The client didn't want the another wooden window frame because being in a shower, the wood just rots out. I framed out the window with cement board, taped and waterproofed the seams and used bullnose to frame out the window.
Notice the small cuts I had to make on the bottom left to fill in the space between the tub an the bullnose.
To break up the straight layout, I added a feature band by tilting the tile on a 45 degree angle.
This was a fairly simple job. The design was simple and classic but being a renovation, there were some challenges. 1st of all, this is in an old center block house. The exterior is center blocks. So to attach the cement board to the wall with the window, I needed to attach a few nailer boards to the center blocks. So concrete nails were needed. After patching humpty-dumpty back together, I taped and waterproofed all the seams in the cement board and left it overnight to dry before tiling.
