oldtrucker63 wrote:
Nice work on the door, Makes me think I might need to check mine, I would hate to have a all new RV with a bad door.
I think what got our door is 30 years of rain splashing on the bottom of the door, I think the seal failed around the window since the rot was far worse below the window than above it. The screws in the lower door were so rusted I didn't even need tools to remove some of them, the ones above the window still looked new.
I know the door frame is rotted the bottom of our door frame has seperate from the rest of the frame and I can feel it being spongy. We also need to rebuild the overhead cab, and I can see a spot in the ceiling near the back vent that is all lumpy from being wet for a long time.
We have eternabonded all the vents and seams and resealed all the windows, so I'm hoping we have stopped the leaks....I'm kind of dreading poking into the structure of the thing since I know it'll turn into a big project really fast....
I cleaned the old girl out today, Maybe now I can get some work done so we can go camping this fall,,,,.....????Maybe:h Also I finished the motor up Now off to finish the rest.
Well our door was becoming difficult to open and close after 33 years of bouncing along the road, so we took the door apart. and found all we had was a pile of wet sawdust and cardboard sandwiched between to door skins.
So a trip to home depot and $30.00 in lumber we rebuilt the frame.
After some screws and some liquid nails we had a frame.
Then we glued it to the skin and installed the insulation panels in the void spaces.
Then we installed the window.
ANd then the new door lock and installed it on the RV. It was 1 am on thursday when we finished but I did go camping this weekend in Seward with the family.
THe old door was so rotted it rattled and was very loud, I was amazed at how much noise went away once the door was once again solid. Now we have to fix the door frame, there is more rot at the bottom of the frame...
THe total cost was just under $200.00 including wood, screws, glue, insulation, and new window surrounds and a modern lock (we had to modify the door frame to install this since it has a deadbolt. the deadbolt isn't functional on our rv) $94.00 of the cost was the new lock... It took 4 evening and about 24 hours of time to dismantle, clean the skins, figure out how to rebuild it, rebuild it, and assemble and rehang, and go on a test drive. Having a co-owner is nice since there are more hands and brainpower behind fixing stuff.
So a trip to home depot and $30.00 in lumber we rebuilt the frame.
After some screws and some liquid nails we had a frame.
Then we glued it to the skin and installed the insulation panels in the void spaces.
Then we installed the window.
ANd then the new door lock and installed it on the RV. It was 1 am on thursday when we finished but I did go camping this weekend in Seward with the family.
THe old door was so rotted it rattled and was very loud, I was amazed at how much noise went away once the door was once again solid. Now we have to fix the door frame, there is more rot at the bottom of the frame...
THe total cost was just under $200.00 including wood, screws, glue, insulation, and new window surrounds and a modern lock (we had to modify the door frame to install this since it has a deadbolt. the deadbolt isn't functional on our rv) $94.00 of the cost was the new lock... It took 4 evening and about 24 hours of time to dismantle, clean the skins, figure out how to rebuild it, rebuild it, and assemble and rehang, and go on a test drive. Having a co-owner is nice since there are more hands and brainpower behind fixing stuff.
