showering next to a window

Grimbal

Stooby2 wrote: »

Try a Google search on "waterproof window blinds". There's all sorts out there and would probably solve both issues in one go.

Interesting ! Thank you very much for that. I know they're not blinds, but your suggested google brought up wetroom- suitable plantation shutters from Hillarys. I love shutters & had been wondering what to do with the windows in our ensuite to be - I think that may have just solved the problem !

sew_what

The window in our ensuite is "in" the shower. It's a UPVC window and all the returns are fully tiled - the cill slopes slightly to avoid water sitting on it (not so much that you can't balance small bottles on it!)
It's a small wide window about 1.5m off the floor, so no issues with folk seeing in, even though it's clear glass!
Beacuse it's fully tiled and sealed we've had no issues with damage!

lee111s

Could the door swing outwards to give you more room inside? I'm doing this with my bathroom that I'm currently changing.

lostinrates

Our main bathroom has recently been done with a wooden window in the shower.

We've treated it pretty much as we would have done an external window with the understanding it will require a fair amount of maintainaince. The sill is tiled, and tilted, everything well siliconed and painted with exterior paint. This is the first window in shower, but the first one in wood, we will have had.

We'll see. It may be a bit of trial and error. It looks beautiful and its lovely to have natural light in the shower.

Willowpop

Not sure if this helps, but we had a similar problem when we put a shower over the bath...Our bathroom windows is situated about half way down the long side of the bath.
We got a frosted glass shelf and turned it onto it's end...so it made a tall, narrow glass screen. We mounted it to the wall with the brackets that came with it and silicone what was now the bottom edge onto the windowsill. It stops the spray from the shower hitting the windowsill and windows but because the 'screen' only goes half way across the window width we can still use the windowsill and get to the windowsill to open it.
hope that makes sense...it's kinda hard to explain!!