About the service
A cracked or heavily chipped windshield on an RV is not something worth putting off. A small crack in the corner five centimeters long, subject to temperature fluctuations and road vibrations, spreads across the entire windshield within weeks, and when it reaches the edge, the glass practically ceases to participate in the roof load-bearing structure. I provide on-site inspection and glass repair specifically for RVs and campers, not passenger cars, because curved and oversized panels on Class A and C coaches require a different approach: different adhesive curing times and often two-person work during installation.
The first step on any job is an honest assessment: repair or replacement. A chip smaller than a nickel that hasn't reached the glass edge and is outside the driver's direct line of sight can usually be filled with UV-curing resin right on site in less than an hour — optical clarity is restored almost completely, and crack propagation is stopped permanently. Once a crack exceeds approximately fifteen centimeters, touches the panel edge, or is in a critical viewing zone, resin repair is no longer safe and in most cases does not meet standards — then the only honest recommendation is complete replacement.
Selecting the correct glass is something owners most often underestimate. An RV windshield rarely consists of a single flat sheet: many coaches use two-section curved glass with a center post, and if you get the curvature or thickness wrong, a new stress crack will appear again within a few months. I work from the VIN and coach model to select the exact panel that matches factory specifications — laminated safety glass meeting DOT and ANSI Z26.1 standards — before placing the order.
Installation itself is performed entirely on-site: on your driveway, at storage parking, or directly at the campground — using cold-cure polyurethane adhesive rated for the vibrational loads the coach experiences on the road. Old polyurethane and corrosion spots around the opening perimeter are cut out and treated before laying the new sealant, and the rubber gasket around the edge is replaced with a new one rather than reused — old rubber almost never provides reliable contact with new glass. Bonded windshields have a minimum safe curing time before you can hit the road, and I always explain this interval in detail to the owner rather than rushing the departure.
Timelines depend primarily on glass availability, not work volume: chip repair is one day, replacement with a common production windshield is usually one to two days accounting for adhesive curing, and a curved non-standard panel for an older coach sometimes takes one to two weeks for sourcing and delivery. At each stage I keep the owner informed and always leave the work area clean, removing old glass and sealant remnants for disposal.
The first step on any job is an honest assessment: repair or replacement. A chip smaller than a nickel that hasn't reached the glass edge and is outside the driver's direct line of sight can usually be filled with UV-curing resin right on site in less than an hour — optical clarity is restored almost completely, and crack propagation is stopped permanently. Once a crack exceeds approximately fifteen centimeters, touches the panel edge, or is in a critical viewing zone, resin repair is no longer safe and in most cases does not meet standards — then the only honest recommendation is complete replacement.
Selecting the correct glass is something owners most often underestimate. An RV windshield rarely consists of a single flat sheet: many coaches use two-section curved glass with a center post, and if you get the curvature or thickness wrong, a new stress crack will appear again within a few months. I work from the VIN and coach model to select the exact panel that matches factory specifications — laminated safety glass meeting DOT and ANSI Z26.1 standards — before placing the order.
Installation itself is performed entirely on-site: on your driveway, at storage parking, or directly at the campground — using cold-cure polyurethane adhesive rated for the vibrational loads the coach experiences on the road. Old polyurethane and corrosion spots around the opening perimeter are cut out and treated before laying the new sealant, and the rubber gasket around the edge is replaced with a new one rather than reused — old rubber almost never provides reliable contact with new glass. Bonded windshields have a minimum safe curing time before you can hit the road, and I always explain this interval in detail to the owner rather than rushing the departure.
Timelines depend primarily on glass availability, not work volume: chip repair is one day, replacement with a common production windshield is usually one to two days accounting for adhesive curing, and a curved non-standard panel for an older coach sometimes takes one to two weeks for sourcing and delivery. At each stage I keep the owner informed and always leave the work area clean, removing old glass and sealant remnants for disposal.
