If you and your husband are planning to renovate your home, you would want to change your masters bathroom. If both of you are not fond of taking a bath, then you should go for walk in showers. With the expenses that you are putting in the house, and since your budget is not unlimited, you might be thinking whether we put shower curtains instead of frameless glass shower screen.

So before you decide, let’s weigh in the advantages and disadvantage of shower screen or shower curtains for walk in showers.

The cost of installing

Obviously, if budget is a concern, then shower curtains is much cheaper than a frameless glass shower screen which can go from $1,500 to more depending on the kind of glass and hinges you will use while shower curtains, the cost will be less. With the curtain rods cost from $ 7 to $50 plus the cost of the shower curtains $ 8 from Target to the high end shower curtains treated with Teflon $ 30, the total cost will be less than a $100.

Maintenance and clean up

Maintaining and cleaning the bathroom is essential, and having to deal with water build up or water scale or soap scum or mildew is not something you want to do. With a frameless glass shower screen, you have to clean the glass regularly but if you use preventive measures like wipe off the water with the squeegee after you use it, then since it is frameless, it will be easy to maintain. With shower curtains, you can just wash it with washing machine to clean the curtain but it means that you have to take it of the rod every time you wash it and if you left it open when shower is not in use, it can grow molds and mildew.

Style and aesthetic beauty

Having to renovate your bathroom with walk in showers, you would want to show the new marble tile and the subtle, serene color of muted gray and blue that gives a relaxing feel. And you want to make our walk in showers feel open, light and airy. With shower curtains, certainly it will feel enclosed while with frameless glass shower screen it will definitely go well with the design of our walk in showers.

With these reasons, you might be more inclined to to get the frameless glass shower screen for your walk in showers, but if you have budget concerns, you can compromise for the moment. You can just get a removable tension rod and a shower curtains for the moment and you can just add the frameless glass shower screen when your budget allows it.