Winterizing Skylight???

ggadwa,

You rig is a 2011. Are you sure your skylights aren't double pane. I would have though they would be, especially on an EC.

We use the standard fuzzy foam pillows in our 14x14 vents(Camco I think, not sure). They really insulate well. Coldest camping we done is maybe 15 - 20 degrees. Never had one fall out.

We would love to find something similar to fit our two skylight's odd sizes (don't think they are made commercially). I've threatened to make some but just haven't made it a priority.

I've tried the velcro with reflective window covers sold at camping world and it doesn't work well and also doesn't stick more that a couple of days even when cleaned well first. The glue on the velcro just makes a mess.

I bought stainless snaps and screws at ACE hardware and used them, with the reflective window covers, on the door windows.

I think per the posts above, the closed cell flexible block foam would do the job very well and probably cost less than other methods.

ISBRAM wrote:

ggadwa wrote:
JumboJet, If we could find a source for screw in Snaps that might be the answer.

Gary

West Marine has stainless steel screw in snaps.

Now you guys gave me another idea ...... more work!

ggadwa wrote:
JumboJet, If we could find a source for screw in Snaps that might be the answer.

Gary

West Marine has stainless steel screw in snaps.

ggadwa wrote:
Glacier D,
Did you just cram the Insulation Board in or is it attached in place??? Some Way????

GARY

Just cram it in there. Nothing fancy and no rocket science. Mine stays put even on forest service roads.

Hi,

I just went through this myself.
Since we really like the light from the skylight, I choose to use a double wall polycarbonate panel held on with screen clips (to easily remove the panel for showering if needed). I wrapped the edges of the panel with tape to seal the air in the cells between the two "panes". I considered using foam tape around the perimeter of the panel to seal it to the skylight frame, but the plastic is soft enough that it seems to mold to the existing skylight frame well enough (for now anyway)....I couldn't feel any cold at the seams while camping just last weekend.
While not as good of an insulator as filling the space with foam would be, it works pretty darn well at 3 degrees (F) and solves my requirement for light in the bathroom. Oh yea, and it's totally waterproof so if you take a shower with on, it's no big deal.
Here is a link to the plastic I used:
Polygal link

Good luck in your search and hope this alternative solution helps.

Steve

BTW, my skylight is already double pane (and likely yours is too). To find out, just remove the inside trim/dome and you will probably see a second dome on top.

Mel
That sounds like a first class long term solution. Might be worth looking into in the future. "Air insulation"

GARY

If you do a lot of winter RVing you may want to consider a bathroom skylight that has two layers with air in between them. Our bathroom skylight over the shower has two layers with about 4 inches of air between the layers. We haven't had any problems in 10 degree weather.

Glacier D,
Did you just cram the Insulation Board in or is it attached in place??? Some Way????

GARY

I just put block foam and covered the foam with Reflectix. Nothing fancy, but it works great, does cut down on head room though.

JumboJet,
We have covers over our standard vents with Insulating Baffle as well. The Bathroom Skylight seems to be a much bigger dilemma for us. If we could find a source for screw in Snaps that might be the answer. Velcro on the 14x14 vents is only marginally workable and doesn't worked for the Skylight for us anyway.

Gary