Measure the opening height.
Minimum height for shower door.
Determine the distance from the top of the tub edge or shower base to the top of the wall unit or tile wall where you want the door to be located.
Inside the shower the height from the drain to the top of the wall needs to be at least 70 inches.
For custom walk in showers designers will.
An accepted minimum is the glass height being at or above the bottom of the shower head.
The average height of a shower door is about 72 inches although the maximum height will depend on the width and weight of the product.
The height from the bathroom floor outside the shower must be at least 72 inches according to the 2003 international plumbing codes handbook by r.
32 inches width x 32 inches length x 72 84 inches height since the standard sizes are pretty small ensure that the door to the shower opens outward so that you can conveniently enter and shut the door to the shower.
Shower heads are located at a standard height of 80 203 cm but can be set at a minimum height of 72 183 cm if desired.
This frame plus the need for a slight space on each side of the shower door reduces the total shower door width in these 60 inch alcove applications to 58 inches.
There are correlations between widths and heights and glass type sometimes because of weight and sometimes because of what is most common or most generally acceptable by builders and pan tub shower manufacturers.
In general the width of a shower door should be between 22 inches and 36 inches.
You can use a shower curtain to contain splash in a stall shower with no doors but without sloping the pooling water may still escape.
Sliding shower doors range from 45 inches to 47 inches.
Measure vertically at both sides.
32 inches width x 48 inches length x 72 84 inches height square walk in shower.
The measurement should be to the nearest 1 16 inch.
If the width is longer than 36 inches you may have to include an extra panel to the door to support the weight of the structure.
When looking at the height of the shower walls consider two measurements.