I am remodeling a shower that was probably built in the 60s. (More accurately, I'm paying someone else to do it.) It's a sunken shower, the shower-floor is about 9" lower than the floor level. There's no tub or liner, just tiled walls and floor. The wall adjacent to the wall with the showerhead is an exterior wall. The exterior wall has a glass block window, about 5' high x 3' wide. The lowest course of block is about 9" above the shower-floor, which is pretty close to "ground level." I want to fill-in the sunken floor and make it level with the rest of the room. I also want to get rid of the glass block. I'd prefer to replace it with a window (slider or casement), but I don't want to do something that is going to cause me lots of headache in the future. A few contractors have told me "it's fine, just use a vinyl clad window with tempered glass" - but I'm hoping for objective advice from someone who doesn't stand to make money from the project. I had also considered (eventually) making the shower into a steam shower - I'm not sure if that effects whether there should be a window. So my questions are whether having a non-glass-block window in a shower is a horrible idea, and whether having a window (glass block or otherwise) relatively close to the shower floor is a horrible idea. For what it's worth, my house is block construction, and I'm in the hot and dry climate of Phoenix, AZ. Thanks for any advice.

WE ABVIOUSLY NEED A HEADER FOR A FRONT ENTRY DOOR,the header is the width of the door? what about an interior door such as a bathroom or bedroom door;do they need a header as well? thank you guys...