Removing window

[biggulp15]

I never post on this board but hope someone here can help me answer this.
Our house is older, and our main bathroom has a window in the shower (I know) and no fan. I guess you have to have one or the other and for whatever reason they chose the window. It's covered with a shower curtain liner and the glass is frosted so its not a huge issue.
However, I got to thinking about what would be involved in actually taking out the window and instead doing a tiled in shower. Obviously this would be a pretty big project but I honestly have no idea what would be involved in actually taking out a window and sealing it up.
Does anyone have experience with this? Any rough ballpark cost numbers?
I have no idea if we would actually do this, but am curious about the scope of work involved here.

[auntie]

If you're redoing the room, it's not a huge deal.

We removed a window in our old kitchen- we had taken it down to studs anyway. Matching the stucco was the hard part but it was the side of the house.

In the front we replaced 2 double hungs with a box bay, bigger deal inside but we were able to replace the siding more easily outside.

My mother has frosted awning windows in both her showers in her FL house, they're functional and have tile around them. They're actually nice as the sills are great for bottle storage.

[bunnymendelbaum]

You can still tile the shower and leave the window.

What is your exterior siding material? Will your house's facade look weird or off-balance without his window? Will the room then not have natural light?

[biggulp15]

Dec 16, 2012 17:45:37 GMT -5 bunnymendelbaum said:

You can still tile the shower and leave the window.

What is your exterior siding material? Will your house's facade look weird or off-balance without his window? Will the room then not have natural light?

Hmm, I didn't think about natural light. We do get quite a bit in the bathroom through that window in the morning, and I would miss it.

I'm not sure about our exterior siding. That would be the hard part. Tiling and leaving the window seems like a good option. Maybe we could do a half size window (higher up) to get the natural light. Assuming we can match up the exterior siding.

All good things to think about, hmm...

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[knitty]

I can't imagine a reason why any sane person would remove the only window in a room.

[patches31709]

We did a complete bathroom remodel last year (turned a jack-and-jill into 2 separate full bathrooms), and the room that previously held the bathtub had a window. We decided to leave it out of the shower, but extended the other side of the shower to make it bigger. Not sure if something like this is possible for you:


It was either this, have a tiny shower so that the window wasn't in the shower, or include the window compeltely and have an enormous shower in a tiny bathroom.

[biggulp15]

Dec 16, 2012 22:04:05 GMT -5 knitty said:

I can't imagine a reason why any sane person would remove the only window in a room.

I can think of plenty of bathrooms that don't have a window. Doesn't seem that insane to me.

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[knitty]

Dec 17, 2012 15:26:50 GMT -5 biggulp15 said:

Dec 16, 2012 22:04:05 GMT -5 knitty said:

I can't imagine a reason why any sane person would remove the only window in a room.

I can think of plenty of bathrooms that don't have a window. Doesn't seem that insane to me.

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Just because someone else was a dumbarse means you should be too?

[biggulp15]

Dec 17, 2012 16:22:05 GMT -5 knitty said:

Dec 17, 2012 15:26:50 GMT -5 biggulp15 said:

I can think of plenty of bathrooms that don't have a window. Doesn't seem that insane to me.

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Just because someone else was a dumbarse means you should be too?

I really am not sure what your beef is about this, but most people I know enjoy the privacy of not having a window in the room where they shit and shower naked.

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[bunnymendelbaum]

Knitty - I don't understand or appreciate your rudeness, but I do have to say I find windowless bathrooms gross.

[auntie]

I prefer a bath with a window.

My parents beach house has an interior hall bath and it's like a freakin' cave in there. There isn't a paint color cheerful enough to undo the gloom. It didn't help that they have tan fixtures either.

[lys]

Our house had a similar bathroom situation when we bought it witha window in the tub enclosure and no fan. We installed a new frosted triple pane vinyl frame window and a fan. Tiled the tub encousure.

[TBM]

If the house is a single story or if the bathroom is on the top floor, you could put in a solatube or skylight.

Otherwise, ditto to Bunny.

My mom's bathtub/shower enclosure is tiled all the way up and has a window/ The window is up high enough that I could take a shower with the window open and people in the backyard, couldn't see anything.