I love this group - it's so good for me, a budding do-it-yourselfer.
I've read through almost all previous postings on windows but I still feel like I haven't found good answers to my questions:
Option 1 - Existing I live in a 1920s brick cottage and I'm considering remodeling the bathroom. Right now it's galley style with a tall double hung window. The problem is that the window comes about 3 inches into the shower's space, so there isn't a good way to put up door or hang a shower curtain rod. I have a curved rod that makes a 90 degree angle back to the long wall but it's drooping down with the lack of support. Very unappealing. If anyone has another simple idea for this curtain/door/window problem please let me know.
Option 2 - Remodel Or, the second option is to reorient the shower to run along the rear wall; this puts the window inside the long wall of the shower. I love this idea because I would love large sliding glass doors to allow the light from the large window to come into the bathroom. However, this brings in the eternal window-in-shower question: I would love to maintain the character of the wooden-double hung window (my house is on the corner and this window is highly visible from the street). I don't think glass block would be aesthetically super, and I have similar problems with vinyl. Does anyone know of a good way to keep a wood-framed or wood casement window in this shower? What about boat paint? Is there a way to slightly angle the sill to facilate runoff? Or, if I did go with vinyl casement, how do you frame that in? With tile? And then you seal the joints with caulk?
Thanks in advance for any feedback.