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   GregGibson | Mar 23, 2005 07:18pm | #1

   I've done cultured marble, custom ordered to fit.  Works absolutely great, especially in a humid Florida Room, and even in a shower (I hate showers with windows, but I do run into them from time to time)

   Stone should work just fine.

   Greg

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   UncleDunc | Mar 23, 2005 08:02pm | #2

   All the ones in my house (except in the basement) are terrazzo. I like it better than wood.

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   MikeCallahan | Mar 23, 2005 09:45pm | #3

   Here is my own house with a limestone sill and trim. I took great pains to seal the whole thing before I set the tile. The tile is tumbled limestone that came in 12x12 tiles. I rounded the cut edges for the tumbled look with a belt sander clamped to a bench outside. The window is fiberglass.

   Mike Callahan, Lake Tahoe, Ca.
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   tealwood | Mar 23, 2005 11:44pm | #4

   Mike ----

   happened to see your pictures of your shower and bath.  very nice outcome.  i have recently started the restoration/modernization of a 1923 bungalow and have been considering various alternatives for dealing with the windows.  i noticed in your pictures that your double hung window in the shower has a single lite below and 3 vertical lites above.  that is the same configuration as in this bungalow, although some of the upper sashes have 4 or 5 vertical lites depending upon the window size.

   curious as to the manufacturer of the synthetic window in your shower/bath.  is it a replacement window or sash or new construction.  are you happy with its performance??  how long has it been in use and are they expensive???

   thanks for any insight.

    

    

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   MikeCallahan | Mar 24, 2005 12:18am | #5

   The shower is spanking new. I just finished it last week. The window is a Millgard fiberglass. You can order the dividers in any configuration. We chose to just divide the upper lite for that arts and crafts look. They are inside the glass. The real dividers would have been a lot more expensive and are a pain to keep clean. The windows came in many colors compared to Vinyl windows. We chose Hunter Green on the outside and white on the inside. They were almost twice the price of vinyl.
   Here is a pic from the outside. The shower is in the far dormer.Mike Callahan, Lake Tahoe, Ca.

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   tealwood | Mar 24, 2005 12:32am | #6

   Mike --

   thanks for the info.  your house looks great!!  what a nice setting, love those pine trees.  you said the shower is brand new,  but is the house also?  any complaints or complements for the windows??  never had any experience with fiberglass windows.

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   MikeCallahan | Mar 24, 2005 01:22am | #7

   Yes. The house is spanking new too. I just passed my final last week. The house only looks a hundred years old. The redwood shakes are salvaged. I ripped the edges of each one, cut an inch off the butt, pulled the old nails and brushed the dirt off. Just a scratch under the patina is sound old growth redwood. Lots of people have asked me if I moved the house from somewhere else because it looks aged already. This pic shows the lid in my porch entry. My wife scrubbed the lichen off the lower boards before I could stop her. I doweled 3/4 rebar into the timbers to avoid ugly simpson bucket connectors. All my eaves are 3x8 exposed tails with barnwood sheathing. Over the top of the sheathing is a skin of 3/4"cdx.Mike Callahan, Lake Tahoe, Ca.

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   MikeCallahan | Mar 24, 2005 01:36am | #8

   I forgot to post the photo of my porch eave and answer your question about the windows.
   I am very happy with the windows. They are low e and quiet. There can be a jackhammer outside and you can barely hear a thing.They don't move and sag like vinyl and you can choose almost any color. Vinyl only comes in white or (ug) bisque. Darker colors cause vinyl to adsorb heat and deform.
   Sorry, We seem to be taking this thread in another direction. I would consider using a stone sill in some more of my windows because the dogs jump up to get a better look outside and scratch the sill. Right now I have a scrap of 1/4" pine plywood on a few of my sills for protection.Mike Callahan, Lake Tahoe, Ca.

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   timkline | Mar 24, 2005 02:14am | #10

   great house, Mike !

    carpenter in transition

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   MGMaxwell | Mar 24, 2005 02:09am | #9

   Marble thresholds found in many stores work well. Angle grinder with diamond blade will cut them to fit. I used Hardibacker shimmed to shed water away from the window and set the marble with white thinset. They're not to expensive.