Hey guys,
We are planning to use our skoolie in the winter and summer months and therefore had to come up with a way to make our windows warmer. I haven't seen this method done elsewhere which is why I am sharing.
(If you can not see the image go to the link at the bottom of the post and it is a few photos down)
What we did was build studs into the lower wall of the bus that ran between the seat rail and the bottom of the window. The studs were all placed in the gaps between one window and another. We then added large sheets of underlayment (a more expensive wood than underlayment would be best but we are on a tight budget, underlayment has held up fine so far) on the wall. With some difficult measuring we managed to jigsaw out holes in the sheets of underlayment that were the size of each window.
With the underlayment hanging that leaves you with about a 1 1/2 inch gap between the metal bus wall and the outer wood wall. We measured the gap between studs and created a sliding insulated window to fill that gap.
The windows are made of 1 inch foam board insulation with underlayment glued to the front. On top we attached a 1x4 using two L brackets and some liquid nails.
On the top of the window and the wall above the windows we mounted small cabinet type connectors to hold them up in place.
This will make a TON more sense if you check out this link >
Bus Update: Insulation, Walls & Windows – TheAmateurAdventurers
A few photos down shows a finished product and at the bottom of the page is a GIF video that shows us installing.
If you have any questions let us know! Please check out the rest of our blog and website if you are interested as well!
-Louis
TheAmateurAdventurers – Adventure Travel Blog