Tag: windows
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2017-12-03: Deadlines
We’re feeling the pressure. We’re going away for 4 days this coming weekend, so we need some basic stuff sorted out in the van. And we’ve hit our 6 month conversion milestone, which means a demanding letter from the insurance company looking for evidence that we’ve converted the van sufficiently from a panel van to…
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Dometic Seitz Mini Heki Rooflight
This is a pretty simple rooflight, about 40cm x 40cm across. It does the job, but I can’t say I’m super impressed: it feels very flimsy, and only comes in a disgusting peachy cream caravan colour. It’s also the frontmost object mounted to the roof of our van, so will take the brunt of all…
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Window Fitting Kit
This is the kit they recommend for fitting this window. It does the job, but the kit has two flaws: The adhseive is only just enough to go round. We could have squeezed maybe another inch or two out of the tube, and we weren’t being overly generous. Since you need a continuous bead to…
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Side window (privacy tint)
This is an 80% tint. We umm-ed and ahh-ed for ages about whether to go for the privacy tint, which we were worried wouldn’t let in enough light. But it’s fine, and great on hot sunny days. It’s easy enough to fit, but give yourself plenty of uninterrupted time, and we found a window suction…
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2017-05-31: Side window install
After a few evenings of what seems like little progress, it was good today to tackle one of the hero jobs, installing a window. I’ve watched more videos on window installs than I can remember, but the most useful is probably this one: I won’t recap what you can see better on YouTube, but it’s…
Andrew Sleigh 