I keep coming across bathrooms with a window right there in the shower. Usually a vinyl window with wood ext jambs and wood trims and tile or other type of shower surround right up to the wood trims. Needless to say, swelled and rotted…
In the last job the tile was in good shape so I tore out the wood stuff, put some flashing membrane over the framing, rebuilt the trims with PVC jamb ext and casings , glued everything together and caulked really well.
What are some proper designs or ways of dealing with windows in showers?
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Fibreglass windows, return the tile back to the jamb.
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Stone or corian sill, tile returns
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I have a window in the master bath shower and really like having it. The sill catches me at about shoulder level and SWMBO at neck level. When I remodeled the bathroom about 8-9 years ago, I replaced the aluminum, single glazed, window with a vinyl double glazed. Both had pebbled glass.
When I ripped the old tile shower, there were a few water marks on the framing, but no rot. When I replaced the window, I went ape with the flashing and pitched the bottom so that the solid surface sill would drain back into the shower. Most failures I see are due to water standing on the sill. Get it to drain, and the potential problems pretty much disappear.
Vinyl window with Azek or similiar extensions and trim. Use 3M Marine adhesive caulk for a lifetime install.
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Is azek or other pvc trim available in interior profiles, to your knowledge (without looking myself)?
I just used square stuff for that last one.
I've only seen the 'good' stuff in exterior profiles.
I've seen some type of plasticy stuff at the box stores in interior profiles. I would not use it on anything.
A router or shaper will make it what you want.
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thanks eric.
I wondered about shaping the pvc trim.
Yes i used some of the 'plasticy' stuff for a client in the laundry room for base once. It would barely hold the finish nails.
I've seen small glass shower doors installed over windows.
Does anybody make a 'privacy glass with the diagonal wire grid in it' window for the bath these days?
sort of a classic old design?