Premium Glass for Elegance & Safety
Why choose frameless tempered glass?
- Elegance: Frameless glass is elegant and gives a spacious feel to your washroom.
- Functional: Frameless glass shower entrances are functional and versatile in their ability to be designed into almost any conceivable shape and size.
- Strength: 3/8″ tempered glass is the minimum glass thickness required for a structural rating so that it needs no supporting frame. Yet it is light in appearance.
- Safety: Tempered glass is used in shower entrances for safety reasons, as it never breaks into sharp, dangerous shards as does non-tempered glass.
- Design: You may also choose 1/2″ thick tempered glass for a richer look and greater strength.
The experience that repeats itself is one of framed shower enclosures leaking and needing to be replaced. When a framed shower enclosure is demolished, it is clear that molds are almost always present in the tracking. Replacing a framed entance with 10mm frameless is a positive step toward greater hygene and better health.
Cast Glass
Cast glass is a type of molded pattern glass that provides both obscurity and high light transmission. This product is available is various patterns and is a versatile solution to many design needs.
Ceramic Frit
Ceramic frit is a pigmented enamel permanently fused to the glass surface at temperatures in excess of 1200°F. This is a versatile product that can be applied to glass for a cost effective, low maintenance solution to many design needs.
ShowerGuard: Forever Beautiful
ShowerGuard® is the industry’s first permanent, shower glass protection product (www.showerguardglass.com). Most other products available today are spray-on chemical coatings that dont last long and must be replenished with manufacturer after-care products.
ArkType Inc. is a registered ShowerGuard dealer, and as such has expert knowledge of the product and is professionally trained to competently design and install ShowerGuard.
ShowerGuard never needs to be replenished or reapplied. Guardian uses a patented technology that seals the glass surface during manufacturing, preventing visible chemical corrosion and reducing spots, residues, stains and scale build-up.
Resists Chemical Corrosion
Untreated glass is susceptible to damage and aging effects when exposed to hard water, soap, organics and humidity. Glass chemically reacts with these contaminants to create spots, residues, stains and scale build-up. Over time, this chemical corrosion permanently damages the glass. ShowerGuard seals the glass to virtually eliminate chemical corrosion.
Using ShowerGuard glass reduces the need for:
- Time consuming maintenance
- Corrosive cleaning products
- Special after care products