Frameless glass shower enclosure

Shower Doors in Calgary.

A chinook's brief dry spell does more damage to an untreated shower door than a whole steady Calgary winter, which is why we offer a protective glass coating as an option.

In short

Calgary's air runs dry most of the year and drier still during a chinook, so water sitting on a shower door evaporates fast and leaves mineral residue behind quicker than in a humid climate. Crateworks sizes each frameless enclosure to your opening, and a protective glass coating that cuts that buildup is available as an option.

Built for Calgary’s climate

Dry air works against shower glass in a way that's easy to miss. Calgary's humidity already runs low through a zone 7A winter, and a chinook, being warm air that has dropped and dried out coming off the Rockies, pushes it lower still for the day or two it lasts. Water on the glass evaporates fast in that stretch, and every time it does, it leaves mineral residue behind instead of rinsing away slowly, building a haze quicker than in a wetter climate. The optional glass coating cuts that buildup down to a wipe instead of a scrub. Older character homes, the kind found in Britannia and around Elbow Park, also rarely have a perfectly square bathroom opening, so custom sizing matters as much as the glass care.

Climate zone
NBC Zone 7A (very cold)
Best time to spec
April to June
What we plan for
deep cold, freeze-thaw, chinook swings, and snow load

Why it suits Calgary

The coating is worth considering here because Calgary's air cycles between steady dry cold and a chinook's brief, faster-drying stretch. It is offered as an option, and because freight still rails over the Rockies from Vancouver or Prince Rupert on the same route as any Calgary order, a custom cut for an older Britannia bathroom ships on schedule regardless.

Container-direct delivery into Calgary and southern Alberta.

How it ships to Calgary: Freight lands at the Port of Vancouver or Prince Rupert and rails over the Rockies into Alberta.
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Frameless glass shower enclosure

Frameless

Frameless, sourced to your spec.

How it works

  1. 01

    Send your scope

    Drawings, a materials list, or a rough idea. No account, no obligation. Just tell us what the project needs.

  2. 02

    We match & spec

    We match products to your climate and local code, then price them factory-direct, not off a distributor's shelf.

  3. 03

    One delivered quote

    The whole schedule comes back as a single coordinated quote, delivered to Calgary. One order, one point of contact.

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Common questions

It does, and a chinook makes it worse for a day or two at a time. The faster evaporation concentrates mineral residue on the glass quicker. We offer a protective coating as an option to slow that buildup.
That's most of the work. Neo-angle corners, barn-style openings, and odd-width alcoves in older Britannia and Elbow Park character homes are sized to spec, not selected from a catalog.
It is an option, not part of the standard enclosure. In Calgary, where a chinook brings fast-drying spells several times a winter, it cuts that mineral buildup down to a wipe instead of a scrub.

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Spec shower doors for Calgary.

Send drawings or a rough scope. We quote the Calgary delivered price, all-in.

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