Mobile/Modular home windows

jh812 · June 25, 2011

While tinting a doublewide trailer today I had 10 windows to do. Well taking out the top interior panes where a pain in the butt and I wound up breaking two of them :thumb . I told the lady to call around on monday because everybody was closed on saturday afternoon and go ahead and get two more and that I would take that off of the price for the house. She was totally fine with that and told me not to worry about. So my question is does anybody have any tips for putting the top panes back in they all seemed terrible and I know I'm doing something wrong. Thanks for any help.

coast2coasttinting · June 25, 2011

take the frames to a glass shop, and have them replaced on your dime. Otherwise you could get screwed if the custy's calls someone to comeout and replace them for you.

Normally mobile home window's are really easy, but I don't normally remove them to tint them. :thumb

June 25, 2011

problem is that you are removing them. Just film up to the edge of the glass where it goes behind the frames, do not take the glass out. Only reason to remove glass is if you are doing safety film and then its only for certain installation reasons, not very commen even in security film unless its tempered doors on a store front.

jh812 · June 25, 2011

Yeah I called my glass guy today and he said 25 a piece and she said that if she couldnt find it comparable to that she would get him to do it. I was just taught to take them out and put it on the exterior window because of the heat issue.

jh812 · June 25, 2011

problem is that you are removing them. Just film up to the edge of the glass where it goes behind the frames, do not take the glass out. Only reason to remove glass is if you are doing safety film and then its only for certain installation reasons, not very commen even in security film unless its tempered doors on a store front.

Sorry I'm not removing the glass from the frame there is an interior window and an exterior window and I am putting the film on the exterior window so I have to remove the interior.

coast2coasttinting · June 25, 2011

thats not really a great idea. You shouldn't hurt anything by tinting a storm window as long as it's temppered. Just alot more work. :thumb

jh812 · June 25, 2011

thats not really a great idea. You shouldn't hurt anything by tinting a storm window as long as it's temppered. Just alot more work.

So even with a darker film I should not have to worry about the heat build up in between the two glasses, kinda like a double pane?

coast2coasttinting · June 25, 2011

dude a trailor window is far from a sealed double pain window. As for heat buildup. You should always try to stay away from film that absorb more then 40 to 45% off the solar energy that the film is blocking. :lol2

Stick to that and you should always be safe on temppered glass.

jh812 · June 25, 2011

dude a trailor window is far from a sealed double pain window. As for heat buildup. You should always try to stay away from film that absorb more then 40 to 45% off the solar energy that the film is blocking.
Stick to that and you should always be safe on temppered glass.

Yeah I know that it is two totally different things but, I am just saying that the way I learned is that you put the film to the exterior window and that you take the interior windows out. Doing that you could virtually put any film on the glass that you wanted and would not have to worry about breakage. The guy that told me this had 20% auto on his house and had no problems with it.