---------------------------------------------------------- Europa-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Wed 04/27/22: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 10:17 AM - Re: Re: Bowed doors (William Daniell) 2. 02:10 PM - Re: Re: Bowed doors (Alan Twigg) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 10:17:52 AM PST US From: William Daniell Subject: Re: Europa-List: Re: Bowed doors yeah - part of the issue, well more precisely 50% of the issue, is the extremely thick (and heavy door) seal which is hard to compress. I am seriously thinking about installing a Home depot soft draft excluder. William Daniell LONGPORT +1 786 878 0246 On Fri, Apr 22, 2022 at 4:44 PM n7188u wrote: > > Hi Will, > > Not sure I can (or should) recommend much but I would touch bases with > Bud. He has a nice write up on building the doors and make them fit > properly. Heat is mentioned a lot but on a door that is already built not > sure how that would go. > > I would think that removing the doors, Fixturing carefully to impart > stress in the direction you want to correct the bow and judicious > application of heat would be the way to go. > > Depending on where the bow is (you don't mention) there has been a lot of > discussion on installing a latch half way at the bottom of the door. > > But don't take my word for it since I really never had a need to do > something like that. My doors where already built and are actually the > doors used on the Europa USA mockup they used at the shows (or so I was > told) and I think that the years heat and abuse has cured them enough to > make them hold their shape!. > > Best Regards, > Chris > > > Read this topic online here: > > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=506594#506594 > > ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 02:10:41 PM PST US From: Alan Twigg Subject: Re: Europa-List: Re: Bowed doors I got a thinner door seal but the same section, from Woolies, in the UK. Mad e all the difference, after struggling for months. Alan G-GIWT Motorglider Sent from my iPhone > On 27 Apr 2022, at 18:36, William Daniell wr ote: > > =EF=BB > yeah - > part of the issue, well more precisely 50% of the issue, is the extremely t hick (and heavy door) seal which is hard to compress. I am seriously thinki ng about installing a Home depot soft draft excluder. > William Daniell > LONGPORT > +1 786 878 0246 > > >> On Fri, Apr 22, 2022 at 4:44 PM n7188u wrote: >> >> Hi Will, >> >> Not sure I can (or should) recommend much but I would touch bases with Bu d. He has a nice write up on building the doors and make them fit properly. H eat is mentioned a lot but on a door that is already built not sure how that would go. >> >> I would think that removing the doors, Fixturing carefully to impart stre ss in the direction you want to correct the bow and judicious application of heat would be the way to go. >> >> Depending on where the bow is (you don't mention) there has been a lot of discussion on installing a latch half way at the bottom of the door. >> >> But don't take my word for it since I really never had a need to do somet hing like that. My doors where already built and are actually the doors used on the Europa USA mockup they used at the shows (or so I was told) and I th ink that the years heat and abuse has cured them enough to make them hold th eir shape!. >> >> Best Regards, >> Chris >> >> >> >> >> Read this topic online here: >> >> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=506594#506594 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ========== >> pa-List" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.matronics.com/Na vigator?Europa-List >> ========== >> FORUMS - >> eferrer" target="_blank">http://forums.matronics.com >> ========== >> WIKI - >> errer" target="_blank">http://wiki.matronics.com >> ========== >> b Site - >> -Matt Dralle, List Admin. >> ="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://matronics.com/contribution >> ========== >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message europa-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Europa-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/europa-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/europa-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.