How to make Windows smaller?

[eagle19952]

32 inch tv's and cameras make windows and cost less

[AdamWalkup]

I'm with Tom, the big windows are one of the main advantages of a bus, and if you use good thermal pain windows I can't imagine the weather is that much of an issue.  I stay out of the cold, but have spent weeks in 100+ with no problems, and I have 6 standard D model windows in the front, and 2 in the bedroom, all thermal.

Before I removed already nicely done work I would leave them (good for resale) and make some good quality insulation filler boards that could fit from the inside to block them out when not desired.

[Lin]

So it would seem that the main reason you want to reduce windows is for winter.  Summer is less of an issue.  My inclination would be to do something flexible that would allow me to keep the windows that I have for enjoyment when not in extreme weather, and to come up with an acceptable, removable, and well insulated solution when needed.  Although spray foam may be the best R value, it does not allow for flexibility.  Polyiso foam gives very respectable numbers and can easily be designed to be movable. 

n any case, I would not be concerned about altering the look outside and would concentrate on handling the whole adaption on the interior.

[Scott & Heather]

We cool our bus 90% of the time with a single 13,500 btu roof air. We can heat it down to -28°F with three 1500 watt space heaters. We have a furnace and we have a second roof air if need be but I like the fact that we are so well insulated. If we want big windows all we have to do is open the windshield curtain. Definitely
Understand where you guys are coming from, but really, this isn't about convincing me to keep the 6 Windows. My floor plan doesn't even allow all six to stay, and I have fulltimed enough to know the ridiculous amounts of condensation even dual panes cause, plus the BTU's of heat and cold transfer through large windows. I like windows, and 4 of them is plenty, but six isn't gonna happen. I'll reskin the coach if I have to. This isn't my first rodeo doing this. But you guys do have a point about possibly insulating over the glass on the inside and just leaving the exterior looking as tho it has larger and more Windows. Really the issue is what to do if a window cracks. I need to make sure it is removable from the exterior.


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