Bobrick B-942 Frameless Stainless Steel Mirror, Front Mounting

It surface mounts and is secured from the front, so the fasteners go through the mirror face into the wall rather than into a concealed hanger bracket behind it. Practically, that means you fasten it in place at the wall with no back plate to hook and no recessed rough-in or wall cavity work. The tradeoff is that the mounting points are visible on the face, which is standard for institutional washrooms but worth knowing if you expected a hidden hanger.

It is a stainless steel mirror, not glass. The panel is 18-gauge (1.2mm) type 430 stainless with a bright polished finish that does the reflecting. For facilities managers, that is the whole point: no glass to shatter, which is why this style shows up in schools, correctional and detention washrooms, transit facilities and anywhere vandalism or breakage is a live concern. Reflection quality is not the same as a plate glass mirror, so for an executive restroom or a hotel guest bath a glass mirror is usually the better call.

The panel is type 430 stainless, a ferritic grade that handles ordinary washroom humidity and cleaning well. It is not the 304 grade used where chlorides are heavy, so in a natatorium, a coastal exterior application or a pool locker room, spec a 304 stainless product instead. Clean it with a nonabrasive cleaner only. Abrasives and scouring pads will dull the bright polished surface permanently, and unlike glass there is no way to buff a scratch out of it.

No. It is a flat, unlighted mirror with no integral lighting, no magnification and no shelf. If the job calls for a lighted unit or a magnifying makeup mirror, this is not the part. What it does give you is a flat reflective panel for general washroom use in a compact 11-1/4 by 17-1/4 inch size.

Front mounting means the mirror fastens through its face at the wall, so what you need on site is anchoring suited to the substrate you are actually screwing into. On tile over masonry or concrete block, plan on masonry anchors; on stud framing, hit the studs or use appropriate hollow wall anchors. Finish is bright polished stainless, so use fasteners that will not stain against it. The mirror itself is only 1/4 inch deep and 18-gauge, so it is a light unit, not a heavy plate glass and frame assembly.

It is offered in one configuration, bright polished 18-gauge type 430 stainless at 11-1/4 by 17-1/4 inches, which is exactly what makes it easy to standardize on. Every unit you order matches the last, so a multi-family or institutional portfolio can carry one part number for replacements across every restroom rather than tracking finishes and sizes per building. The single finish also means no risk of a mismatched replacement showing up next to an existing one.