Another project was to fix the door. The wood that was glassed into interior of the door panel had rotted out causing the door to lose its curve and the carpet on the door was stained and mildewed beyond cleaning. After reading over Eric's struggles with his door repair, I decided to try a different approach which is the simplest that I could come up with. I simply added a 1X 6 wooden rib on either side of the door that had the correct curve cut on one edge. Each piece of wood is attached by one #10 stainless through bolt. cross pieces were added just below the window and at the bottom of the frame. 1/2 inch rigid insulation was added to that and enclosed by a 1/8" door skin panel which itself was covered by a piece of vinyl sheet left over from another project that will be shown next.
Pics
The plastic insert that houses my locking mechanism is a cut down plastic tray whose original purpose is long forgotten. I chose it because it happened to be close the right depth and dimension for this purpose
The
fiberglass door surface not covered by my new door frame was simply cleaned and painted white along with the rest of the door frame. I chose to do this for simplicity. I see this as a
boondocking trailer not a show piece.
This trim piece was cut from a piece of 1/4 inch lexan painted white to match. It trims in the cut out needed to make clearance for the door lock assembly which extends through the frame.