Andover pairs a substantial stock of nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century houses — around Phillips Academy, along Main Street, and through Shawsheen Village — with extensive subdivision development from the 1960s onward and continuing new construction. Large family homes are the norm, and multi-bath renovation packages are common: it is not unusual for an Andover project to include the primary bath plus one or two others.
Ordering several enclosures together is worth planning deliberately. It keeps hardware finishes consistent across the house, which is harder to achieve than it sounds if the bathrooms are done months apart and a finish gets discontinued or subtly revised in between. It also simplifies scheduling, since measurement and installation can be coordinated rather than repeated.
Andover's older housing brings the framing problems that come with age. Shawsheen Village's 1920s houses and the older stock near the academy have compact bathrooms where openings lean, walls bow, and upper-floor ceilings slope under the eaves. Glass cut to a nominal size will show a wedge at one end; glass cut to the measured opening will not. Every Oasis enclosure is measured in your home to 1/16" after the tile is complete, with angled top cuts and notches around casings and old radiator lines as routine work.
The subdivision housing, particularly from the 1980s and later, typically presents a corner tub beside a small shower stall in the primary bath. Removing the tub and expanding the shower into its footprint is the standard renovation, and the opening it produces is defined by whatever the old tub deck leaves behind — rarely standard, frequently with a return leg or angled corner. Custom fabrication handles that geometry directly.
Wider openings shift the glass from 3/8" to 1/2" for rigidity across a long fixed run and for the weight of a larger door. Low-iron ultra-clear glass is worth the modest premium where the tile is white marble or pale quartzite, since standard tempered glass shows a green cast at the exposed edges.
Hardware in Andover runs the full range — polished nickel and oil-rubbed bronze in the period houses, matte black and brushed brass in newer construction, brushed nickel throughout as a steady default. Matching an existing fixture finish is a frequent request and is far more reliable with the actual piece in hand.
Our Peabody showroom at 47 Newbury St is about 15 miles from Andover, roughly a 20-minute drive down Route 495 and Route 95 or via Route 125.
Oasis measures, builds, and installs every Andover project with our own people, never subcontractors, for the price on your quote.
