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Old 03-05-2022, 01:56 AM   #1
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Installing Windows

When installing windows, a frame needs to be constructed on the interior of the bus for the window to have something to sit in. I believe the most ideal way to do this would be to create a frame out of square tubing and weld it to the hat channels. Is there a downside to creating a wood frame instead? It would be much easier if I could just make a frame out of 1x2s for example (2x4s are probably way too thick) and attach to the hat channels with self-tapping sheet metal screws. For those of you that didn't roof raise or re-use the original bus windows, how did you frame in your new windows?

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Old 03-05-2022, 04:34 AM   #2
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I think wood could work but I would be concerned about longevity. Wood expands and contracts with temperature and humidity and that movement could push the window around enough to create a leak point in the exterior of the bus. When I did my windows I used 1" angle, half the weight of square tube, and welded a frame to the hat channels so the window trim rings had something rigid to attach to. It was really simple to do.
See pic below of my interior window support.


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Old 03-07-2022, 09:47 AM   #3
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I am in the process of framong my windows out. For those that are large enough I need to cut out hat channel I am framing with square tubing. So far I have I e window that will fit between the hat channels, I am going to try to frame it with wood if possible.
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