Configuration by Unit Type
Apartment bathrooms are small, and the space in front of the shower is usually shared with the toilet or the basin. That rules the door. Where a hinged door would swing into the basin or block the doorway, a sliding door on a straight opening or a bi-fold that folds into the shower is the answer. Where the shower sits in a corner of a tight room, a quadrant with a curved front takes less floor than a square corner enclosure. A hinged door belongs only where the plan shows clear swing room; it is the easiest door to clean and the simplest to install, but it needs floor that a studio rarely has. A walk-in screen suits a wet-floor bathroom in a larger unit. Decide the configuration once per unit type, write it on the unit type schedule, and resist per-unit variation: every exception becomes a separate drawing, a separate carton and a separate spare.
- Sliding or bi-fold where the plan shows no swing room
- Quadrant in a tight corner; hinged only with clear floor
- Walk-in screen for wet-floor bathrooms in larger units
- One configuration per unit type, fixed on the schedule
Fabrication and Hardware
Repeat rooms are built to the same drawing, but they are not all the same size once tiled. Made-to-opening fabrication starts from the approved drawing and is confirmed against site dimensions taken after tiling in the first units of each type; the enclosure design carries an adjustment range at the wall profiles that absorbs the normal variation between rooms, and anything outside it is flagged before fabrication rather than on the day of installation. WNS Global provides the dimensioned drawing for approval and releases production after the golden sample is approved. Hardware is standardized across the whole project: one roller or hinge type, one handle, one finish, one seal profile, so that the installer learns the job once and the building manager holds one set of spares. Glass is toughened safety glass with the marking required by the destination market confirmed per project, and the frame finish is chosen for cleaning as much as for looks, since residents will maintain it themselves.
- Approved drawing, then site dimensions after tiling of the first units
- Adjustment at the wall profiles absorbs room-to-room variation
- Golden sample approval before production release
- One hardware set and one finish across the project
Delivery and Handover
Glass stored on a building site gets broken, so enclosures should arrive as the floors are ready for them. Agree a delivery sequence by floor or by core that follows the tiling program, and pack each shipment in that order. Every carton is labeled with the block, floor and unit number and the configuration code, so that the crew carries the right enclosure to the right room without opening it, and the site manager can count what has arrived against the schedule. Where the program allows, phased shipments reduce site storage further. At handover, residents inherit an enclosure they did not choose and have never maintained. A one-page care note, covering routine cleaning of the glass, how the door seals and rollers are kept clear of deposits, and what not to use on the frame finish, prevents most of the calls the building manager would otherwise receive in the first year.
- Delivery sequenced by floor, following the tiling program
- Cartons labeled by block, floor, unit and configuration code
- Phased shipments where the program allows
- Care note for residents: glass, seals, rollers, frame finish
