Bathrooms in NIT are mostly compact, often in flats above or behind shops. In a small room the enclosure layout is not a matter of taste - a door that opens the wrong way makes the whole bathroom awkward. Getting the swing and the footprint right is nearly the whole job here.
Why a sliding door usually wins in a small bathroom
A hinged shower door needs clear floor to swing into, and in a compact bathroom that floor is where you stand to use the basin.
A sliding door takes none. It runs along the opening, so the space in front of the shower stays usable.
The trade-off is that a slider has a track at the bottom that needs wiping, and the opening is never the full width. Where the room genuinely has no spare floor, that trade is worth making, and we will say so rather than fitting what looks better in a photograph.
Getting glass up to a flat above a shop
Most flats here are reached by a straight, narrow staircase, sometimes with a turn at the top.
A shower panel is rigid and cannot be angled round a tight turn the way a mattress can. If it will not go, it will not go, and finding that out on the day wastes everybody's morning.
So we measure the staircase at survey, including the ceiling height over the turn. Where the full panel will not pass, we design the enclosure in narrower sections. It is the same enclosure; it is just made to fit the route in.
Keeping the rest of the bathroom dry
In a small room, water that escapes the enclosure reaches everything, so the seal at the base matters more here than in a large bathroom.
The usual leak is not the door - it is the bottom corner where the fixed panel meets the wall and the floor.
We fit a proper base seal and silicone the inside corner rather than the outside, so water is stopped before it gets into the joint instead of after. Sealing the outside looks tidier and traps water in the gap, which is why we do not do it.
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.
