Shower Doors in Campbell, CA

Most shower doors in Campbell go into one of two kinds of houses. The first is the single-family home from the 1950s, 60s or 70s, built on a lot of about 6,000 square feet after the city incorporated on March 28, 1952 and orchards gave way to housing tracts. The second is the larger home built mainly in the 1990s on a subdivided lot. The bathrooms in those two houses ask for very different glass, and we plan each job around which one you have.

Mid-century hall baths

Campbell's Wikipedia page notes the vast majority of homes were built in the 1950s through 1970s. A typical hall bath from that era has a standard tub with a shower head and maybe 5 feet of wall-to-wall width. A swinging door often doesn't have room to open past the toilet. For these, the usual choices are:

• A bypass sliding door, framed or frameless top-rail
• A fixed tub screen, a single panel covering the shower-head end, open at the other
• A hinged tub door where clearance allows

We check the tub's flange and the tile for level before ordering, since a slight slope in an older tub changes how the bottom track or seal sits.

1990s rebuilds and primary suites

Newer, larger homes from the 1990s, plus houses in the San Tomas neighborhood, which the city's Wikipedia page notes varies from most of Campbell in lot sizes and styles, are more likely to have a separate stall shower or a primary bath with room to spare. That is where frameless doors with an inline panel, corner enclosures and walk-in panels make sense. These rooms also tend to have the original builder-grade framed doors, which by now have worn rollers and stained frames, so replacement with frameless glass is a common project.

What comes out of Campbell taps

Campbell is inside San Jose Water's service area, according to the utility's service-area map, which marks parts of the region as primarily mountain surface water, groundwater or imported Valley Water. The utility manages about 6,000 acres of watershed in the Los Gatos and Saratoga Creek watersheds. Its report lists mountain surface water at 151 ppm hardness, about 9 grains per gallon, groundwater at 288 ppm on average and Valley Water at 99 ppm.

By Valley Water's own scale, 120 to 180 mg/L is hard and anything over 180 is very hard, so whichever source reaches you, your glass will need regular care. We recommend a protective coating on clear glass and a quick squeegee routine, and we can suggest frosted or patterned glass for hall baths where spotting would bother you most.

Our Campbell services

• Frameless shower doors and door-plus-panel layouts
• Semi-frameless doors
• Sliding shower doors for tub alcoves
• Enclosures, fixed panels and splash guards
• Tub glass doors and tub screens
• Shower door repair: rollers, guides, hinges, sweeps and full replacement

Permits

A shower door replacement on its own is usually a straightforward job. If your plans grow into replacing valves, moving the drain or converting a tub to a shower, check with the City of Campbell's Community Development department before starting, since that becomes remodel work.

Price ranges and quotes

Sliders and tub screens are typically the least expensive; frameless enclosures for larger primary baths are at the higher end. After measuring, we hand you a written quote listing the glass, hardware and finish. Call (408) 604-0313 to set a time.

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