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| Re: Screen Door [message #131533 is a reply to message #131530] |
Wed, 22 June 2011 20:18   |
PettyVTX
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Location: Winder Ga.
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Great idea dont know how it would work on a curved body though.
Ted
Ex Avion now looking for a 23'
Jeep Wrangler Towd
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| Re: Screen Door [message #131567 is a reply to message #131530] |
Wed, 22 June 2011 23:46 |
deanandcheriek
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Registered: March 2007
Location: portage IN
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got one of these for SunnyB last year. Sewed the fuzzy side of velcro strip on outside edge and top of screen facing Sunny. Opened Sunny's door and glued hook side of velcro strip to sides and top around Sunny's door opening facing out. Holds really good but needed weights added to the bottom of screen to help it close better. Went to Cabela's to solve that problem. You have to take it down to close the door tho. Cheap but effective. Sorry no pics, lost my camera, dang it.
Dean&CherieK PortageIN & OrrMN '73 23'PD "SunnyBeaches"
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| Re: [GMCnet] Screen Door [message #131614 is a reply to message #131609] |
Thu, 23 June 2011 07:51 |
k2gkk
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Registered: November 2009
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Somebody posted on this list about a year back
for a similar product. The outfit selling them
was up in MN or ND, if I recall. They had a
"bargain" deal if you bought three the price
was about the same as if you bought two.
I haven't installed on the GMC, but I did put
one on the doorframe of the door between our
laundry room and garage here at home. It works
fairly well and I most likely will install one
on the GMC at some later date. It works best
at reducing entry of bugs. The mesh is a bit
on the tight side, so it doesn't flow a lot
of air, but it's better than a solid door!!!
(;<p)
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> To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
> From: matt7323tze@gmail.com
> Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 07:41:52 -0500
> Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Screen Door
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> carnutbill wrote on Wed, 22 June 2011 21:07
> > Has anyone used Magic Mesh screen door on there GMC ?
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> > https://www.buymagicmesh.com/
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> > 75pb
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> We Are!
> Have been for a year. It even survives the dog.
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> I put fuzzy side velcro top and sides around the door, Stitched a double pleat in both top corners and the hook side velcro to the three edges. This accommodates the Guske shade on the door. The lower edge just drags on the floor and closes well enough. I should stitch another set of pleats in there, but I seem to have enough to do.
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> If anybody is interested I could take pictures when the coach is out of the barn next week.
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> You can't easily do the rolly screen door on a factory 23. There is just no place to put the edges.
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> Matt
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> Matt & Mary Colie
> '73 Glacier 23 Chaumiere (say show-me-air)
> SE Michigan - Twixt A2 and Detroit
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| Re: Screen Door [message #131617 is a reply to message #131530] |
Thu, 23 June 2011 08:03 |
Andrew
Messages: 213
Registered: April 2011
Location: Connecticut
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Wow, the commercial/video on the site screams "late night infomercial crap" to me.
But the design seems plausible, and at $20+8+8 for two, it's cheap enough to not feel like you got suckered too badly if it doesn't work. Matt likes it, that's an endorsement.
But "please allow 2-6 weeks for delivery"? That's not a manufacturer, that's a marketing company. So they source them from China in sell-through sized increments. Batch up the orders, pass them to Shenzen when they reach the minimum, and everyone waits for the slow boat.
That's not a strong display of confidence in the product nor in their marketing, and (more persuasively, for me) it's inconvenient because I'm leaving town in three weeks. 
1973 Sequoia 260 (since 2011)
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| Re: Screen Door [message #131626 is a reply to message #131530] |
Thu, 23 June 2011 08:39 |
Andrew
Messages: 213
Registered: April 2011
Location: Connecticut
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For twice the price, there's this:
http://www.bugoffscreen.com/
Which is a different design but looks like a real company. They even provide plans for making your own:
http://www.bugoffscreen.com/diagram.htm
For those of you that have a screen door of some sort, and therefore leave your door open, do you do anything to secure it? I remember someone complaining about damage to the door/hinges/body from a door blowing in the wind.
1973 Sequoia 260 (since 2011)
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| Re: Screen Door [message #131631 is a reply to message #131617] |
Thu, 23 June 2011 08:47 |
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tdublu
Messages: 52
Registered: July 2007
Location: Kirkland, WA
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I've had one for a couple of years. Mounted a bar above the door, sewed velcro and a couple of the pleats along the sides. When it's not in use I slide each side on the bar to the side, and velcro it closed. It's worked well so far.
Tony W.
Kirkland, WA
'76 Royale
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