The message below was originally posted in my thread, "Are There Any Leakproof Cabover Windows?". I'm thinking that beginning a new thread might get responses.
Since we don't sleep in the cabover section and only use it for minimal storage and the cabover windows have only been opened for cleaning, I'm wondering if anybody has completely glued around the outside to stop water from getting into the channel and possibly the RV. I was originally considering replacing the window with a newly framed single piece of glass. I'm not so sure that just gluing up the window would be just as good...and cheaper. I seem to recall someone saying that they had done that.
Thoughts, comments, suggestions, etc. appreciated.
Mike LeBlanc, "The Digital Guy"
Professional Photographer, Retired Art Educator
Sour Lake, Texas
mikeleblanc413 wrote: The message below was originally posted in my thread, "Are There Any Leakproof Cabover Windows?". I'm thinking that beginning a new thread might get responses.
Since we don't sleep in the cabover section and only use it for minimal storage and the cabover windows have only been opened for cleaning, I'm wondering if anybody has completely glued around the outside to stop water from getting into the channel and possibly the RV. I was originally considering replacing the window with a newly framed single piece of glass. I'm not so sure that just gluing up the window would be just as good...and cheaper. I seem to recall someone saying that they had done that.
Thoughts, comments, suggestions, etc. appreciated.
Hi Mike,
Have you looked into having a body shop just take the windows out so you would just have a flat wall there? Kind of how the new cabover C's are made.
Todd
Todd, Shirley, and the "Maddawgs" min-pins Precious and Buster Brown
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Maddawgs said, "...Hi Mike,
Have you looked into having a body shop just take the windows out so you would just have a flat wall there? Kind of how the new cabover C's are made".
No, I haven't. I would then have to fill the hole. I kind of like the light coming in...just not the water. KNOCK ON WOOD...we've been having the rains from you know where all this week in East Texas. Just went out and checked and the cabover from dry. A little damp the other day and the tarp had flown back from the window. I've been suspecting the window for a while.
I finally order Eternabond and it came in yesterday. So, when the weather dries up...I'll be busy...
Yes, Mike, we did that. Just caulked the glass to frame/gasket/glass where there were openings. Used "50-year" clear silicone.
Those windows are not hard to remove. Actually I think you've already done that, right? I wonder if the slider window is a size that also comes in a fixed window, just swap them out.
My theory: The windows are built for rain against them, not sheets of water coming off the roof a few inches above. They just get overcome.
God Bless, jd
2003 Jayco Escapade 31A on 2002 Ford E450 V10 4R100
If you are neat about it, you very well could caulk all around a single pane of glass window and get a good seal.
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