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Steam shower. Love em or hate em?

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My husband and I are toying with making our primary shower into a steam shower. I know enough from reading through Houzz advice that it will 98% be a tear out project to provide the proper vapor proofing. The upsides are that we have room in the current shower (that I find a bit too large anyway) to provide the space for the steam generator, the same wall backs up to our walk in closet making an access panel possible. The current exhaust fan already vents to the outside. I realize we will need a more robust model, but the venting is there. I’ve read that porcelain is the best tile, and of course we will need new glass doors. Better to build a header across the opening making the doors less tall, or glass all the way up? Tell me what I need to know.
I have no plan to change the rest of the bath, I still love it.

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