If shower walls will be custom floor to ceiling frameless glass, what material should be used for the ceiling?

Question

We are building a new home (new construction) and are having the bath tub and shower removed from the master bath, to be replaced with a custom shower. The shower will be enclosed with a wall-to-wall, floor-to-ceiling frameless glass frame and door. The glass will be held up by a 12" soffit coming down from the 8' ceiling, and the interior shower ceiling will be 8' in height. The builder has suggested that they are not planning to tile the ceiling, but that it will be a higher-quality type of drywall than usual. They said they are not planning to tile the ceiling in case there are any plumbing problems in the future (so it would be easier to get to the plumbing: one detail is that we will have a rain shower head coming from the ceiling in between two standard heads). I am concerned that the ceiling will peel and become damaged by condensation and steam...

Answer 1

I had the samer type of shower nop problem with the ceiling they use a special paint too.
Our floor did get musty underneath, they didn't put a liner down first! Also, concreat board is the best instead of green board.
Once the glass is put in, clean it very good and apply a water repellant like rain X then after every shower squeegy ity dry. That way you'll have allot let water spots top try to clean!!! Still easier to clean than tile! Make sure that is sealed as well, don't let anyone talk you out of it!!!! Do it yourself if you must, it's rather easy.

good luck on the new home!!

Answer 2

use a slab of granite to use it as a decorative detail in the ceiling and you can either work the plumbing from the attic or the 12 furr down which i think is not much space to work in it, ...for more information email at [e-mail]....i am an interior designer and do drafting work too

Answer 3

Tile. Plaster will not work.