Shower Doors

Some shower enclosures, particularly corner situated enclosures require the same manufacturer’s tray. When you are selecting your enclosure confirm which trays are compatible - often the display will indicate the suggested tray.

Below are shown the main types of shower enclosure, please see below for door opening styles.

Enclosure styles:

Confirm the size of the opening for your shower door and consider the thickness of the tiles. The amount of adjustment between different ranges of shower doors varies and these are indicated in the manufacturer’s literature.

Shower enclosure manufacturers recommend that you install a shower door on to tiles rather than the tiles butting up to the shower door.

Shower enclosures vary in height, check height restrictions on loft conversions or similar situations. Kielder shower trays from Trevi have a lower profile and these can help in these situations.

Don’t forget to order shower wastes. If you have a powerful shower, order high capacity typhoon wastes which will speed the drainage of water.

Door actions:

Shower enclosures open in various different ways. Please note that shower enclosure manufacturers do not always use the same terminology. Most of these types of door can be used with several types of enclosure.

Pivot door These open out, so it is important to ensure that you have enough room in the shower or bathroom for this. Other names and variations of this door style are hinged doors and full opening doors.		Bifold door A Bifold door opens into the enclosure while folding on itself. Also known as Folding doors or Infold Doors, by Matki.
Sliding door Sliding Doors are popular for larger door openings. They are normally 2 panel or 3 panel.		In-Swing door These open into the enclosure without folding. Also known as Gliding Pivot and Infold, by Showerlux.
Walk-in enclosure These enclosures come in various different sizes and generally have no moving parts.