A Cold Climate Construction and Energy Blog
As a homeowner, would you choose a design that included a window in a shower? As a builder, are you comfortable with warrantying a window in this location? What changes to the shower enclosure over a normal custom shower are you requiring sub-contractors to make? As a building science nerd and a builder who has built his fair share of custom showers, I have my thoughts. More on those in a bit.
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Wait…What? Building science and a custom shower? Yep! As some of you may know from my Instagram feed, I can’t stay busy performing energy audits, energy assessments and building investigations in my area. I still do some hands-on work. A lot of the construction projects I’m involved with are custom tile work. I was fortunate to have the opportunity to work with a customer who trusted me when I told them I could build a wood shower. This shower works because of what I’ve learned in building science.
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