Johnnyairtime wrote:
FIRE UP wrote:
......... Now, with all that being said, if you'd really like to take on this project, get a hold of "Karls Glass" on Federal Blvd, San Diego.
Karl's Glass and Mirror Company
6510 Federal Blvd Lemon Grove, CA 91945
(619) 239-1711
I've known these folks for over 25 years and they're very good at their job. In our last coach, a '99 Fleetwood Bounder 34V, we had both drivers and passengers, stationary and sliders (one each per window) go bad on us. I stepped outside the box with my resolution. I had Karls build me two, complete windows, sliders and stationary, out of single pane, 3/8" thick, laminated, tinted, glass. The windows looked, acted and felt just like dual pane units.
They cut the laminated glass, curved it around the corners, and put it into the stock frame(s). They then installed the correct seals and rubber extrusions on and in the perimeters and installed new felts for sealing the slider and stationary when in the partial open position.
Now, I had all kinds of comments on how the windows would now sweat, get seriously cold inside the coach, overly hot in the summer, and bla, bla, bla, bla. NONE of that ever happened. The coach was just as quiet as it always was, there was NEVER ANY SWEATING, it did not get any colder inside the coach even when we were in snow type conditions and, we've camped in times and places when the A/C was needed 24/7 and the inside of the coach was nice.
So, that's an idea for you to think about too. Just a couple of options for you.
Scott
Scott... I couldn't wait, and called Karls. I've set up an appt to have an estimator come out and look at my coach.
If the price is right, I'll be going single pane in no time!
Thanks again!!
Sorry Sir,
I just got back to this thread and found your comments. First, It was done about 4 years ago, plus or minus. Second, I removed the entire framed window(s) and took them down to Karls. I watched as they took apart the whole system, the stationary and slider, in each frame. Then, they had several selections of thick, around 3/8" thick or so, of different color (tinted) laminated glass. Gary, the tech there, and I both agreed on the one that was closest to the old tint that was the original glass. He then just started his work of cutting, cornering, grinding, fitting etc. of the new ones to the original frame.
If I recall, he did the stationary first, fitted it in place, then, built the slider for each window since they're both identical. Now, in the end, if I recall, the price was around $400.00 for two windows. Now, keep in mind that, each window did have a slider and stationary and, the size of each window, is around 2'x4' long so, that's a fair amount of glass, especially in the thick, TINTED, Laminated stuff. And, it was quite a bit of work. But, in the end, it worked flawlessly. The sliders slid just as nice as the dual panes that were originally in there.
And again, I had ABSOLUTELY NONE of the proclaimed problems that were supposed to happen. Our daughter and son-in-law now have the coach and we've been camping with them several times and those newly designed windows are still working just fine. AND, THERE'S NEVER, EVER, ANY THREAT OF FOGGING AGAIN!!
Scott
