Companionway Doors Door Construction
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Features of the new companionway CloZures.
· They never need to be varnished.
· They are removable.
· Sailors can insert their panel of choice, which includes screens, viewing plex. or privacy panels.
· Screens are available in regular or no-see-um.
· Board channels are always available, in case you need to insert the original boards for offshore sailing.
· Doors can be locked from the inside.
· Doors can be locked from the outside with an integrated cam lock.
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Obstacles (problems) which have been overcome
with the new hi-tech doors.
· Problem: Strength & rigidity due to the removal of area for plastic inserts.
· Solution: Stainless steel girders are inserted between the two pieces of starboard plastic which is then laminated together with a space age bonding adhesive, making it stiffer than plywood of the same thickness. Also the upper retainer strip enforces the doors rigidity
· Problem: The drainage of direct rain onto a hard insert.
· Solution: 2 Weep holes located at the bottom of each door drains the water outwards.
· Problem: Weather drainage between door (middle) openings.
· Solution: A weather strip has been inserted to prevent this common problem | |
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