Starphire Vs Regular Shower Door

18 2014 trenton n j.

Starphire vs regular shower door.

During the manufacturing process the green hue is removed. Standard shower glass height of 72 a taller height of 80 or 84 or a steam shower. This allows it to transmit 91 of light compared to 83 for regular glass. The reason you will hear the terms low iron and starphire sometimes used together is because starphire is a brand name of the glass and low iron is the process used to remove the green tint.

Tempered glass has a slight green hue that to be honest i never noticed until the salesman told me about it. Also if the glass is a quarter inch thick or more you will really start to see the green. The fixed panel in your shower enclosure will need to be attached to the wall somehow. Low iron might be considered for any frameless glass applications like shower enclosures tabletops and glass doors.

The result is an ultra clear view through your shower door to the beautiful tile inside. Low iron glass vs starphire glass. Low iron glass works exactly the same as standard glass. When my sister decided she would like to replace her old framed shower enclosure with a new frameless one i looked at her white tile and knew it would look green if i used standard clear glass.

I took these photos and the difference is extreme but that is also since it is touching the tile. We had planned to use a tall 1 2 thick clear glass door that i happened to have in stock and order the fixed panels custom to match. The discriminating client knows that for a true frameless shower enclosure she must have clips to achieve the look. We knew we wanted a frameless upgraded door but wondering if the extra 600 is worth it for this type of glass.

I wonder if anyone has had any experience with this type of glass apparently it is lower lead and has less of a green tint than regular glass door. The shower door will be 3 feet away so maybe won t be noticeable. Starphire glass shower door. This helps to minimize the greening effect typically found in thick glass panels of glass.

Starphire glass is an ultra clear glass that contains as little as 10 of the iron that is found in regular glass. Starphire is an upgrade of shower glass that is virtually clear. They are the same type of glass.