The Best Shower Enclosures For All Bathroom Sizes

Elegant sells a wide range of enclosures, and this sliding door model is the one we'd pick first for a bigger bathroom. There's a size for most larger spaces, from 1200 x 1900mm up to 1700 x 1900mm.

The glass is 8mm tempered with Elegant's own nano coating, which the brand says is self-cleaning. In practice, a coating like this helps water run off rather than leaving drops to dry into limescale, so cleaning is quicker. Clear vinyl seals and full-length magnetic door strips keep water in, and Elegant offers a waterproof guarantee.

The sliding door runs on metal rollers, and 20mm of wall adjustment on each side takes care of walls that aren't quite plumb. The design is reversible, and you can choose a chrome or black frame.

This Elegant enclosure comes with its own shower tray, which takes away the job of finding a tray that matches the glass dimensions exactly. Sizes run from 1200 x 700mm to 1700 x 900mm.

The tray is stone resin, and Elegant says it resists scratches, chips and discolouration. Stone resin is heavier and more solid underfoot than a cheap acrylic tray, so it doesn't flex when you step in. The glass is 8mm tempered with the same self-cleaning coating as Elegant's other enclosures, held in a strong aluminium frame with stainless steel screws.

You can choose a left or right door opening to suit the room. Elegant describes it as multi-waterproof and endurance tested. It's the most expensive enclosure in our roundup, but the tray is part of that price.

The Ravenna is Durovin's flagship enclosure, and its frameless design gives a cleaner, more open look than a framed unit. The 8mm tempered glass matches the Elegant enclosures for thickness, with a nano coating that makes it easier to wipe down.

With 11 sizes between 1000 x 1950mm and 1500 x 1950mm, you've a good chance of finding one that fits your space closely. It can be fitted to the left or the right, and 25mm of wall adjustment helps with uneven walls.

Stainless steel screws and chrome cover caps are included. If the sliding design doesn't suit your room, Durovin also makes bi-fold and pivot door versions with clear or frosted glass. It's on the expensive side for a sliding door enclosure.

Nuie is better known for its bath and shower screens, but the Rene shows it can do full enclosures well too. It's a quadrant, curved at the front to save space, and finished in satin black with square T-bar handles.

The glass is 6mm toughened, and the design is reversible so the doors can open from either side. There are five sizes to choose from, and Nuie sells matching brassware if you want the shower valve and head to tie in.

The big draw is Nuie's lifetime guarantee on its enclosures. That's reassuring on something you'll use every day, and it helps make sense of the price, the highest of any quadrant in our roundup.

An offset quadrant is longer on one side than the other, which gives you more room to move without taking up much more floor. Elegant's version comes in five sizes, each reversible, and you can add a matching tray and waste or use your own.

The doors run on 16 metal wheels that Elegant says are built to resist corrosion. The frame is a wide aluminium rail with a polished chrome finish, and the glass has Elegant's Nano Easy Clean coating. There's 15mm of wall adjustment and a waterproof guarantee.

We fitted one in one of our Airbnbs, and the instructions were the weak point. They aren't detailed enough for someone fitting their first enclosure, so allow extra time and work through the parts carefully before starting.

The VeeBath Fenwick is a straightforward quadrant with twin sliding doors, sold in 900 x 900mm or 1000 x 1000mm. Those are the common corner tray sizes, so there's a good chance it'll sit on the tray you already have.

The doors, fixing kit and hardware all come in the box. The doors run on rollers and runners, and the handles are chrome plated. More useful is the adjustment of up to 40mm, which takes up the slack when walls lean.

The glass is only 5mm, thinner than the 6mm and 8mm glass on the other enclosures where the brand states a thickness. VeeBath gives a five year guarantee, but only if the enclosure is fitted by a professional, so factor that in if you're planning to fit it yourself.