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Calacatta marble-look shower enclosure with frameless sliding glass door and brushed brass rail under construction — South Elgin townhome

Calacatta Shower with Brass Sliding Door

This South Elgin townhome master bathroom shower was built as a full gut-and-replace — the original builder-grade tub was removed and replaced with a walk-in shower using Calacatta marble-look porcelain tile on all three walls and a matching floor. The frameless sliding door with brushed brass rail was installed by a glass contractor after our tile work was complete. For the sliding door to operate correctly, the wall tile had to terminate at a perfectly plumb and flat vertical line on both sides of the opening. We used a laser level to establish this line before setting the first tile and checked it again after each row. The shower floor uses a matching Calacatta mosaic with a center drain.

Project Details

Service
Bathroom & Shower Tile
Area
South Elgin, IL
Materials
Calacatta marble-look porcelain walls, Calacatta mosaic floor, sheet membrane waterproofing
Scope
Residential — tub-to-shower conversion, townhome master bathroom
Timeline
Multi-day install

What We Did

01Tub removed by plumber; we framed and waterproofed new shower walls and pre-sloped mortar bed
02Plumb vertical lines established with laser level at door opening edges; layout planned to avoid narrow cuts at opening
03Large-format wall tile set; mosaic floor set with pitch toward center drain
04Grouted; perimeter caulked; glass contractor installed sliding door after tile inspection

Planning a tub-to-shower conversion in South Elgin? Call (872) 465-4204 to discuss the project.