Glass Shower Walls in Vaulted Ceiling Bathroom with Glass On Top?
Wayne Reibold
15 years ago
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annkathryn
15 years agoTile on two sides, glass on two sides, vaulted ceiling...sounds like my shower (which actually is a steam shower). I wouldn't count on getting lots of steam just from the shower heads though. I take long hot showers and the shower stays very warm, but no steam to speak of without actually turning on the unit.
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Glass accent tile in bathroom - Y/N & design help, please
Comments (12)Yes, the mosaic is bordered by a thin limestone pencil tile. The white tile is thinner than the mosaic, so the pencil tile makes a nice transition between the two. This is not our tile, but it's the picture that inspired what we did with the pencil tile. Laying the tile out on the livingroom floor, just a single tile width, really helped to visualize what pattern we liked. I was going to do a full sheet of masaic (12") as the stripe, but when I laid it out it looked like too much mosaic. We played with the widths of the mosaic by cutting one sheet into 3" rows and adding or taking away sections to make different width strips. Doing this, coupled with taking the width of the cuts neccessary for the white tile into consideration really helped to visualize the look....See MoreSteam shower in bathroom w/VERY hi vaulted ceiling-glass ceiling?
Comments (3)I got the glass through a local shop. My situation was different, as only one wall, the "front" door wall, was glass. The other three walls were kerdi and tile. The sloped glass ceiling was captured in the walls on three sides and clear silicon was used to seal the remaining side to the front wall of glass. I'm not sure what type of specific seal was used on the door. It might have been clear vinyl. If you do a search or ask at the glass shops, it might also help if you refer to it as a "raked" (sloped) front wall of glass. Actually, lemme see if I can get a quick google hit... Found one at Wilson Glass. Not exactly what you're looking for though. Using something like that with a sealed transom overhead would work and be the lest expensive. Having the front wall as a single piece of glass with the door cutout of it would be $$$$$....See MoreBathroom: Vaulted or Cathedral Ceiling?
Comments (8)pinktoes -- That may be overkill. We have Nu-Heat in the floor of our master bath, and two floor registers from the gas-fired forced air furnace. This is a north-facing room with a roughly 66-inch X 80" archtop window (north) and two additional windows (west). The floor area is 11 X 14 and the ceiling angles from 9 feet to a flat that is 12 feet high. We're in the far north suburbs of Chicago -- haven't seen the ground since the beginning of December with ice and snow. My Ultra-Bain air tub has a heater and our shower is glassed, but open a couple of feet at the top (not totally enclosed like a steam shower). A friend in AZ had a walk-in (no door) shower that was so 'breezy' she showered in the guest bath. We'd be in real trouble in our master bath without the floor heat because the HVAC guy was a dope. We'd planned for the Nu-Heat there, but ended up adding a small boiler and tubing under the other north-facing rooms because the ducted supply was inadequate. I really think the Nu-Heat is doing almost all the work in our bathroom. Could you just wire for that space heater and add it only if needed? Will the bathroom floor heat be on its own thermostat? While we're talking warm bathrooms, let's not forget to put DOORS on our bathrooms, folks! (And heat vents in the toilet rooms.)...See MoreWhat Size Window for this Bathroom? Privacy Glass or Clear?
Comments (14)Windowswashington: Thank you for your reply. I didn't see it before I posted mine. Are you suggesting that we make the window smaller than it is now to avoid additional framing work? Will it be almost as much work to keep the window the same size as to make it a bit taller? Since you're the second person who has mentioned how much work is involved in reframing, I'm thinking that this must be a really big deal. The person who is going to do the work didn't seem bothered by it. He has built homes for a living so I hope he knows what he's talking about and this doesn't involve tearing half the wall apart. If we keep the window the same size, would the wall still have to be cut on the interior at the lower portion of the window frame? Millworkman: Can you tell me how many inches of damage to the stucco would be involved in replacing the header and approximately how many hours of work? The person doing the job knows how to re-texture the stucco. We do plan to paint the stucco on the entire house soon but I don't want to put our friend through hell to gain a few inches of glass. He's also offered to remove the drop ceiling in our kitchen, a project that my husband was horrified to take on when I suggested it....See Morepalimpsest
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