Insulated FRP -- Where to buy?
Does anyone know where you can purchase Insulated FRP Panels to replace the interior of entrance doors? The interior of my door panel has multiple cracks and needs to be replaced. I was hoping tha...
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lordnorth wrote:
Gdetrailer... I appreciate that you are trying to help. But we are talking apples and oranges. You have an '81 and an '84 TRAILER. I'm talking about the door on a 2011 Class A Motorhome. They are nothing alike.
Maybe its my fault for not being specific enough, but on the other hand maybe it has something to do with the fact that you think I'm an idiot who can't figure out how to fit a piece of plastic under the metal trim. Instead of answering my question, you assumed that I was asking an idiotic question and started telling me the way I *SHOULD* do it instead of just helping me out with what I asked.
Maybe on older RV's they were made of wood. Maybe travel trailers have wood. My door has no wood. Took out the window and the latch to look at different places. NO WOOD.
Smooth fiberglass outer surface, bonded to foam, bonded to pebble surface FRP, with a metal frame around the entire door.
It looks something like this: https://www.lci1.com/assets/content/img/gen/640_601_lippert-rv-entry-door-optimized.jpg
No, there is no structural door damage. The frame is intact. It hangs plumb, it opens and closes easily.
ITS JUST THAT THE FREAKING PLASTIC CRACKED ON THE INSIDE.
I 'appreciate' the suggestions on what I 'need' to do to replace or repair the door, but I know what I need to do, thank you. I'm just asking about the best way to go about it.
Rant over. I do appreciate that people are trying to help, but if I ask how to get to Orlando, please don't tell me I really should go to Houston instead because its a much nicer place. Just help me get to Orlando, and if you can't help me get to Orlando then......
Hate to tell you, look closely at the pix I posted to the door on the RIGHT..
They DO NOT FRAME THE WINDOW OPENING AT ALL, you cannot base anything on pulling the window.
The one on the left is the one I made, and I FRAMED the window opening to make the door stronger and to stop the window opening from allowing leakage.
Pull off the metal trim going around your door, you WILL FIND SOME WOOD under there.
That outside metal trim is TRIM, not "structural".
The wood frame under the metal IS structural..
Your inside FRP did not crack for no reason, it cracked because of a STRUCTURAL ISSUE..
Oh, and I will add that YOU CANNOT BUY FRP GLUED TO FOAM AS IN A DOOR BLANK, IT IS JUST NOT MADE, PERIOD!
No one just randomly makes RV DOOR THICKNESS INSULATED FRP PANELS WHICH IS WHY YOU CANNOT FIND THEM.
If you insist to continue down that rabbit hole then you WILL HAVE TO SIMPLY BUY A NEW DOOR WILL ALL THE TRIM.
LOOK AT THE WEBSITE I POSTED..
Otherwise go to YOUR LOCAL RV DEALER AND HAVE THEM ORDER A NEW DOOR.
Personally, I would simply cover up the cracks with some fiberglass and resin and call it a day which WILL be the cheaper route.
