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Frameless shower screen design - will it leak?

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Hi

Rectangular shower, 1900 in length, three sides are tiled. Frameless shower screen 1900 from wall to wall. Ceiling mount shower each end.

Design A: 600 fixed glass, 700 door, 600 fixed glass. I.e door in middle.

Benefits: Symmetry
Concerns: Both showers could technically leak under frameless door (as there's only a 600mm fixed piece before the glass door starts)

Design B: 1200 fixed glass, 700 door off wall.

Benefits: one shower (fixed 1200 piece end) will not leak - this can be regular shower. The second shower is likely to leak under door but this should will be used infrequently.

Concerns: Symmetry

Which design would go for?
First one for symmetry...but it’s a bathroom, so why worry about leakage? You haven’t got carpet outside the shower have you?
Usually you would have either a (wooden or Hebel) step or (better) a slab recess for the frameless shower, so theoretically it can leak only if you get a clogging in your wasting pipe or something.
This is probably a bit late, but you could get a plastic channel type thing, that helps to seal frameless shower doors and stop leaks.

Just did a google search and here are some examples (I'm not affiliated with this store):
https://www.yss.com.au/products/shower_screen_water_seals.php#10mm_glass_1000mm_length

Then I would go with Design A, to keep it symmetrical.
Thanks - that's a great solution.
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