Hello all, remodeling bathroom and it has vinyl window in that clearly got water damage Looking to replace it with a frameless glass block privacy window It looks like for wood frames you shouldn't use mortar And use expansion foam and stop blocks Im looking to try and make this flush with inside wall so i can cut tub surround and hopefully have some kind of trim kit around the edge to. I demo’d and redid a glass block wall that divided the shower from the hallway on the other side for a homeowner
It turned out great but i’ll never do glass block again Especially ripping it out, that was a miserable day. I put a glass block window in my shower, great for light and privacy and once it is caulked up, no worries about leaks If you go the window route, make sure it is water rated, previous owners had a regular window there for years and it rotted the wall out. In order to add natural light to the interior bathroom and add an interesting visual element, i would like to build the wall dividing the two showers out of glass block My contractor is concerned about doing this because he says that glass block is permeable to water and he's had issues with leaky glass block windows in the past.
Being back the glass blocks! Glass blocks can serve many purposes, like creating a room divider, surrounding a shower, or making an outside wall into a thick window, if the wall can support the weight To install your own glass block wall, start by measuring out the frame Then mix the mortar, spread it out, and press each block down. Over the past few months, mold has developed on/in the mortar between the blocks It's been eating away at the…
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