Putting a window right by the side of the shower

[JamesJames]

I'm getting a house refurbished and it turns out that due to the position of beams and padstones the only place the bathroom window can be placed is right by the side of the shower.

I have two concerns:

-- Water from the shower will collect on the windowsill

-- Privacy: obviously it'll be a frosted window, but I know from experience that you can still fair bit through a frosted window (it is overlooked by a neighbour's window)

My incipient solution is to (i) put it as high up as possible and (ii) add a waterproof blind which can be drawn when in the shower. Will the blind getting splashed with shower water be a problem though?

Do you have to have a window? Interior bathrooms are lovely and cosy and with modern ventilation won't be stuffy. A blind arrangement wouldn't work.

Is it a shower over a bath? Ours is exactly this set up, with a window along one side. We have a waterproof roller bing, and a shower rail in a U shape (that we had to order from the states). Then a shower curtain on each side, that meet
In the middle at the back. It works fine - obviously not as nice as a glass screen, but we couldn't think of a better solution.

You can get good water proof blinds at blinds2go - they work fine to give privacy while not going manky from getting wet.

But I agree with previous poster to consider whether you need a window at all.

I can't stand a bathroom without a window - natural light is so important to me. They are notorious for making houses damp as well, as no fan is truly effective.

Could you see if there's a hinged shower door which you could put over it? Like the ones that go on the sides of baths.

Thank you for the replies.

I have to say I would much prefer to have a window in the bathroom. Given that it's along an exterior wall it would seem a shame not to have one.

Dawnedlightly, you say that a waterproof blind wouldn't work -- are you able to elaborate? I'd have thought that provided the window was fairly high up (i.e. before the shower water has splashed around) and the blind was well in the recess it would be OK.

I had a shower next to a window in my old house. I put shower screens on both sides of the bath (the shower was over the bath) to avoid water pooling on the windowsill.

Traditional shower curtain that can be pulled in front of the window. Cut it short so that it fall just below the window. The tiles will protect the wall underneath as they would if the window wasn't there. (Assuming this is a window above the long side of the bath).

Get a pvc windowsill if you can, read that on here. Wooden ones are more prone to rot apparently.

Blinds2Go have waterproof blinds for bathrooms. I have a "wooden" horizontal Venetian one.

It isn't over the bath but even with a newly installed fan and the window open it does get condensation on the blind but it dries well.

It is here www.blinds-2go.co.uk/wooden-blinds/13836/classics-simply-white.html and they even show the blind where the shower is on their video at the bottom of the page.

We will have the same problem as our bath will now be under the window but are hoping our p shaped bath will help.