Shower Screens

Shower Screen Types: Layout, Door and Frame

A shower screen comes down to three choices: the layout of your shower, the way the door opens, and how much frame holds the glass. Layout comes first, because your walls and shower base already decide it. The door and the frame then depend on floor space, look and budget.

Which Shower Screen Fits Your Bathroom?

• If your shower sits in a recess between two walls, choose a wall to wall screen.
• If your shower is open on one side, choose a corner screen with a return panel.
• If a vanity, toilet or towel rail sits close to the shower, choose a sliding door.
• If your opening is wider than about 1540mm, choose a sliding screen, because the pivot doors in this range stop there.
• If you want no door at all, choose a fixed walk-in panel.
• If you shower over a bath, choose a bath panel.

Adjustable Shower Screens and Size Ranges

Most shower screens in this range are adjustable. Each size option covers a span of widths instead of one exact figure, and the wall channels take up the difference, along with walls that lean slightly out of plumb. The glass itself cannot be cut, drilled or trimmed once it is made, so the adjustment always comes from the channels.

• Covey screens make up about three fifths of the range. On the Covey semi frameless models the wall channels adjust up to 20mm on each side. The Covey frameless sliders take up to 10mm with the standard channel, or 20mm with the wider channel option.
• BH screens are listed as ranges too, for example 770 to 900mm on the semi frameless pivot doors.
• Curved and diamond screens fit within about 10mm either side of their set size. Bath panels and walk-in panels come in fixed widths.
• Every screen is sold as a complete set. Hinges, brackets and handles are not sold separately.

Measure the opening at the top, middle and bottom, then order the range that contains the smallest figure. If that figure sits between two ranges, call our renovation expert team on 0480 746 325 before you order, or ask how to measure at home.

Shower Screen Sizes by Opening Width

Shower screen sizes here run from a 300mm fixed panel to a 2530mm three panel slider. The width of your opening narrows the choice quickly: pivot doors stop at about 1540mm, and above 2250mm only the frameless 3 panel slider fits. The table shows what fits each width in the models below.

Height differs as well. Most Covey screens stand 2000mm high, some BH semi frameless models stand 1900mm, the arched fixed panels stand 2200mm, and the bath panels stand 1450mm. For a long recess, start with the chrome frameless 3 panel sliding shower screen.

Framed, Semi Frameless or Frameless Shower Screens

We do not sell traditional fully framed shower screens, the kind with a thick frame around every panel. Three models here do have a full frame: the BH matte black 900/1000mm corner pivot door screen, the Covey diamond screens and the Covey black grid glass door. The rest of the range splits about evenly between semi frameless and frameless.

• A semi frameless screen uses 6mm toughened glass with a slim aluminium frame along the walls and track. It is the closer match if you are replacing an old framed screen. Compare them in semi frameless shower screens.
• A frameless screen uses 10mm toughened glass held by hinges, wall channels or a stainless steel top rail, with no frame around the glass.

Shower Screen Finishes and Matching Tapware

Shower screen hardware here comes in seven finishes, though not every finish comes in every frame type. Chrome and matte black have the most models, in both frameless and semi frameless. Brushed brass and brushed bronze come on frameless screens only. Match the screen to your shower mixer and rail so the two read as one set.

Some layouts, such as the semi frameless centre opening, 3 door, curved and diamond screens, come in chrome and matte black only. Once you pick a finish, look for the shower mixer in the same colour, such as black tapware for a matte black screen.

Buying Shower Screens in Sydney, Brisbane and Perth

Every shower screen in this range can be collected free in Sydney, with no appointment needed. Free metro delivery applies in Sydney on orders over $2,000, and we install across Sydney metro. No shower screens are on display, so use the product photos to compare finishes and call 0480 746 325 if you want a size checked.

The actual installation price is the one shown at checkout. Removing and taking away an old screen is quoted separately.

• Brisbane: Covey screens, about three fifths of the range, can be collected free in Rocklea (QLD), with local delivery across Brisbane metro.
• Melbourne: shower screens cannot be collected in Melbourne, so freight is calculated from your postcode at checkout.
• Perth and other areas: freight is calculated from your postcode at checkout. Glass is checked before dispatch, so please inspect it on delivery before signing.

The RJ Bathroom team in Sydney wrote this guide from the product listings in this collection. If a listing and this guide ever differ, the listing is correct, and you can call us to check before you order.