sliding windows - does the direction of slide matter?
We have a 2007 Itasca Navion. The kitchen window (right behind the sink) on these appears to be the same size as the side windows in the cabover. On ours, the kitchen window uses a dreadful crank-out awning window (that is, hinged at the top/cranks out), on which the crank spindle flops around so the gears don't engage and the window won't open, or close firmly.
The kitchen's on the left side of the RV. The cabover window on the left is the same design, but the cabover window on the right side is a slider, with the half that slides at the back, so that the joint/meeting "rail" of the fixed and sliding panes faces backward. If I switch the window from the right side of the cabover to the kitchen, that joint will face forward. Am I likely to get wind-blown rain or wind noise from that joint?
Replacement windows are over $650 - not gonna happen - and the accountant refuses even to consider aftermarket windows ($300 a couple of years ago, likely more now). I can screw the kitchen window shut, but it would be nice to be able to open it.
Ideas/thoughts appreciated.
The kitchen's on the left side of the RV. The cabover window on the left is the same design, but the cabover window on the right side is a slider, with the half that slides at the back, so that the joint/meeting "rail" of the fixed and sliding panes faces backward. If I switch the window from the right side of the cabover to the kitchen, that joint will face forward. Am I likely to get wind-blown rain or wind noise from that joint?
Replacement windows are over $650 - not gonna happen - and the accountant refuses even to consider aftermarket windows ($300 a couple of years ago, likely more now). I can screw the kitchen window shut, but it would be nice to be able to open it.
Ideas/thoughts appreciated.
