Custom Shower & Glazing FAQs

Q: What areas do you travel to for shower and glass installations?
A: All Around Glass LLP proudly services the entire Western Slope of Colorado. Our regular travel and project service areas include Montrose, Grand Junction, Telluride, South Fork, Del Norte, Delta, Ouray, and Ridgway.
Q: What premium shower glass hardware brands do you utilize?
A: We work exclusively with top-tier, industry-standard glass fabrication and architectural hardware brands, including US Horizon, FHC (First Choice Manufacturing), Cardinal, and CR Laurence (CRL), ensuring heavy-duty performance and sleek, modern structural finishes.
Q: Are frameless shower enclosures completely watertight?
A: By architectural design, custom frameless shower enclosures utilize minimal hardware and precision glass-to-glass tolerances rather than bulky aluminum tracks and thick rubber gaskets. While we use premium clear bulb vinyl seals to tightly close the gaps between your door and the fixed glass panels, a frameless enclosure is engineered to be highly water-resistant, and cannot be guaranteed to be 100% watertight.
Q: How should I position my shower heads to prevent leaking?
A: Minor weeping or spraying through the minimal hardware tolerances can occur if water is directed forcefully at a seam. To ensure an entirely dry bathroom floor, shower heads, body sprays, and high-pressure jets must never be positioned to blast water directly at a glass joint, door hinge, or the bottom sweep. Normal, indirect shower spray and natural water run-off will stay completely contained.
Q: What are the structural tile and framing requirements for heavy glass?
A: We rely on the structural integrity of the existing framing and substrate provided by the client or general contractor. All frameless installations require solid wood 2x4 blocking securely installed behind the tile/drywall studs prior to layout. Furthermore, we utilize precision digital layouts to accommodate out-of-plumb walls, but we are not responsible for leaks, shifting, or underlying structural failures resulting from improper wall backing or unpitched shower thresholds.
Q: What are functional glass deflection and clearance gaps?
A: Frameless glass doors require a minimal structural clearance gap (typically 1/8 to 3/16 along the hinge and strike sides to allow the door to swing freely without binding or clipping. Minor water deflection near these functional gaps during normal operational use is standard for frameless architectural glass systems.
Q: Do you offer heavy glass shower options and glass repairs?
A: Yes. We specialize in custom heavy frameless glass enclosures, custom glass handrails, single pane glass repairs, and full Insulated Glass Unit (IGU) double-pane window replacements for residential and commercial projects across the region.
Q: How long does it take to get a custom shower glass panel built?
A: Because all safety glass must be precision-measured, custom-cut, and fully tempered at the factory to meet safety codes, lead times vary based on current manufacturing queues. Once safety glass undergoes the thermal tempering process, it cannot be cut or altered. Therefore, dimensions are final and orders cannot be changed or canceled once fabrication begins.