HOW TO MAKE BUG SCREENS FOR CAMPER VAN WINDOWS - Easy, inexpensive and very effective
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- Опубліковано 11 чер 2021
- Here’s a super easy and essential project for your van build - Bug Screens! You’ll be outdoors a lot in your van and bugs are everywhere - these will keep them out of your van.
Listed below is everything you will need to make your own:
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What a great idea! So simple to do. I will definitely make this for my Dodge Caravan. Thanks for sharing 😊
Sweet! Hope you enjoy it!
Really refreshing: Just explained, without music and all the tamtam.
Thank you
You're welcome - glad you liked this!
Thanks so much for this video. We have a camper in Europe so brought all of the pieces necessary with us. We made them in about an hour and used them over our 5 month trip. Couldn't have survived without them!
Awesome! So good to hear that and glad this was helpful for you - thanks for letting us know!!
Great to know for my Toyota Sienna. Thank you!
Happy to help!
Cool! I've watched several bug screen how to's.... Like this one THE BEST!
Wow, thanks - Glad you liked it!
Just finished building a pair of bug screens for our van using your guide. Love these kind of easy, cheap projects that result in something totally functional, too. Thanks!
Awesome, so glad this was helpful! Enjoy!
This is soo simple and soooo brilliant!! I'm the biggest fan of safety pins, tape, etc for anything custom made in van builds lol.
Glad you like it! Yes we like simple solutions for things too! Makes life so much easier. Thanks for the coment!
Thank you, Shannon!
I'm just about to go on a six-thousand mile journey from Swansea, South Wales, to Troy/Truva in Turkey, and have converted/adapted my tiny Hyundai Accent into a 'camper car' for thr trip. I was puzzling about this task, but no more, thanks to you.
From, Den, Abertawe, Cymru. XX
Wow that sounds like an awesome journey! Have fun and enjoy the bug-free fresh air!
Great design, instruction & craftswormanship. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks! Appreciate the comment!
Wonderful idea💡
Im sitting here scratching my head trying to figure out how to build something on the inside, but what you did is WAY better and easier, thanks for the video 😁
You’re welcome! Glad you found it helpful. Thanks for the feedback!!
Very nice job. Straight forward and simple. It gets sooooo hot here in Georgia that I will make some of these. Thanks for the video.
You're welcome - good luck with your screens!
Subscribed. Thanks for your video I’m off to make bug screens for my van. 👍🇦🇺
Awesome! Glad to have you along - thanks for the subscription and have fun making and building!
i know what I'll be doing later this afternoon thanks to you.
Awesome! Thanks for the comment!
Thanks for sharing your ideas on making customized bug screening for the RV door windows!
You’re welcome!
Love it. We've been looking for something like this and this seems perfect! Thanks!
Our pleasure - Glad it was helpful!
Yes!! Love it. I guess if strong rain or wind comes bring them inside? Im gonna compare the cost though to buying the pre-made kind that slips over the windows. Cause this magnet cost adds up at around 3 $5 magnet packs per window. $6 for 6 piece of netting. Scissors, duct tape, painters tape I may already have. But looks fun. Great idea. I love the idea in comments to put them inside vehicle instead but not sure how they would stay up. Maybe velcro tabs.
Yes a strong enough wind will take them away. Inside mount might be a good idea but will be difficult to mold around the compound curves inside the windows. Good luck with yours!
Good Job!!! I can do that 🙌🏾🙌🏾!!!!!
Have fun with it!!
Yes you can!
nice DIY. A little easier and maybe longer lasting to skip the tape and just cut the form and put up magnets everytime. I actually just ducktape one magnet to the rear corner so you have the orentation set and then put up the magnets. Extra 20 seconds everytime but no sticky tape. Either way works !
Thanks Hank! And yeah more good ideas - all comes down to people's preference. Appreciate the comment!😄
Duct tape for the win!
Yes indeed!
Fantastic idea. I am going to do the same. Thanks!
Glad to hear it - thanks for the feedback!
Thanks for your great DIY bug screen. We don't have ventilation or insulation yet, so this will really help us out to get some fresh air.
Awesome - glad you enjoyed it and thanks for the comment. Enjoy your build!
What great idea , thank you .
You're very welcome - Glad you liked it and thanks for the comment!
Awesome and fun!
It was, glad you enjoyed it!
That was a great idea. Cheap, easy and working very well. Build this the next days. Thank you!
You’re welcome - glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks This worked great!
Cool! So glad it worked out for you - thanks for the feedback!
Very cool!!! Easy
Thanks for the comment Renee - have fun with it!
Thank you! Great idea, I think I will try it for my small Kia Pregio van! Good luck on the road 🥰
Thanks, you too! Glad you enjoyed the video…
fine job well done
Thank you kindly!
amazing - thank you
Our pleasure! So glad you liked it!
Excellent
Thank you!
This is great, I knew it was that simple! Easy to store, too! I'm going to try and do this at home. I have an older townhome and the magnit screens don't fit such a small design. I think I can reconfigure and also do something temp for the window because of metal frame! Thanks!
So glad you found this useful! If you are wanting to do this on metal frames on a house window, I suggest you make sure magnets will stick to the frames first - if they are Aluminum frames, I don't think magnets will stick. Just a heads up before you get too far into the project. Thanks for the comment and good luck with that!
Great simple solution, only wish that I had seen it before I made mine to fit the inside of the door which is a lot more difficult.
Thanks
Aw man! Murphy’s Law…
This looks a brilliant method for the cab windows. Here in Scotland we have the infamous Scottish midges, tiny wee things in swarms that get in every little crack and cause misery. Have got the very fine midge netting for the doors and was puzzling how to do the cab, this does the job perfectly. Thanks for sharing 👍🙂
Oh boy, sounds like Florida’s no see-ums! Hope this solution works for you!
@@TimAndShannonLTD see this link ua-cam.com/video/ebE7wdsHXX8/v-deo.html for a midge fest
The easiest, clearest, cleanest method I've seen. Just wondering if it'll hold up in excessively windy areas/days. Thanks, Aloha
Thanks! We had a similar one (magnets were not taped in) and some gusty winds took it away so I’m thinking not. But for all other occasions it worked great. And this new design should be even better because the magnets won’t get lost. Thanks for your comment!
If its that windy…. There is no bugs to worry about. So great Job. Ill go with this install on my astro. Van go. Thanku!!
Great 💡
These could technically be made to go on the inside as well and you could use a stiffer netting
@Jordan Sainte-Marie oh great idea!! I will think about how they would attach though.
Wonderful! The ones online for my Transit are like hundreds of dollars...
Yeah these work great for mere pennies!
We used your method to make a screen for our van today. We used black screen and black gorilla tape. The adhesive on the tape got all over the the top of the tape and all over our white van. It turned into a big mess. Maybe it was too hot for the tape? I dunno. We’ll do the other window tomorrow morning when it’s cooler outside. Thanks for the video.
Oh no! Sorry to hear that! Maybe white tape reflects the heat better? I’m not familiar with gorilla tape. Hope it cleans up without too much trouble!
Maybe try aluminum tape
Hi , It looks like there is no metal on your van by the side view mirror. How is the seal there to keep bugs out? I really like the simple but effective design. Well done, for sure.
Hi Pete, they work really well. You are correct there is no magnet on that plastic part at the front part of the window, but the two magnets above, and below stretch it pretty tight, so it stays on very well. Hope this helps! Thank you for your comment! 😄
@@TimAndShannonLTD Thanks for replying so quickly. Your answer helps a lot. Our promaster also has a spot where magnets can't go. I will follow what you did. I followed what you did with your overhead shelf/cabinet design and it worked great. Strong & lightweight. Thanks again & safe travels for you two.
@@petefrost1787 sweet! Glad that worked out for you as well! Thanks and safe travels!🙂
Thank you so much for this video. Sorry if it sounds stupid but would it work well if it rains pretty hard ? 😅 Where I am going to travel has some bad rains at times so just wonder what it would do to it. Thanks in advance for your response.
Ours have been drenched in the rain several times and they’re fine. Shouldn’t be a problem I don’t think!
Can you make it more privacy style too? Is the mosquito netting just crinoline fabric or something else?
Yes I think it’s something like that. And yeah I guess you could use any fabric that would allow air flow (because that’s the whole point) and still not allow bugs through.
I tried this but the tape won't stay stuck for some reason. I used duct tape. I guess my next move is to sew it with fabric.
Hmmmm don't know why that is. Maybe it's a different screen material that doesn't like Duct Tape? Anyway, if you can sew it that should work too. Good luck with it!
Is the mesh small enough to block noseeums?
Hi Michel, I’m not sure. I recommend you ask the vendor on Amazon. (Or pick up some other mesh that you know will block them). It works great for mosquitoes, flies, etc…
How about when it rains does the duck tape loose?
We've not used them in a downpour but in a light rain they've held up just fine.
Does it hold up in heat
Very good question and the answer is "sort of". It depends on how much heat you're talking about. The things lasted 2 years up until last June in Arizona, when the heat was too much for the duct tape, and we've been looking for something better ever since. So far, haven't found a tape that can handle high heat and still stick well enough to the plastic screen. New video when we find a solution.
Could you use duct tape?
Hi Elizabeth, yes you certainly could. That is actually white duct tape that we used.