I'm replacing my bathroom windows. What kind of privacy glass should I got for?

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In my head I had frosted glass, but not too sure how big of a fan I am of it. The shower is against the window so will need to be a high privacy rating, but not sure whether to get frosted or some kind of design.

https://www.pilkington.com/en-gb/uk/householders/decorative-glazing?gclid=CjwKCAiAjp6BBhAIEiwAkO9WumbBLCX4uTi5slh_u3eyZEhhCAdFW_--WoxxNFVZTW78uMEcfOgCBRoCANwQAvD_BwE&gclid=CjwKCAiAjp6BBhAIEiwAkO9WumbBLCX4uTi5slh_u3eyZEhhCAdFW_--WoxxNFVZTW78uMEcfOgCBRoCANwQAvD_BwE

greensalad

It's up to your personal taste. Personally I'd go for frosted. It's timeless, inoffensive and clean. Personally I think nearly all the designs look tacky. The reeded types are OK but they aren't as high privacy. Frosted is not going to offend anyone.

FreeBear

I wanted a lightly frosted glass for my bathroom. Had Stippolyte installed, which was a bit too heavy for my taste.. Level 4 privacy, and all you can see through the glass is a vague pink blob if I were to stand the other side. Even if you were to press your nose up against the window (difficult as it is on the first floor), you still wouldn't see any detail.

If you have a local glazing showroom, the best thing to do is to pay them a visit. Looking at large sheets of glass will give you a better idea of the final result compared to viewing small samples - I wish I'd done that now...

EssexExile

We have Cotswold, it's inoffensive.

CliveOfIndia

FreeBear said:

Even if you were to press your nose up against the window (difficult as it is on the first floor)

I was going to say - depending on the situation of the building, and assuming the bathroom is not on the ground floor, it could be argued that there's no need for privacy glass at all, if you're not overlooked in any way?  But I do realise most people would feel more comfortable with some sort of frosted (or whatever) glass.

Reminds me of a comedian I saw once, he was musing over why the toilets in aeroplanes have frosted windows ... "You're 30,000 feet up, who's going to be looking in ????" 

ic

I've recently had windows done - went for stippolite on small windows looking to a shared path, but then opal (a bit like tracing paper) in the bathrooms.  The opal is just a matt finish with no pattern that obliterates everything, so very good  for privacy.

twopenny

Depends on what you are looking out to and who's potentially looking in.
I'm looking for a stained glass panel of colour because I look at an orange fence and orange brick work. But I want it against the frosted glass removable so I can clean again but gives me something beautiful to look at while I soak.

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ic said:

I've recently had windows done - went for stippolite on small windows looking to a shared path, but then opal (a bit like tracing paper) in the bathrooms.  The opal is just a matt finish with no pattern that obliterates everything, so very good  for privacy.

How is it letting light in? 

greenface2

ic said:

I've recently had windows done - went for stippolite on small windows looking to a shared path, but then opal (a bit like tracing paper) in the bathrooms.  The opal is just a matt finish with no pattern that obliterates everything, so very good  for privacy.

Its called satin glass . Just look up the Pilkington glass designs if you want to choose a standard typical glass design . styppolite / Cotswold/ arctic/ are popular without being common and the most obscure . minster/ autumn / mayflower similar are not as obscure 

Squeaky9

We went Minster in our bathroom windows recently, but the windows are on the side of the house and so only the neighbours in their bathroom (with their privacy glass) would be the only ones who could see in. We felt having a heavily obscured glass wasn’t necessary in this instance and didn’t like anything with too much of an obvious pattern (we had Autumn in there before).  

We went satin in the porch however as we wanted the extra privacy of no one seeing in if we had parcels or anything left. It’s very obscure but it’s not a living area ie we don’t need to see out. It seems to let light in just fine but practically impossible to see anything much out of it.