I'm going trough a house renovation and I am faced with the first thing I've disagreed with the contractors. My bathroom is pretty tall, while I do not want a floor-to-ceiling shower door and enclosure I still want it taller than standard. here is what the contractor told me
>Their standard height is 170-something cm
>Any taller would need thicker glass and cost double because thinner glass would flex too much
I didn't want to argue but in my current place I have the standard shower arrangement, first even if I'm a manlet 170cm is too short. Second, the doors hang from rails, is not like they can flex under their own weight (but maybe he meant while I was sliding them or something).

I wonder if I could build something like picrel myself. I know these are only for decoration, but out there there has to be a way to build a structural metal frame and then embed smaller glass or acrylic panes. This way the glass is no longer what is holding the weight and I could use thinner, cheaper glass.