Window coverings

[thomas g. warner]

Guske Sales and Service sell them specifically for the GMC motorhome. run
by a woman. 810-987-5788. This was answered by my male feminine side. Now
back to tools etc.

>I know you guys are really into higher testosterone level stuff like
tires, headers, engine boosters, etc. but I need some help in the
furnishings department. Perhaps you could consult with your "other halfs".
Someone hung some cheap plastic "mini-blinds" in our coach and I'm
determined to replace them with pleated shades. Camping World has the type
which operate on tension strings so the bottom of the shade doesn't flop
around. I'm looking for other options or more specifically other suppliers
(i.e better price). We are leaving for Phoenix in a couple of weeks and
need to order something soon. Thanks for your input.
>
>Diane Skinner
>Also Web-footed in Washington!
>
>
>
Tom & Marg Warner
Vernon Center NY
1976 palmbeach

 

[david l greenberg]

Someone hung some cheap plastic "mini-blinds" in our coach
>and I'm determined to replace them with pleated shades. Camping World
>has the type which operate on tension strings so the bottom of the
>shade doesn't flop around. I'm looking for other options or more
>specifically other suppliers (i.e better price). We are leaving for
>Phoenix in a couple of weeks and need to order something soon. Thanks
>for your input.
>
>Diane Skinner
>Also Web-footed in Washington!
Try any WalMart or KMart. You may get lucky and find dimensions near to
what you need. They don't have to be exact if you use valances which you
will have to do to keep the blinds up against the window.

I have had them for the past 5 years and I wouldn't go that route again.
I find the strings wear thru and the blinds can only be repaired by
taking down the cabinets and some of the valances. The stringing is
complicated.

Next time I would go with the accordian type or Z blinds. My Opinion.

>
>

Dave Greenberg
Boston Homes
1220 US Highway 1, Suite B
North Palm Beach, FL 33408
561/776-1414

 

[gary miller]

Terry..
I just finished installing "day-night" pleated shedes from Guske sales. I'm very happy with the results; the first portion of the shade is semi transparent for cutting down on the sunlight, the second portion of the shade is opaque for night time. They slide up and down on strings attached to the coach on each side and stay in place with a tension bar.The strings keep the blinds next to the windows which slope outward on the GMC. It is a considerable job to install blinds since the cabinets must be removed before installation and a curving filler needs to be installed over the rear window to provide a flat surface for the
blind. But once done, they are NICE. (Same shades as found in Camping World but less $$$ and Guske knows exactly the sizes for our coaches). Cost about $500 for all the shades except the front drape.
Gary
'77 Kingsley
North Bend, Oregon Coast

> I know you guys are really into higher testosterone level stuff like tires, headers, engine boosters, etc. but I need some help in the furnishings department. Perhaps you could consult with your "other halfs". Someone hung some cheap plastic "mini-blinds" in our coach and I'm determined to replace them with pleated shades. Camping World has the type which operate on tension strings so the bottom of the shade doesn't flop around. I'm looking for other options or more specifically other suppliers (i.e better price). We are leaving for Phoenix in a couple of weeks and need to order something soon. Thanks for your input.
>
> Diane Skinner
> Also Web-footed in Washington!

 

[ted schurman]

I am also in the process replacing the original curtains. I have looked
at all kinds of shades including the ones from Gluske (which are very
nice). My concern with the day/night shades is the restriction to
incoming air flow. If possible I like to utilize one of the most
attractive features of the GMC, its large windows. I am afraid that the
cloth type shades would block the pleasant breezes. With all of the
drawbacks of aluminum venetian blinds they seem to offer the best
solution.
I would like to hear other peoples experiences.
Ted Schurman
73 Glacier VA


>
> Terry..
> I just finished installing "day-night" pleated shedes from Guske sales. I'm very happy with the results; the first portion of the shade is semi transparent for cutting down on the sunlight, the second portion

 

[thomas g. warner]

there is one other drawback to the day/night folding shades. They have a
tendency to lose their folds unless you leave them up regularly. At least
thats what my wife told me (I am curtain ignorant).

>I am also in the process replacing the original curtains. I have looked
>at all kinds of shades including the ones from Gluske (which are very
>nice). My concern with the day/night shades is the restriction to
>incoming air flow. If possible I like to utilize one of the most
>attractive features of the GMC, its large windows. I am afraid that the
>cloth type shades would block the pleasant breezes. With all of the
>drawbacks of aluminum venetian blinds they seem to offer the best
>solution.
>I would like to hear other peoples experiences.
>Ted Schurman
>73 Glacier VA
>
>

>>
>> Terry..
>> I just finished installing "day-night" pleated shedes from Guske sales.
I'm very happy with the results; the first portion of the shade is semi
transparent for cutting down on the sunlight, the second portion
>
>
Tom & Marg Warner
Vernon Center NY
1976 palmbeach

 

[david l greenberg]

On Wed, 13 Jan 1999 16:18:59 -0500 (EST) "Thomas G. Warner"

>there is one other drawback to the day/night folding shades. They have
>a
>tendency to lose their folds unless you leave them up regularly. At
>least
>thats what my wife told me (I am curtain ignorant).
>
Good point Tom, I forgot to mention another petpeeve. If I leave them
down, like during storage, to keep out the sun, they lose their ability
to accordian themselves back into shape.

Sooooo, what good are they?

When I get tired of having them repaired I will go with vinyl mini
blinds. Plastic cause they are quieter than metal ones.

That's about $.02 worth, I believe.

David Lee Greenberg F22009
GMC Motorhome Registry
200 MacFarlane Drive PH4
Delray Beach, FL 33483-6829

 

[chuck botts]

What is the best window covering depends on your life style.
We had a SOB for 9 years that we replaced its thermo drapes with 1" plastic
venetian blinds. We took them out and washed them many times a year and
replaced them once because plastic tends to bend if then are kept in the
full open position. We learned to always have them partially closed when we
traveled. We also stretched the venetian blinds so that they did not rattle
and swing around when we were under way.

We gutted and converted a 23' and the professional doing the job talked us
into plated blinds like he had. It turns out that his life style is to
never open the windows and always have the AC/heater on. He has no screens.
We added screens so we could open our windows. Dust is a major problem with
open windows.

After traveling our first 9000 miles in our GMC this summer, we are
changing out the new plated blinds and going to Micro-mini .008" thick Al
venetian blinds. Our life style is to have the windows open when we park
rather than the being closed up with the AC/heater on. The Venetian blind
allows the window to be open so the breeze comes through and have the blind
tilted for visual privacy. It also allows us to have the blinds tilted
slightly open when we travel so we can see out the window, yet prevents the
direct sun from coming in the coach. Our windows have dark limo gray tint
so heat is cut way down. Since the GMC windows are curved, the venetian
binds rest on the surface of window box, which is covered with matching
cloth. I was told by both Golby Motors and Jim Bounds that noise is not a
problem because gravity has the blinds resting on the material and they
don't rattle. We'll see. If they do, well have to stretch them rather than
gravity holding them in contact.

If someone wants a complete set of like new almond plated blinds for a 23'
they are coming out this month. They are very nice, but they don't fit our
lifestyle.

Chuck Botts, g_cbotts

 

[mr.c]

I also bought from Guske, and Margret is a wonderful person.

> Diane.
> Call Guske Sales at 810-987-5788. Looked at window covering at Marion
> last year. They sell a good product and also up grade track for front
> windshield. This could be done by any one a little
> handy.................Frank SW Indiana
>
> >To: "gmcmotorhome mailing list"
> >From: "Terry Skinner"
> >Subject: GMC: Window coverings
> >Date: Mon, 11 Jan 99 08:16:31 PST
> >Reply-To: gmcmotorhome
> >
> >I know you guys are really into higher testosterone level stuff like
> tir=
> >es, headers, engine boosters, etc. but I need some help in the
> furnishing=
> >s department. Perhaps you could consult with your "other halfs".
> Someon=
> >e hung some cheap plastic "mini-blinds" in our coach and I'm determined
> =
> >to replace them with pleated shades. Camping World has the type which
> =
> >operate on tension strings so the bottom of the shade doesn't flop
> around=
> >. I'm looking for other options or more specifically other suppliers
> (i.=
> >e better price). We are leaving for Phoenix in a couple of weeks and
> nee=
> >d to order something soon. Thanks for your input.
> >
> >Diane Skinner
> >Also Web-footed in Washington!
> >
>
> ______________________________________________________
> Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

 

[bartz paul]

Terry:

One aspect not discussed so far in this issue is the depth of the
shade/blind. In my case, I found a Levelor Mistro line, which has a top and
bottom rail that is just over 1" deep. Minimizing the shade/blind depth,
limits its intrusion on the coach interior and depending on the proximity of
your overhead cabinets to the coach side walls, allow you to mount it to a
header behind the cabinet.

In my case, I constructed and mounted L-shaped left and right valences, on
either side of the shades (which were custom ordered to my dimensions), that
have both the rear and front edges conforming to the coach side wall
curvature. The shade runs up and down constrained by the front of the
valence. This eliminates another common troublesome mounting method using
string or cord to restrain the shade.

I've routinely had the shades in the down position, in fact they're that way
the majority of the time, and don't find that they lose their "accordion"
memory.

I purchased the shades via mail order, after looking at a sample shade
provided at no cost, from Cincinnati Window Shade Co,
(http://www.cincishade.com) run by Jim, who was patient and provided the
best customer service I could expect. I highly recommend them.

Paul Bartz

From: Gary Miller [mailto:grizzly]
Sent: Monday, January 11, 1999 2:36 PM
Subject: Re: GMC: Window coverings

Terry..

I just finished installing "day-night" pleated shades from Guske sales. I'm
very happy with the results; the first portion of the shade is semi
transparent for cutting down on the sunlight, the second portion of the
shade is opaque for night time. They slide up and down on strings attached
to the coach on each side and stay in place with a tension bar. The strings
keep the blinds next to the windows which slope outward on the GMC. It is a
considerable job to install blinds since the cabinets must be removed before
installation and a curving filler needs to be installed over the rear window
to provide a flat surface for the blind. But once done, they are NICE.
(Same shades as found in Camping World but less $$$ and Guske knows exactly
the sizes for our coaches). Cost about $500 for all the shades except the
front drape.

I know you guys are really into higher testosterone level stuff like tires,
headers, engine boosters, etc. but I need some help in the furnishings
department. Perhaps you could consult with your "other halfs". Someone
hung some cheap plastic "mini-blinds" in our coach and I'm determined to
replace them with pleated shades. Camping World has the type which operate
on tension strings so the bottom of the shade doesn't flop around. I'm
looking for other options or more specifically other suppliers (i.e. better
price). We are leaving for Phoenix in a couple of weeks and need to order
something soon. Thanks for your input.

Diane Skinner