| Aquarium
Corner (miter) |
Glass to glass corner
with mitered glass panels. This style of corner is preferred
for the heavy Euro style units. If the joined panel
is providing structural support for the door corner
brackets should be used for safety. |
| Aquarium Corner (butt) |
Glass to glass corner
using a butt joint. This style of corner is not as popular
as the miter corner, but works equally well. Sometimes
tempered glass can have a slight bow from the tempering
process. This style of corner shows these problems more
than the miter corner. If the joined panel is providing
structural support for the door corner brackets should
be used for safety. |
| Barrier-Free |
This term is used in describing an opening
which is wheelchair-accessible. Our Euro frameless shower
doors have no bottom track and are considered barrier-free. |
| Buttress |
A buttress or pony
wall is less than a full height wall. Usually the inline
side panels or return panel will either be up on the
buttress or will be notched so as to step up onto the
wall. |
| Center Line Measurements: |
The centerline for
a shower door is an imaginary line that lies directly
under the glass. Centerline measurements are taken right
where the unit is to set when installed. |
| Clear Glass: |
Commonly this is the term
to describe the type of glass used in clear windows. This
type of glass actually has a slight greenish tent. On
our Euro Frameless glass which is 3/8" or 1/2" thick the
slight tent is obvious on the edges of the glass. Crystal
Clear glass is clear glass made from special sand to illuminate
the slight greenish tent. |
| Curb: |
A raised edge of a shower pan. Usually 4-6
inches up from the floor of the pan. The shower door is
usually mounted in the center of the curb. |
| Heavy Glass: |
This term is used to differentiate
the Euro Frameless glass which is 3/8" or 1/2" thick
vs. the glass used in a conventional shower door which
in 3/16 to 1/4"
in thickness. |
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| Pan measurements: |
Pan measurements are the outside
measurements for the pan. It is not possible to manufacture
a custom shower door that is guaranteed to when working
with pan measurements. |
| Plumb: |
This is a term indicating that
something is vertical. Typically a level is used to
determine when something is plumb. |
| Fall-in |
A term to indicate that a wall
is out of plumb and is tilted into the shower. |
| Fall-out |
A term to indicate that a wall
is out of plumb and is tilted out of the shower. |
| Frameless: |
The is an over used and misleading
term. Originally all shower door were framed and made
from thin (1/8"-1/4") glass. The frame was necessary
to protect the edge of the glass. Then when safety tempered
glass came along most shower door manufactures came out
with an upgrade of a frameless door. The only frameless
about these doors was the door itself. There was still
wall jambs, and framing on the rest of the unit. The Euro
Frameless units are made from 3/8" or 1/2" glass.
This glass is substantial enough to stand on its own without
framing. |
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| Notched Panel General rules
on notched panels in Euro units. |
1. The minimum width for leg of
the panel is 4 inches.
2. The inside edges of the panel are not polished.
3. The inside corner has a ½ inch radius on 3/8" glass and 9/16" on 1/2"
glass. |
| Inline Panel |
An Inline panel is a fixed panel
on the right or on the left of the door. As the name
applies the panel is "inline" with the door. When standing
in front of the unit the width of the panel on the right
is "S", and the width of the unit on the left is "K". |
| Return Panel |
The Return panel, or End panel
is the fixed panel at the end of the unit which returns
back to the rear wall. |
| Hinge Left/Right |
Designates how the door is to
swing when standing in front of the unit. |
| Pony Wall |
A Pony Wall or Buttress is a less
than full height wall which an inline or return panel
will sit. The step up height is called the riser height. |
| Riser Height |
Riser Height refers to the height
of a step up from the door threshold. SR, KR, and ER
are the dimensions for the riser height of the Right
Inline, Left Inline, and Return panel respectively. |
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