Hi

I live in an apartment and my rent is about 1/2 of market rate because i make up the difference by remodeling/improving the place. it's a 2 unit home, i have the entire upstairs & the landlady lives down.

My entire bathroom is long but quite narrow with a door at one end and a window at the other. the commode is on the back wall, and there is a tub next to it running lengthwise out from the back wall draining into the outside wall - clear as mud eh?
|-----window--|
| xxxx xxxxxxx|
| xpot x tub x|
| xpot x tub x|
| x tub x|
| x {{faucet}}
| x tub x|
| x tub x|
| x tub x|
| |
|xxx |
|xxx |
|sink |
|---- door ---+

i say all this because i want to ditch the tub - the glazing is worn out. i want to replace it with a shower, but have to work around the window on the back wall, so a standard pan/enclosure wont really work.

i'm trying to find a material that is waterproof, easy to clean, kid safe, and relatively inexpensive - cause i'll pay and i'm not rich.

glass is expensive, tile is a headache, is slate a mold problem?
can i get custom sized fiberglass panels?
i've thought about using the plastic sheets that are used in restrooms/non-heat areas of commercial kitchens - but the bubble texture seems like a cleaning nightmare ...

have i missed something? can someone recommend something?

thanks in advance for your kind attention

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sorry, they took out the blank spaces so i replaced them with dots

|-----window--|
| xxxx xxxxxxx|
| xpot x tub x|
| xpot x tub x|
| .....x tub x|
| .....x {{faucet}}
| .....x tub x|
| .....x tub x|
| .....x tub x|
| ............|
|xxx......... |
|xxx .........|
|sink ........|
|---- door ---+[/quote]