We have a window in our bathroom shower. Who ever had that bright idea should be the one taking a shower in the window on the front of the house for the rest of their lives!
When we first moved in, we bought a shower surround and cut a hole in it for the window. It was easy then as the shower surround was in several different pieces; lay flat, cut out, install . However, over the years, the seams started looking icky and we repeatedly had to reseal them.
This time when we went back with a shower surround we decided to go with one that is one piece - tub and shower surround all in one. However, we were right back to the window problem - except now it is one piece and what happens if we mess up - we will be out one entire shower/tub surround! That would be one mighty expensive mistake :-(
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So what do we do? Just to add to the stress, we built the walls in around it and completely finished the bathroom. They cut some studs out of a wall to bring it in, they install it, sheetrock around it, mud it, paint around it, and finally the toilet is installed right next to it. That leaves us with a perfect shower surround, but we still needed to cut that stinking window out!
Steve was fine cutting it. So fine cutting it he left before he got it cut. Convenient, right? He had turned the job over to Robert, who was fine cutting it. So fine cutting it he left the job and went on to bigger and better things. (I think he really left because of the window part of the job ;-) Joking! We move on to Jeremy (Bean), the new carpenter who we did not know and who was not so sure cutting it. He procrastinated and worked on other things. Occasionally, I would catch him looking at it - but he always went onto other things.
Finally, they called in a second carpenter that Steve does know and has confidence in, Spencer. Spencer looked at it Thursday and asked if we were sure we wanted to cut it to which I answered yes. Friday he came in and looked at it again, asked if he could call Steve to chat with him about it, and then he did call Steve to find out the particulars, then he promptly went about business doing other things - procrastinating I call it - as the others did. At least he stayed to contemplate it.
This morning, Spencer comes in and has a mission in mind. He said he thought about it all weekend and decided he just needed to get it out of the way. He marked it off, used a fine toothed jig saw and I am now proud to say, after 6 weeks of worrying about that stupid window getting cut, we have a window again in our shower - and no mistakes!
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This faces the front of the house - less than 25 ft away is the street. Nice, huh?
YAY, SPENCER! You did what no man had dared to accomplish!
What a guy :-)
Now, just how do you cover a shower window successfully?
3 comments:
It looks like frosted glass-do you have to cover that or does it give you enough privacy as it is? Sarah
It does have frosted glass, but it does not hide enough 'form' to be comfortable, Sarah. Guys would be just fine, but not so sure about gals if you know what I mean... lol... I had a curtain there, but it gets mildewed quickly. I feel like we need something or we will be a figure on the large screen ;-)
When you figure it out let me know. There is a window in the middle of our shower too. Although ours faces that back of the house.
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