Jacks and seals and screening, oh my!

BC Sunshine

BC Sunshine

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For those who camp in their Commer, do you use leveling jacks when parked? (Scissor or stacking).
Camping here tends to be more rustic, and campsites are rarely perfectly flat. Not only that, the Highwayman is a bit bouncy!
I'm looking for recommendations as to the best spots to place jacks at the back end - or where to avoid.

Window screening - how the heck was the screening originally attached to the flat frames?
I need to replace torn screens, and have removed one from the frame already. It appeared to be glued on with something that had gone like amber over time.
Suggestions?

Window channel seal replacement
Anyone replaced this on the rear windows on a Highwayman?
The current material is a woven material that reminds me of fire hose. It's very degraded and moldy and needs replacing.
There are only two small windows that actually slide, but the seal appears to be the entire length of the window channel
Any recommendations?

Thanks all!
 
Hi BC. Not sure how your screens are attached now but originally I think they would have been curtains with a rail screwed to the frame. Leveling wise it's surprising how well a couple of flat wooden planks will lift the front or back end, especially on soft ground. Either that or leveling ramps like these

 
Shows you can get a lot of levelling with just one jack. It also stops all movement which doesn’t happen with ramps

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Yep done it myself a few times, even had the jack on the spare wheel on one hilly campsite in the Dales :oops:
 
Well I feel so silly not considering the original jack! Definitely will give that a try with some planks. Far easier than crawling underneath to find a suitable jack point.

Screening wise, here are some photos of both the inner, removable frame and the outer. The inner one is slightly curved when it’s removed, and is held in the outer frame with a single screw which holds the tension. The old screening was attached to its frame using some kind of adhesive. Any suggestions for reattaching new screening39B668B1-3A17-4899-BA5C-3AE73A79FA68.jpeg0AA4133D-9C02-4D2F-B6C2-754C8688D02B.jpegBA656345-DC13-4F18-A0F4-7A0D65173BF1.jpegD28974A8-4049-4C14-8747-FF4976AB26E3.jpeg?
 
No reason why it can't be fixed as it was originally, Try some contact adhesive, like Evostic or Bostic, with the netting cut over size to make it a bit easier to get it taught, you can then cut the extra off one it's dry. A strong double sided tape might even do the trick.
 
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