Does anyone have a window within a shower cubicle?

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I am planning a new bathroom and the difficulty is the position of the window.

I think the most sensible layout would put the shower into the corner where the window is. But I feel sure that this would be a sure fire recipe for mould and rot if not done right.

Does anyone have an example of a windows in a shower that is done well enough that mould doesn't grow?

I was wondering about filling in the window with coloured glass bricks as per this picture but in my experience any grouted joints in a wet area will eventually grow mouldy and I hate it. Has anyone got something like this that successfully stays mould-free? How can I design it so the mould won't happen?

Our neighbour that backs on to our garden does. We can see every time he has a shower. The glass is frosted but you can still clearly see he is naked and having a shower.

We have this. Our window's quite high and we're not overlooked. We went for the colourless square glass bricks, so a good level of image distortion (just in case) but a nice amount of light. Had the bathroom like this for 4.5 years and not a hint of mould. All people who use the shower squeegee after use, so I think that helps

Hmm yes the visibility is another issue as the window in question is at the front if the house and would be clearly visible to passer-by and the neighbours across the road. Will have to put some thought into whether obscured glass would be enough. Argh.

We do. Window was changed to smaller higher window. It isn’t overlooked though. Makes a useful ledge for shampoo, etc.

I do, it's small UPVC double glazed and frosted. It's at shoulder height and is directly across from our neighbours bathroom but I rarely see them in theirs so I hope it's the same for them.
I'm not bothered if they see me.

We sort of do. It’s a velux and the shower isn’t a cubicle but rather screen with wet room floor. No issues with being overlooked, as the window is in the roof. We did have some issues with condensation and flaking paint round the window initially, but I think that was due to the plaster not being properly prepped. I scraped and prepped with anti-flaking paint stuff a couple of months ago and it’s been fine since. We do always make sure to keep the window open after using the shower.

What's the layout of the bathroom?
Can the shower not fit in elsewhere?

The only other possible layout would require the loo to be in the position that is by the window, which would mean the lower third of the window being blocked by the cistern and it would be a plumbing nightmare to get the soil pipe from there to the sewers, involving running it between the bath and the wall - I don't think we want to go there if we can help it. There aren't any other options as the other corners would block a doorway - it's an "L shaped" room above a stairwell so not much flexibility.

For full obscuring you can buy a fully waterproof blind, our bathroom window is almost all the way across the wall so we have a waterproof blind. Fix it at ceiling height and you won’t even notice it when it’s all the way up, ours blends in really well and looks like linen but is quite stiff pvc.

I have to give it a good scrub 3/4 times a year as it does get a few mildew speckles but mould gel removes it all.
I made a panel out of shower curtain for FiL’s bathroom window that worked really well - the couple buying his house asked where it was from and were surprised it was home made, I simply fed a slim sprung pole through the hem to hang it. I’d cut it down to overhang the window by about 3 inches all the way round, cost me £10.

I would leave the window in and have a waterproof blind. So it gives the option of opening a window in the summer.