Wanted top portion of door

Becky-HILO

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We need the door and screen part for our 1988 HI LO VOYAGER.
It is the smaller size one. If you have one to sell please let me know.
Thanks,
Becky
 
Looking for door parts.

You may want to post the measurements of what you are looking for. Can you rebuild the top of the door you have now? We had to rebuild our classic upper door.
 
Door

We had previously rebuilt this door but we had a break in and they destroyed it.
No rebuilding. Door size is 26 1/2 inches wide.
 
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We had previously rebuilt this door but we had a break in and they destroyed it.
No rebuilding. Door size is 26 1/2 inches wide.

Becky,

If you can't find one, consider making a new one. I used to have a conventional travel trailer years ago that needed a new door. I could not afford a new replacement and could not find a used one.

I started out by figuring out the door thickness. From that I subtracted the thickness of two thin sheets of plywood for the faces. This left me with the thickness of the wood necessary for the inner door structure. I bought some cedar 2X4s because of its low weight and rot resistance. These were ripped in a saw to 1 1/2 X the calculated thickness. I screwed and glued the wood to make the frame and included a support for the lock.

Then I got some Styrofoam insulation to fill in the dead spaces, make it more rigid, and help insulate. The foam I could find was about 1/4" thicker than I needed. To fix this I put it between two plywood sheets and walked on it, jumped on it, etc, until I compressed the foam to the required thickness.

One plywood face was screwed and glued on to the frame. Then I glued the foam pieces and installed the second face. After it was all dry, I made the holes for the locks.

To finish the assembly I mixed up some marine epoxy with a bit of thickening agent and gave it a few coats. The idea was to encase the wood completely. After that I painted the door, installed the locks, installed the hinges, and mounted it.

The door ended up being stronger and more rigid than the original.

It sounds like a lot of work, but it actually did not take much time.

Raul
 

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