them around the drain without offsetting them I would have had a 3/4" piece gainst the back wall, no good.


Dana,

thanks for the advice bout the shower glass doors, I totally agree. In fact I had one shatter once on me. I was standing in the shower, had the header up and was putting the second glass panel in. Was slider and I pulled the door towards me and boom, shattered. Sound like a sledge hammer hitting something. Had about a thousand lil pieces of glass on my feet, lesson learned. Only a few minor cuts and was able to order and replace the panel. I have done many of the Basco showers doors, they do nice panels. With glass you're on the mark, no room for error and I can see why you would spend the time measuring, cause your only as good as your measurements. If I do it I will get someone to help me install it, to lift it in place. Or I will have the guys where we are getting put it in and be there to help or watch since I never done a frameless.

[John K]

Jon,

Why would you want the stress of doing the framless? Just sayin... Did you stop your pencils short or are you notching them for the glass?

Nice job!