Here are the photos from the repair of four of the eight awning-style thermopane windows in our motorcoach. The work was performed at Suncoast Designers, Inc. in Hudson, Florida. Great people to work with and they have a correct process for doing this work.
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- A view of part of the RV parking area at suncoast Designers in Hudson, FL.
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- The RV sites are all back-in with water and 50A electric service down the center.
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- Jim removes one of the lift arm pins on the DS front window.
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- The pins and retaining clips that secure the window lift arms to each end of the window frames.
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- Kevin covering the DS front window opening with plastic wrapped cardboard.
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- Kevin securing the window opening cover with tape.
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- PS front window opening covered with plastic wrapped cardboard.
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- Suncoast Designers, Inc. lobby.
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- Fritz (R) explains the repair process to Linda (C) and another customer (L).
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- Suncoast Designers plant looking north. Machine lower right heats and presses thermopane sandwich after reassembly.
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- View of Suncoast Designers plant looking southeast. Behind the wall is the clean assembly room. Blue machines are roller press ovens.
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- There is a lot of caulk and adhesive used in RV windows. Suncoast Designers has to cut it all out and clean it off.
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- Fritz showed us the desiccant beads that some OEM RV window manufacturers use. They don’t work very well.
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- The “clean room” table. The glass panes come off a roller washer behind the door (L) and get reassembled on this table.
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- Rolls of different sizes of “swiggle” used to glaze two panes of glass into a thermopane sandwich. (Trade names are micro-seal and dura-seal.)
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- A large RV thermopane window clamped into its frame.
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- Final prep of our four awning windows before they were re-installed in the coach.
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- One of our repaired awning windows; nice and clear.
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- Awning-style window frame free hinge detail.
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- Joe cleaning up a small RV window before re-installing it This window was not from our coach.
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- Our four awning windows in final prep for re-installation with our Prevost H3-40 in the background.
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- Joe (L) and Kevin (C) install the PS rear window while Matt (R) watches.
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- Joe (L)and Kevin (C) swing the window up high to engage the hinge.
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- Joe (L), Bruce (C, inside),and Kevin (R) check the fit on the PS rear window.
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- Matt (L), Bruce (C, inside), and Kevin (R) line up the lift arm with the bracket hole on the window so Kevin can insert the pin.
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- Bruce (L, inside) and Joe (R) check the fit of the DS rear window.
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- Matt cleans the outside of the PS rear window after it is re-installed.
