Name: Kartell K-VIT KV8 Sliding Shower Door – Chrome (All Sizes)
Brand: Kartell
SKU: EIGHT1000SD
Price: 243.65 GBP
Availability: InStock

Description

A sliding door runs along its own track rather than swinging, so it takes up no floor space at all when opening. The Kartell K-VIT KV8 is the premium version — 8mm toughened glass, a taller 1950mm height, and an easy-clean coating on the glass so water beads and runs off instead of drying into limescale spots.

It's the natural choice for a wider recess, particularly where a bath has come out and left a long alcove, or where the bathroom door or basin sits close to the shower. Every size is fully reversible, so it can be hung to open from either side.

Recess or corner — build it here

Use the dropdowns above to build what you need. On its own the door fits a recess, with walls on both sides. Add a side panel and you have a corner enclosure.

The side panel is the depth of your shower and is chosen independently of the door width — a 1700mm door with a 760mm panel is a common combination where a bath has come out. Panels are 8mm glass matching the door, frameless on the outer edge, with about 20mm of adjustment.

Measuring up — read this before you order

Shower doors are sold by nominal size but fitted to an adjustment range, and it's the range that matters. Each door has roughly 40mm of built-in tolerance for walls that aren't plumb.

Measure your recess at floor level, at handle height, and near the top, then work to the narrowest of the three. If that figure sits inside the range below, the door fits.

Note there's no extension profile kit for KV8 — the SIXEXT kit is a KV6 part and won't fit an 8mm system. If you fall between two sizes on KV8, take the smaller door.

Entry width scales with the door

On a sliding door roughly half the opening is fixed glass, so the gap you step through is about half the nominal size — 400mm on the 1000, rising to 750mm on the 1700. That's the figure to buy on if access matters. It's also why a 1000mm slider gives a narrower entry than a 900mm hinged door despite being wider overall: where you have clearance to swing a door, hinged gives better access per millimetre of wall.

Sizes, adjustment ranges and codes

Size	Fits opening	Door entry	Weight	SKU	Barcode
1000mm	950–990mm	400mm	28kg	EIGHT1000SD	5055681449179
1100mm	1050–1090mm	450mm	31kg	EIGHT1100SD	5055681449186
1200mm	1150–1190mm	500mm	34kg	EIGHT1200SD	5055681449193
1400mm	1350–1390mm	600mm	38kg	EIGHT1400SD	5055681449209
1500mm	1450–1490mm	650mm	41kg	EIGHT1500SD	5055681449216
1600mm	1550–1590mm	700mm	44kg	EIGHT1600SD	5055681449223
1700mm	1650–1690mm	750mm	48kg	EIGHT1700SD	5055681449230

Side panel sizes and codes

Panel	Fits opening	SKU	Barcode
700mm	670–690mm	EIGHT700SP	5055681449247
760mm	730–750mm	EIGHT760SP	5055681449254
800mm	770–790mm	EIGHT800SP	5055681449261
900mm	870–890mm	EIGHT900SP	5055681449278

Panels are also sold on their own if you're adding one later or replacing broken glass.

KV8 or KV6?

The KV6 slider is 6mm glass at 1850mm high with no easy-clean coating, and costs less. KV8 gives thicker glass, an extra 100mm of height and the coating. Don't mix the ranges — a KV8 panel would stand 100mm proud of a KV6 door.

Living with it

Sliding doors run on rollers, and rollers are the part that eventually needs attention. Keeping the bottom track clear of hair and soap residue is the single thing that most extends their life. The lifetime guarantee covers the door; moving parts are covered for one year.

These are heavy. The 1700mm door is 48kg boxed and a 900mm panel adds another 24kg, so plan for two people on delivery and again on fitting. Door and panel arrive as separate items.