Shower enclosures are the ‘glass boxes’ that prevent water from your showerhead splashing all over the bathroom floor. If you treasure a dry bathroom floor, you will no doubt find shower enclosures invaluable. Far more effective than shower curtains at keeping water in the shower tray (the section you stand on while showering), shower enclosures can also add a little more style and elegance to your bathroom too.
More efficient and aesthetically pleasing than shower curtains, shower enclosures can have a large impact on the feel of your bathroom as a whole. There are many different designs and many different doors. While the patterns and designs themselves depend more on your opinion, the decision concerning doors should receive a lot of attention, as not only can doors alter the feel of your bathroom, they also have to take bathroom furniture and spacing into consideration.

Outward Opening Doors
Showers with doors that open outwards such as pivot doors and hinged doors must be set up so that the door is not obstructed by items of bathroom furniture such as washstands.
Other Doors
Most showers will have doors that use space efficiently and open into the shower. These include quadrant shower enclosures, sliding doors, bifold doors, inswing doors and corner entry enclosures. All of these shower doors operate on similar principles, and all open into the shower, meaning you can situate a shower nearby other bathroom furniture without having to worry about the door being obstructed.

Installation
If you are looking to install a totally new shower, you ought to consider the best place to position it. Most shower enclosures can be placed anywhere against the wall owing to their square/rectangular nature, but showers with circular enclosures need to be placed in certain areas. Often, putting a shower enclosure with a circular front in the corner is a better idea than positioning it anywhere else in the bathroom.
If you are planning to install a new shower enclosure, either on a totally new shower or on an existing one, make sure you have the dimensions of the shower tray you will be using when deciding which enclosure to buy. Each enclosure will have its own unique manufacturer’s guidelines to installation, and if you follow these your installation will be successful, but make sure you have the necessary equipment to install it ready before you begin. If in any doubt about any stage of the installation, it will certainly be worth seeking professional assistance.