So here we are, in the middle of rebuilding the bathroom and we had to come to a decision in regards to the window. Do we board it over and re-do the siding making it look as if there is no bathroom? Or do we follow the suggestion of two respected family members who have some long life experience in such matters. Their advice being, leave the window in, cover it up to make it look like a frosted window, block it in with plywood and spray foam between the plywood and window.
Well, after some debate, we decided that the advice was sound. After all, we wouldn’t have to do any work on the outside, the spray foam would give us the necessary insulation from the elements and it was a heck of a lot less work.
But, the one thing that we all neglected to consider was the actual expanding power of the spray foam. Instead of filling in the gap nicely and moving vertically to fill the void, which it did as well, the foam decided it would be fun to expand horizontally as well. Okay, so now it has a choice, push through the small drill holes in the plywood or test the strenght of the glass itself.
Sadly, the glass lost the battle. Now we’ve got a blown out window that had been covered by a couple of sheets of mylar and it looks like a pregnant belly about to burst forth an alien.
So guess what our next step will be? Yup, you guessed it, take out the window, clean up the mess, trim back the foam and then cover it up with plywood on the outside. Then we’re either going to screw a pair of faux shutters to the plywood or we’ll go back to the original plan and put siding across.
So I guess you could say, it was a case of great in theory, bad in practice. 
I’m sure you’ll get a chuckle out of the picture. There are some more bathroom pictures in the gallery.
