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Install Drywall/Cement Board and New Window

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Building a GIANT Shower (Home Remodel)

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What happens here

Install new sheets of drywall or cement board to patch up the area where the old shower was, converting it into a small utility closet. For the window within the shower area, remove the old window. Frame the opening for a new, smaller, and higher window to allow for light while maintaining privacy. Install insulation around the new window frame to improve energy efficiency.

Goal: Close up open wall areas and install a new, appropriately sized window in the shower.

Tools and materials

  • Cement Board Wonderboard Lite — Backer board for tiled shower walls
  • Drywall — Covering the walls of the new utility closet
  • Impact Driver Dewalt — Securing drywall/cement board and window framing
  • Insulation — Filling wall cavities around the new window
  • Level — Ensuring the window and framing are plumb and level
  • Nail Gun Dewalt — Framing the new window and securing wall studs
  • New Window — Replacing the old window with a smaller, higher unit
  • Tape Measure — Measuring for framing and window placement

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just relocated it I patched up the old shower space with new sheets of drywall and turned that area into a small broom or a utility closet depending what you call it side note I do have a video of how I created that space and gave it a secret door so you should check it out it's on my channel I figured while everything's still a mess I might as well make a little bit bigger mess and add an extra light housing into the shower to brighten things up a bit I know that if I didn't do this now I'm sure I would regret it later all right so the water ledge that's gonna be for the shower and there's gonna be glass coming all the way there's a couple of methods that I've seen it being done one method is putting down bricks make sense 100% just cuz you got thin set mortar and all that stuff but another guy said what he likes to do is he's done this for hundreds of houses he would lay down three two by fours are pressure-treated so they can kind of deal with any kind of moisture there and then obviously it's all gonna get wrapped with a liner that's inside this paper and that's pretty brilliant so that's what I'm gonna do I'm gonna put him in here and I'm gonna put some long screws in it and then now we'll get the liner going all right so let's address the window situation cuz of my Instagram story is everybody's asking me the one there you're gonna keep the window yes I'm gonna keep the window because I want my neighbor's to feel like I can provide a service for them an entertainment if you will so yes we're gonna keep the window no I'm not gonna keep the window we're gonna take the window out I we do want to keep the light that's the thing about it I don't want to block this off because it's gonna look dark in here put a light fixture in there and I don't want to pull those small little mirror windows on top just because it's like it doesn't really do that much for you so I'm gonna put a slightly smaller window and bring it nice and high so here's what I found this is a 24 by 36 I believe and we're gonna move it up to here so I'm 6 foot to hold it I'm 6 foot 2 when this is up you were basically gonna see my neck up much like 5 foot 5 I think so even lower and in case a giant from professional football comes in here well you'll see his clavicles and if that's not needed before you I don't know what is alright so I'm gonna see if I don't kill myself put a 18 foot ladder back there try to get window up since the second-floor window is 16 feet up from the ground and I…

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