Can windows be flipped?

[All_I_could_aff]

It seems I just can't leave well enough alone... Ever since I bought my trailer 3 years ago, it has bothered me that the two door side sliding windows open in a way that in my opinion is opposite of common sense. (See attached picture with both windows open, disregard wierd reflection of RV next to me).The one window has the open section right above the hot vent of the refrigerator, and is also blocked if I latch the door open. The other window the opening part is right above the outdoor stove. I'm hoping I can unscrew the inside screws and rotate them 180* so that the top is now the bottom, and the front part of each window opens. It would seem to make more sense.

[IAMICHABOD]

I did this change over and it worked out very well,my door also covers the window when open too.

[ralphnjoann]

This is expensive, but it would help solve your ventilation problem. It's nice to be able to see out the door window as well.

[All_I_could_aff]

Here's what it looks like with the door open... Almost completely blocking the window opening.
If flipping the window is a bad idea, maybe I will make a special latch to secure the door 2/3 of the way open instead.

[Tango__AE7UI]

Regardless of location, I think all windows have the fixed portion forward for a reason.
Think of the design: the fixed portion is outside and overlaps the sliding portion and forms a seal of sorts.
Water may leak in or be driven in the bypass portion when traveling.
The doors are designed to close when moving forward.

Again water may be driven in if reversed.

[Happy_Prospecto]

If you flip your windows, when you would look outside through them, wouldn't everything look upside down?

[Dog_Folks]

Sure you could flip the windows, but what are you really gaining for all the work and possible leakage?

In the new position the openings would only be roughly a foot further forward. Don't think that would matter as far as heat is concerned.

Just don't see enough benefit received for the consequences and work of moving them.

[path1]

Makes a good little puzzle if you got the time...

Here is what I would experiment with and only if window brand is a Hehr. Don't know about other brands. Number one...Write down the little tiny numbers at corners in case you break window.

I would take window out of rv just to make it easier to work with. Remove garnish ring and remove the hole thing.

There's a reason why the slider rides is on inside track and fixed window is on outside track and reason why the fixed window are facing front (toward the rain). And a reason why weep holes are at bottom.

You would also have to flip the center bar with the weather stripping to keep it towards the front. When you drill out the rivets keep one to match up the size when shopping for them because you might not have enough room for larger rivets.

A lot of work and to think about.


If it all works out you'll gain a little more ventilation. I would just leave door open longer or install another fan under range hood. Have you looked into those maxi fans?

[bguy]

You cannot flip the frames in the wall due to drainage issues as described above. It may be possible however to interchange the left and right sashes by flipping the and swapping sides to get the desired results. Show us a picture of the windows from indie that shows brackets or screws keeping the sashes in place ( fixed side ).

[John___Angela]

newman fulltimer wrote:
if you flip them the middle slide seal will leak if driving in rain

Yepir. Guaranteed to happen. Used to be common with keystone's. Our warranty guys couldn't convince them that they were installed backwards. Leaked like a siv whenever a customer drove in the rain. Too funny.

[All_I_could_aff]

Jh lady I assume u are referring to the four slots spaced along the bottom? It does not seem to have them on the top, but there seems to be room to add them. Thank you.

Tyler, as far as I can tell the windows are same on the corners. Picture seems a little distorted, but I will double check that before I get too involved! Thank you.

It just seems so silly to have both openings directly over hot items, and 1 blocked by the door when door is open for ventilation.

[newman_fulltime]

if you flip them the middle slide seal will leak if driving in rain

[jhlady]

I only see one minor problem for this project. I would recommend you check is the rain vents. Are there additional drip vents on the top now? If not, when you flip the windows you may need to cut some more in so the rain water can drain out.
Other than that I see no reason why they couldn't be flipped.

Hope this helps.

John

[Tyler0215]

Lo0king at the picture I don't think you can flip the windows. It looks like one vertical edge has a rounded corner and the other is 90 degrees.