Installing Sprinter Windows | Van Build Series

made out of the neighborhood I made it out of the neighborhood I'm on the sixteenth mile-per-hour roads now Lauren this baby it's actually not that hard to drive it doesn't feel very wide like Adam told me doesn't so much wider than our sve and I agree not seeing on the back that's not having windows eventually well but for now it's four years it's just dark so far so good [Music] so we're starting what might be the scariest part of the van build putting in the windows so in this box we have our tea vent window for the door and then in this box we have two back windows so looking at the van we'll have a window that goes here and then window that goes on the door and then another one back here and then we're eventually gonna get two back windows or two windows for the back door but since we have a 20-19 Mercedes Sprinter they just changed like the design of the back windows so they don't have them in stock yet so we bought these through van windows Direct which there are quite a few places you can buy them online but they had like all the different ones we wanted so we really want to achieve it for the door that way we can kind of like if we had opened the little vents and get some more air circulation especially with cooking and then we really wanted back windows by the bed just so we can kind of look out while we're working so we bought it them through van windows direct they had them on sale which was nice we still spent quite a bit of money on them we'll kind of add more descriptions below yeah I'm about to get started we're gonna scared totally forgot I had these sexy glasses on but safety first and I think they're pretty stylish are you feeling [Applause] we put some holes in the van so we're drilling holes on the inside where the windows supposed to go so we can see on the outside kind of where the window will be so we can know if our jigsaw will be like make the curves so hopefully hopefully it goes well we don't have to go to Home Depot okay now we are tape framing the window using the little holes that Adam drilled is kind of an outline you've also added some cardboard just in case anything Falls any metal pieces we don't want scratch up the van we're also gonna put more duct tape or sorry painters tape on the sides where the jigsaw will touch that way you don't get any scratches there [Music] now we are filing down the cuts that we made unfortunately the guy Home Depot gave us the wrong filer it's not for metal is for water PVC so we're gonna see if we can make it work without once again making another trip to home change so we remove the tape and we just cleaned that exposed metal areas that the window will be attaching to with rubbing alcohol now we're about to prime the inside of it where we have the exposed metal so we did end up having to go back to Home Depot to get a metal filer so just make sure you get the right filer whenever you go because you just never want to make another trip to Home Depot but everything's filed down it is primed and we're about to apply the adhesive and then cut off the first window so they say one applying the adhesive to do at least half an inch away from the edge of the window just so nothing spreads out too far this gun is not good and this is really hard but Adam so strong [Music] all right we got the two back windows in it seemed pretty straightforward and it kind of is but this is just a lot of hard work so we cut it out and then cleaned it up a bit and then added the adhesive stuff and then mushed it on there there's a little bit of a gap here and that gets left there we guess like if you put a window right here that they've kind of meet so don't be alarmed if you do this and you see that but it looks good I'm happy with it so we got these two back ones in we still need to do the door one and that's the next next big project so got our done but not all the way it was an adventure so we have some bad news this morning I came out to show my brothers what I've done with the insulation and I noticed that water was dripping inside of the window so one of the windows that we installed a few days ago must not be sealed properly and had rained overnight and there were a few water droplets it doesn't seem too bad and we've looked at the window and the adhesive is actually like right on the inside so we're just gonna try to add a little bit more we're gonna test it we're gonna spray some water in the windows see where it's dropping and then hopefully seal up that spot from the inside pretty easily we called van windows direct to see what they suggested and the first tap the first option is to basically do what we're doing find the exact spot where it's happening and fill it in the second option is to seal the whole inside of the window and then the third option is to replace the window so we're trying to avoid option number three kind of sucks with this happen but now we're gonna test all the windows and just make sure we don't run into this issue again so we laid some paper towel down just in this area that way you don't get this area wet and then my dad sprayed the window and we uncovered a spot right up there probably can't tell it's not focusing but there was some water that dripped down right here so we marked the spot we marked some areas where we're gonna just reseal this entire portion and hopefully that'll solve the problem it see the water going down right now we also tested this side and at first we didn't see any water but when I put a light up in this little area I noticed there's a little bit shinier on the adhesive so we marked some spots and the left and the right where that area looked a little shinier and then when my dad sprayed the fan on the ceiling the water stirred right down the side of the van so we checked it again and I did notice some water dripping down from that spot we kind of noticed like some dried watermarks there so I had a feeling so I'm really glad we kept testing it so we need to wait a few days now for it to be less humid and a little sunnier and warmer out so these areas dry really well and there my dad is likely gonna fill the spots when we're not here so I can't unfortunately share that part but hopefully we've shared enough that way you know what to do in case this happens to you but I really hope it doesn't the next step for our windows is to install our sliding door T vent window we have a CR Laurent's T vent window that we got from Van windows direct majority of the steps are the same as the other windows but the last parts a bit different so I'll highlight that part a little bit more than the others to avoid being super repetitive [Music] [Music] my dad did 40 holes in the amount of time it took me to do five so I'm really glad he's here to help me because I would have been here all day [Music] so you're primed or on the edges where we cut metal just to prevent rust now it's time to see if the thing fits I am holding up the front of the window while they screw in the back of the window the window is made up of two pieces it is the glass part with the steel around it and then there's this frame that you screw into it from the inside of the van so that's when my dad and brother are working on right now while I hold this up you can stole the team that window it was definitely a little bit harder than we thought I would be which i think is the theme of van van building so far um so we've been really straightforward and easy but when we finally were putting the window in the spot there were just certain areas that didn't align perfectly with what we needed so I'm gonna keep filing some stuff down we finally got the window in however it is sticking out a little bit more than we think it's supposed to on the outside so my dad's gonna check it out tomorrow after I fly back to Seattle and kind of see what he can do if you can tighten anything adjust anything I'm so I'm excited to see what he does there despite that issue it looks awesome we love having all these windows in the van it's definitely like transform this tulip from like a box to more of a home it makes it feel more open and spacious so awesome decision to do windows highly recommend it even though it's kind of a daunting task um this t-nut window in particular is really cool because it's a larger window and then it has a small window here and a small window here and this one has a screen kind of a screen door for your like back door to your back yard or whatever um and you can open the window you can't see because it's dark we finished so much later than we wanted to I was hoping to show this in the light but the window goes out so you can get more air circulation so this combined with the fan will make the the van feel less stuffy it'll also help with like any like kitchen smells like you know we're gonna be cooking in this tiny little space so it'll probably smell like ground beef or like bell peppers always saute so we're trying to you know get some of the smells out so it's not yeah doesn't smell like a kitchen all the time so we're pumped to have this we still to back door windows to install but those won't be until March so we're gonna cut the window installation vlog here we hope you've learned how to install two different types of sprinter windows as well as a few different ways you can kind of fix leaks if you get them we'll probably try to provide an update later if that actually works um but if you guys have any questions let us know we feel like we're finally getting some stuff done it's been a week and we've done a lot so far so we're just gonna keep trucking along trucking along and June will be here before me [Music] you