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On Wednesday, July 14, 2010 at 13:32
Member Luvntravln
posted about Dometic windows - installation and coverings - (PostID: 6736)
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Well, if you can't beat 'em; join 'em. We will have the Dometic windows.

Who has had them installed so that the various screens pull up to the top instead of down from the top? Seems like a bottom to top installation would give you more privacy at night leaving only a little open at the top instead of the bottom.

Also, what types of window coverings have you chosen: nothing, curtains, blinds?

Thanks,

We are currently exploring the vastness of this great World doing it the "naturist" way! http://www.travelpod.com/members/luvntravln
Reply 1 of 3 posted 14 Jul 2010 at 15:52 - (AnswerID: 21277)

CD & JW replied to the question

Ours (I thought all) are installed with the blockout pulling up from the bottom and insect screen from the top to clip them together. And yes it does give good privacy with airflow still possible.
We have the cafe style table in the middle of the van setup, and it gives a beautifully large picture window - but it is very difficult for me to clip the two together because of the distance between the two clipping devices, Col with longer reach does not seem to have this problem at all. This was one of those things we did not anticipate of course. A pretty minor issue I think.
Have a try on someones van with the large window. You could probably choose a slightly reduced size window if either of you find this a real problem with any of yours.

We have curtains which could be drawn for extra insulation. They have a fabric covered pelmet and fabric tie back.

You will have lots of these questions answered when you get to the factory.
(Have you heard that before LOL)
Also there are lots of the "newer" vans travelling. Many questions would be answered if you were to catch up with some recent owners.
Are you likely to get to the BT Muster this year.
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FollowUp 1 of 2 posted 02 Aug 2010 at 18:41 - (FollowupID: 8994)
Member Travelling Twosome posted this followup
We have Dometic windows and had terrible trouble with bugs coming around side of screen when the lights were on at night whilst up in NT. Make sure they put the new 'fix' on your windows.

Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today

FollowUp 2 of 2 posted 03 Aug 2010 at 10:17 - (FollowupID: 8995)
CD & JW posted this followup
The "new fix" to help stop insect ingress has been incorporated into Dometic windows at manufacture for a fair while now. Its in ours and that was delivery Oct 2009



Reply 2 of 3 posted 14 Jul 2010 at 16:05 - (AnswerID: 21278)

Member Gone Bush replied to the question

Jay, you'll be very happy with them.

Just a comment, if you don't mind. I think we are similar personalities. I really obsess over what end up being relatively minor issues. When we were going through the "ordered but not yet built" stage I banged heads quite a bit with Steve and Matt over what I wanted and didn't want. They presented their reasons for not doing certain things and, at the time, I thought: Huurrumph, I'm the customer!!

Now that I've spent some time in the van, we just came back from 18,000kms there and back, I can see that, by and large, all BT's reasons were valid and what I initially looked upon as a compromise is actually a good result.

So please don't worry yourself too much over things that can be easily sorted out at the factory. You don't want to re-visit all that anxiety you and BT endured a couple of years ago. (I understand what you went through, I had a little trip down that avenue myself).

I hope you don't mind these comments, all offered with the best of intentions.

cheers



Stephen
20" BT with full width rear ensuite.
Born 14th October 2009.
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FollowUp 1 of 1 posted 14 Jul 2010 at 16:40 - (FollowupID: 8928)
Member Luvntravln posted this followup
Mate, don't mind your comments!!

Cheers,

We are currently exploring the vastness of this great World doing it the "naturist" way! http://www.travelpod.com/members/luvntravln

Reply 3 of 3 posted 14 Jul 2010 at 19:09 - (AnswerID: 21280)

Member Rockgoc replied to the question

Jay they are all "blind pulls up from the bottom and screen pulls down from the top." In my humble opinion, this is the best way to have them. One thing I would have liked to have known about ,in hindsight is this.....the size of the window they put in the lounge section of the van is in my view not big enough. I am tall, but I still have to crane my neck to see out of the van through that window! The window seems very narrow vertically. I think Matt's "lite" van has a larger (deeper) window in that one side.....ask him!
Cheers Jan O

Seeing Oz in STYLE!
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FollowUp 1 of 2 posted 14 Jul 2010 at 20:12 - (FollowupID: 8930)
Member Luvntravln posted this followup
We were in a van today - not a BT - that had two different types of Dometic windows.

The large side windows had a separate blind and a separate screen - both of which pulled down.

Those windows also had an arm that could only be set open in three preset positioins.

On the front of the van they also had separate blinds and screens; however the arms permitted the windows to be held open at any distance chosen and you simply turned a knob to lock the window open at the chosen distance.

On the Dometic door the window had the blind and screen on the same track with the blind pulling up fro the bottom and the screen coming down from the top and they clicked together.

:)

We are currently exploring the vastness of this great World doing it the "naturist" way! http://www.travelpod.com/members/luvntravln

FollowUp 2 of 2 posted 14 Jul 2010 at 22:46 - (FollowupID: 8932)
CD & JW posted this followup
Click together ones are what are currently installed Jay. Thats why I find the largest one in our van a bit hard to manage by myself. The two click together bits on each end are hard for me to reach over the table and secure. Still glad we have Dometic.

In a general sense it depends on your layout what size windows will be standard.

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