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rckdinc
Aug 20, 2010, 10:50 AM
Replacing a single pane slider in the shower with new vinyl window. The way that the old window was installed left a "lot" to be desired. Bad construction practice. So - I want to make sure that the water that splashes on the window runs back into the shower. I will be using protecto wrap and will tile the whole surface. Question: How do I achieve a sloped surface at the sill on the interior side?
smoothy
Aug 20, 2010, 11:02 AM
What I did when I remodled my bathroom was cut the sill flush to the wall. I used tile with thinset bed sloped to provide the drainage. Maybe not the BEST way to do it but it looks nice. But I did have to use a color matching silicone sanded grout between the edge of that tile and the wall tile upstaire where the wall was a frame wall at the base. Regular grout cracked only at that point with the temprature extremes between seasons (thermal expansion limits). I did not have the problem in the basement where the window was in a cinderblock wall.
Have not had any trouble in the 12 years since I did it. No I'm not a professionsal and everyone has loved the work that has seen it.
ScottGem
Aug 20, 2010, 11:29 AM
For future reference, please pay more attention to the forum you choose to post in. I moved this from the Windows forum under Computers & Technology which is for questions about Microsoft's Windows operating system.
kryostar
Aug 29, 2010, 12:59 AM
you can just make the mortar thicker towards the window. Or angle 2x4 or 2x6 at the bottom of the window framing.