Heating & cooling TT with large picture window.
For those of you who have a trailer with a large picture window in the rear, are they harder to keep cool in the summer, and harder to keep warm in the winter?
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- Do you like living in a "fish bowl", or do you have second thoughts about having so much glass?
colliehauler wrote:
Yes the are harder to heat and cool I use double cell blinds to help insulate the windows. I have two four foot by four foot and one four foot by two foot widow's in the bedroom alone. I feel like I live in a fish bowl. - Yes the are harder to heat and cool I use double cell blinds to help insulate the windows. I have two four foot by four foot and one four foot by two foot widow's in the bedroom alone. I feel like I live in a fish bowl.
- JBarca hit the nail on the head. we have lots of windows in ours, enjoy they view and light.
On ours I did make poor man's double pane by cutting lexan to fit over the inside of the windows that don't open. It makes a very noticeable difference in the winter, don't know about the summer yet. - Don't notice that with my very large dual pane rear picture window. Best part of my RV.
- Our rear living floor plan has a large center back window and 2 side windows. See pic
And yes, the more single pane glass you have regardless of where it is, the harder it will be to heat and cool.
We do winter camp, all year round when night temps go well below freezing. When we do this, we take precautions for winter camping. We have to deal with the trapped internal moisture, we vent (the roof vent) and use a dehumidifier. We also use the shrink wrap clear plastic on the inside of the windows to stop the heavy condensation on the windows. This helps with the heat loss. It is very cheap, works well but it does take time to put on.
If you are buying a new camper, storm windows or double pane windows are options on some brands. If you are worried about heat loss and hard to cool, consider these upgrades.
Our brand of camper was noted for bright interiors that let natural light in. Thus we have lots of windows. The ability to have that over a camper with a fraction of the windows outweighs the negatives in our opinion. All those windows also open to let air in which is nice when the weather outside is nice. If we ever buy another new camper, it will have storm windows or double pane glass.
Hope this helps
John
PS. if you are buying a new camper and the camper is 28 feet plus long, see if they have a 15,000 btu AC unit over the 13,500 standard option. It makes a difference with a lot of windows on a hot summer day.
