Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 22:57:43 -0400
Reply-To: Karl Ploessl <karl.ploessl@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Karl Ploessl <karl.ploessl@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Gary Lee curtain rod?
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I am not sure that I understand the problem: I use the front curtain and
hook it into the clips which are in the Westy anyway. Maybe not as elegant
but simple.
karl
On 7/23/07, PB <pbrattan@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On a van of the past, I put a tension curtain rod from side wall to side
> wall, as high up as it would stay. To hide the opening at the top left
> by
> the curve of the ceiling, I made a ruffle on the top of the curtain.
> This
> type of curtain didn't require any drilling or screwing. When I get to
> the
> "curtain stage" of my Westy redecorating project, I'll make a curtain like
> this for my Westy.
> Patti
> 90 Westy Automatic
>
> On 7/23/07, Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Stephen Grisanti typed:
> > >> so new curtains are in the works. Something in a
> > >> cheerful floral pattern, maybe tulle. With flounces.
> > >
> > > Whatever you do, consider a layer of insulation.
> > > Also, my bride took our curtains and lined the back of
> > > them with reflective ironing board fabric which aids
> > > considerably in keeping the interior of the van cool.
> >
> > It seems to me that once some curtain of any reasonable thickness that
> > convective cooling (air next to cold window glass falls toward floor of
> > van, slowly filling it with cold air from the downdrafts until occupants
> > are gasping for warm) has a larger influence on how cold it gets inside
> > rather than radiative losses. Of course, if the curtains were just
> > something gauzy, then radiative losses would be pretty big, but I wonder
> > how much additional warmth is added by thickening the curtains.
> >
> > I guess what I'm asking is if the curtains were made of 2'' foam, but
> > spaced an inch away from the glass so the cold air would continue to
> > drop into the van -- how much different would that be than some thinner
> > material?
> >
> > I could be wrong.* We coastal southern Californians have such a
> > remarkably poor grasp of cold.
> >
> > I like the idea of reflective backing, though. Do you recall how much
> > thickness or stiffness it added to the curtains?
> >
> > >
> > > I mean "cooler." The van is already totally cool.
> >
> > I should say so. Watch what you say!
> >
> > -------
> > * Like this would be the first time!
> >
> > --
> > Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> > 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
> > 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> > 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
> > KG6RCR
> >
>
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Karl
'81 Westy "Jenny"
Wilmington, DE
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