uPVC window as bespoke shower panel?!

message from Lobster on 23 May 2004

I'm fitting a new 760mm shower door to a 900mm-wide shower tray. For the
remaining 140mm of width, I'd idealy like a glass panel but unfortunately
the roof line passes down diagonally through this area, so the only
realistic option is a customised panel; ie arm-and-leg job. I'd therefore
resigned myself to building a short bit of stud partition to fill the gap
instead (attempted rough diagram of panel profile is below).

However, I just got to thinking; would there be any mileage in trying to use
a bespoke uPVC window in this space instead, on the basis that suppliers of
these are geared up to routinely producing customised windows. I'd need to
find a suitable-looking frame profile which would match the door (=
white-painted aluminium); the outside of the window would need to face
inwards; it would need special glass etc.

Can anyone tell me if this is a complete non-starter; am I missing the
obvious? If not, what spec of glass would I need? Or d'you reckon would
it end up costing as much as a customised shower panel (surely not)?

Thanks
David

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Ian Stirling replied to Lobster on 22 May 2004

Call round the glaziers in your area, and ask about it.
Odd shapes can be done not too expensively, and then the panel
sent out for heat-treating.
(or you can use laminated glass.)

Bob Minchin replied to Lobster on 22 May 2004

Years ago when I needed something like this, I bought a diy kit for
secondary double glazing which gave me lengths of H section aluminium and
corner fittings. I used this with acrylic sheet plastic in.

The resulting screen is still in my bathroom today.

It may well be more difficult to find secondary DG kits these days but I
might give you another option.

Regards

Bob

Mark replied to Lobster on 22 May 2004

If cost is an issue.
I had to build something similar some time ago, I used those square glass
blocks that you can now get in different colours from most diy stores.

Lobster replied to Mark on 24 May 2004

Definitely!

Cracking idea - never thought of that one! Might well do that.
I've never used those blocks - is it possible to cut them or are you stuck
with using 'whole' blocks?
Also - assuming you used them adjacent to a shower door, same as I would be
doing; how did you attach the vertical edge of the doorframe to the glass
blocks, so it was firm, safe and waterproof|?

Thanks
David

Mark replied to Lobster on 24 May 2004

No they cant be cut, I had a gap wide enough to take 3 full blocks luckily,
I filled the top ceiling angle with tiles.

The edge between showerdoor and glass I fitted a piece of wood embedded into
tile cement, and fixed the frame to this then silicon sealed the edges.
Its been up, watertight for about eight years now.

HTH

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