How Glass Shower Enclosures Prevent The Costly Repairs Associated With Failed Shower Curtains

A shower enclosure does more to prevent damage to your bathroom than just a shower curtain. Shower curtains are not as dependable as glass shower doors and you have to replace shower curtains repeatedly to maintain a clean and healthy bathroom. Instead of utilizing a shower curtain, consider the following benefits of glass shower doors.

Water Overflow and the Typical Shower

Since the average shower is approximately eight minutes long and uses around seven or eight gallons of water a minute, you want all that water to stay inside your shower and go down the drain. Despite your best efforts to keep water inside the shower, a shower curtain does not effectively close at both ends or consistently remain inside the edge of the tub/shower. The water that escapes trickles down the walls on both ends, saturates your bathroom floor, and then, if you do not have a bathroom rug or towel to stop the gravitational flow, it heads into the next room. Over time, the repeated accumulation of water results in the costly replacement of wood flooring or carpeting. With glass shower doors, this is never a concern.

Shower Seals and Excess Water

Without your shower enclosure, excess water would end up on the floor around the base of the shower/tub itself. Plumbers caulk these areas to fill the gaps between the floors and the shower stall to prevent moisture from getting underneath and rotting the supporting wood. Eventually, those seals break down and water seeps through. Without glass shower doors to prevent water from ever touching the floor, there is a high probability that you would have to repair and replace the flooring underneath your shower. There is even the possibility of mold removal and restoration to all of the subflooring in your bathroom, which would be equally as expensive as repairing and restoring the flooring underneath it.

Mold and Mildew on Your Walls

Mold and mildew develop far less frequently on glass, and its added protection to your bathroom walls make it ideal and less expensive than a shower curtain. When your shower enclosure keeps all of the shower water inside, then the walls just outside of your shower remain mold and mildew free. Without the enclosure, you would have to pay a mold and mildew remediation specialist hundreds of dollars or more to pull the damaged sections of wall down and then replace the walls. 

Saving Money

The cost of glass shower doors and installation may seem fairly expensive, but when compared to the cost of any of the repairs mentioned above, it is the least expensive option. You can also purchase older, in stock glass shower doors and enclosures. Doing so decreases the overall cost to the price of three years' worth of shower curtain replacements, which you will never have to replace again. Meanwhile, you can enjoy the benefits of glass doors/enclosures.

To learn more, contact a company like Affordable Custom Enclosures.