Hi Ray and Ann,
Mark from Lake Country BC yes I know moved from Langley. On the smoker saw at the local Homehard/ Ace store the Treugar ranger $ 549 cnd.

As for the windows could you put the silver bubble on 1st then add the plastic film to seal ?
PS always enjoy your videos and info take care.
Mark J Lake Country BC

Thanks, Mark, probably could but figure it's better on the inside, then I can take it off if we want to have the daylight. It's just held in place by the blind.

Another cheaper option depending on the length required for the waterline is the AHB 112 heat cable.
https://www.emerson.com/documents/commercial-residential/brochure-easyheat-ahb-cable-en-1529578.pdf
I just installed mine using zip ties then covering with pipe insulation.

Looks, like a good option, I just wasn't sure how well some of these heat tapes and pipe heaters would work with RV fresh water hoses. Seems they are more designed for plastic and metal plumbing pipes.

Ray...in 2016 we delayed going south until the end of Dec. and ended up with weeks of below normal temps -18C and snow. It worked great.
Cheers!

Howdy @Ray!
3- below 0 last night, and the "Mobile Homestead" is holding a comfortable 72- above! We heat her with one Wave-8 cat heater in the main kitchen/Livingroom and a Wave-6 cat heater in each bedroom. The main Wave-8 was on high but the two Wave-6's where on low, so that is around 14,000 BTU's. We did not skimp on the insulating of our custom 5er, and it paid off both in the heat and the cold weather. I'm so glad we took on the project to build our custom RV the "Mobile Homestead"!
BTW- We are still "Off-Grid" running on our solar power........
Happy Trails!!!

Eddie that looks a little to cold for me...BRRRR

Nice! You need to start building more of those, make a mint renting them out to northern oil field workers. :)

We set a record a few days ago for Oct 25th hope that isn't an omen for this winter

Campbell River Area

New record: -6.3 C 20.6F

Old record: -2.8C 27F set in 1978

Records began in 1958

A cold record also fell on Oct. 24th, when it dropped to -4.2 which is way colder than the previous record of -2.4 from 2004.

Not as warm as when you came by and visited Aileen last summer!

Ha!!Ha!! Good idea, we can go in on it as a construction team............

Aileen swears someone in Alberta forgot to shut the gate!

[Looking good just need to put a dress on her.

So what is the coldest that you have been in your rigs?
Last March -28 C -18 F Lasted for a week .

We will be heading south for Texas after the 3rd, so we won't need skirting.
We had our Copper Canyon 5er skirted and heated down under. We had several weeks of around -35 below F. Even with two electric heaters we went through 100lbs of propane in a week easily. We are so glad we built our "Mobile Homestead" home on wheels!

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In this video, I peel off the 3M insulating window film. We see how hard it is to get the tape off the window frame after 6 months.

Then I update you on the yellowed area that the 3M no residue duct tape left on the white sidewall of my trailer. Seems after a month or so in the sun, it's completely vanished!



Original 3M Window Film Install Video - https://www.loveyourrv.com/more-winter-rv-prep-3m-window-film-and-heated-water-hose/
RV Winter Skirting Videos - https://www.loveyourrv.com/ez-snap-rv-winter-skirting-installation/