I would not remove the glass block window from the shower.

Those are so really great ideas. But doesn’t the block window make the room look dated? It lets in so some heat during the summer since it’s on the west side of the house.

Those blocks are soooo dated

I just don’t know what to do with the window. I would l love to take it out and over it with a wall, but it’s that even possible? Would it just look like a wall that doesn’t belong from the outside?

What other window allows light in the room and still obscures the view so you have privacy?

Glass block will always be relevant.

This blogger disguised her bathroom glass block window.

https://athoughtfulplaceblog.com/our-bathroom-makeover-reveal/

Before:

After:

I think ratherbesewing’s post is a brilliant idea. You keep the light source but the temperature can be regulated but the curtains and blind during the summer months. It looks very contemporary and cost saving

The block window would be in the shower. Maybe if we take out most of the block window and leave a row of block at the top would work. I just don’t know.

What is on the exterior? Are you going to be able to clad the outside where the window was such that it will look right on the exterior? I do like your idea about leaving a top row of blocks, or maybe 12" at the top would be high enough that you could have regular glass then?

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The exterior is just wood siding. I think in order to make everything look seamless we would have to take out the window, put in new 2x4 to put up wall and make a new cut out on top to have the 1 row of windows. But honestly I have no idea if that is even possible

I do not know if I would trust using an existing window of any type (except possibly vinyl, and only if the walls were properly prepared) in a new shower configuration,. Yours looks to be a wood frame and I am absolutely positive that it is not waterproofed in any manner.

You could leave entire window and drywall/tile appropriately, Saves $$ repairing the outside and no one could tell it was covered over on the inside.

Decide on full or partial covering, depending on your light preference. The blocks will feel more modern when incorporated with modern tile and the framing, size and shape will also have a big influence.

First decide on shower’s dimensions to help with size/covering decisions.

I just want to make sure if we end up taking out the window, or just making the window smaller that I would need to be flush with the outside. I want people to look at that spot and not be able to tell that was once a window

Maybe if we take out most of the block window and leave a row of block at the top would work.

The blocks rely on the other blocks for support. You would have to remove all of them, extend the wall support and then relay just the ones you want nearer the top of the shower. Getting the waterproofing correct could get complicated and beyond the skills of the labor you use to build the shower.

Then the design in the glass is rather frou-frou which will be a limiting factor when you design the shower.

Insulate and cover over. Leave as is on the outside.

We covered a window in a basement bathroom and well as a large living room window in a previous home.

Can you tell from the outside that it used to be a window?