Windows and door
With most of the interior painting finished, I felt it was safe to put the windows back in. I had a lot of old putty and silicone to clean off of them, and then I polished them with a chrome cleaner. There were 2 panes of glass broken, I took one whole window to a glass shop. In retrospect, I wish I had just had them cut the panes of glass and installed them myself, as they put, guess what?, silicone to hold the glass in. Now I will have to scrape that out and order the rubber seal. This window was originally a jalousie window, but those had been broken out. I figured the likelihood of finding one to fit back was pretty small, and decided to just put in a solid sheet of glass. The other pane that was broken, it just slid back in the grooves and you screwed the bottom back on.
I was pretty relieved when this window just slid right back in. We had done major reconstruction on this front and we had dry fitted the window at several points, but I was still a little worried about it.
The rest of the windows went in with no problems at all, I had not had to deconstruct up this high on the camper.
I bought the putty online through Amazon, using gift cards I earned through Swagbucks.
The jalousie windows work, but the handles are broken on all but one. Something else to add to the list.
I bought this black trim (3/4 inch) from Hall's RV in Albertville. This was the only roll they had, but assured me they could order more. I only bought one to make sure it worked. It was a tight fit, since the new bolts I used on the windows are just the tiniest bit taller than the old, rusted out ones.
I didn't realize I had captured a reflection of Brother outside working on a vehicle. He came inside later to look at what I was doing and I asked him what was he about to do. He replied "Nothing". Ha, huge mistake, sucker. I asked him to help me set the door in, since I knew that was going to be a 2-person job. It took us all morning and at least one smashed thumb to get it in.
This was not the original door. The original door opened on the left side and the inside screen door was pretty much in tatters. I salvaged this one off of a damaged truck camper. It was missing a window, so I salvaged one out of another damaged camper. I painted the door using the same white paint as the outside of the camper, and spray painted the trim black.
I thought a door that opened on the left would be safer, but I did not take into account the fact that it puts the step about 2 inches off. Not really a problem for entering, but people with large feet (Brother) notice it when you are stepping out.
