Most floors here were sold complete, enclosure included, and a good share of what we do is replacing that original glass with something better. The floors themselves are well built; it is the fittings inside them where a developer's budget shows, and the shower enclosure is usually the clearest example.
What a developer's enclosure is and is not
A developer buys enclosures in quantity and specifies to a price, and the glass is rarely where the saving is made.
The toughened panel in a developer-fitted enclosure is generally fine. The hinges, the seals, the handle and the fixings are where the cost came out.
So an upgrade frequently means keeping the glass and changing everything that holds it, which costs a fraction of a new enclosure. We check whether the hole positions suit better hardware before recommending anything, because sometimes they do and sometimes they do not.
Upgrading without redoing the bathroom
People often assume a better enclosure means retiling, and in these floors it usually does not.
These bathrooms were built recently and to a reasonable standard, so the walls are generally flat and square and the floor generally falls correctly.
That means the full range is available — frameless included — without any building work. We confirm it with a level rather than assume, and where all three checks pass we will say so plainly, because it is the cheapest good outcome and people expect to be sold more.
Bathrooms on a floor where somebody lives above and below
In a builder floor the neighbours are directly above and below, and a leak or a drilling session reaches them immediately.
So the practical courtesies matter: telling the floors above and below when the drilling will happen, and checking the waterproofing detail at the base rather than trusting it.
We also ask whether there has been any damp reported below. A floor that has leaked before needs the cause found, and the enclosure is very rarely it — but it is what gets blamed once new glass is in.
How the job works
- Tell us about the jobSend a few photos, rough sizes and what you need. Use WhatsApp or the form. For a repair, a short video of the door moving helps a lot.
- We call you back in about 2 minutesWe confirm what you need and a time to visit. Where we can, we give you a rough price on the call.
- We come and measureWe measure the opening and check the walls, floor and ceiling around it. Anything made to size is made to these measurements, so they must be right.
- You get a written priceIt lists each item, with GST as its own line. If anything about the job changes, we tell you before we go ahead.
- We fit itYou approve the price and pay the advance. Our own team fits the work, checks that every door and window opens and closes properly, and clears up. Most jobs are done in 3 to 4 days.
