How To Protect Wood Window In Shower

The wood might still rot anyway.

How to protect wood window in shower. We replaced ours with glass block. Wood window in shower. The vinyl is naturally resistant to any water or steam that arises from the shower while the wood gives you a flat base to work from.

Here 7 smart ways to regain it. The all wood jamb provides a flat and sound base. The vinyl provides maintenance free protection from moisture for the window itself.

Experts recommend choosing a vinyl clad window with a wooden jamb. We just bought a 1922 house and are in the process of doing some minor repairs to it. Make sure that you locate the window outside the range of the spray from the showerhead.

A window in the shower provides natural light ventilation and mold prevention and an illusion of space but no privacy. Shower curtain over the wood window is a good idea but is a short term solution. At the bottom of the frame they placed some sort of plastic over the middle of the frame to protect it.

Are the window sashes wood too. As with all tiled shower installations run cementboard throughout the shower area and on the same plane as the window jamb. You might switch to a vinyl replacement window.