An L-shape enclosure is what you need when the shower sits in a corner instead of along a full wall. Two panels of toughened glass meet at the corner and close the shower on its two open sides, with a hinged door in one of them. Toughened glass is safety glass. There is no post at the corner, so the enclosure still looks light even though it wraps around two sides.
Which bathrooms need the L-shape
Any bathroom where the shower sits in a corner and two of its sides are open to the room. This is common in larger bathrooms, and in flats where the shower is a marked-off zone rather than a full wet wall.
It is also the right shape where a straight partition would cut the room in an awkward way. Wrapping the shower, instead of dividing the room, usually leaves a more usable bathroom.
The catch is cost. An L-shape has more glass edge for the same floor area than a straight run. It also has a corner joint and a return panel. So it sits at the upper end of the range.
How two panels make a solid corner
The two panels meet right at the corner and are joined with a clear silicone line. There is no aluminium post between them. That is what keeps the corner looking clean.
Both panels are toughened glass, normally the same thickness across the enclosure, chosen to suit their height and width.
The corner needs the most care at fitting. Very few bathroom corners are truly square, so we check the angle at the measuring visit instead of assuming ninety degrees. Where a corner is clearly out, we adjust the panel sizes to suit it.
We seal along both wall joints, the full floor line and the corner itself, in an anti-fungal bathroom-grade silicone.
The job, with one person responsible
Send photos of both open sides and the rough sizes. We usually come back the same day with a range.
We measure after your tiling is finished. At that visit we check both corners, the slope of the floor towards the drain, and which side the door should open from.
You get a written price with the glass, the fittings and the fitting work on their own lines. Once you agree, an advance covers the materials and the glass takes a few working days.
Fitting an L-shape usually takes a day. One site manager runs your job from the measuring visit to handover. So you have one person to call, not a general line.
Why two quotes for the same enclosure can differ
Usually because they are not really the same enclosure.
The most common differences are glass thickness, whether the hinges are sized for the weight of the door, and whether the closing edge gets a proper seal or a plain plastic strip. You cannot see any of the three in a photo, and all three change the price.
The corner joint is another. A well-made glass-to-glass corner takes longer than dropping an aluminium post between the panels, and it looks much better.
We list the specification line by line. Then you can compare a cheaper quote with ours on equal terms, not on the total alone.
