Storm Doors

[Chuck and Carol]

Last year at the rally many of you had storm doors made from plexi glass. Well, Chuck has finally made one for us.
While he was making it I searched for decals like many of you had. I found this company www.pandasproducts.com by luck. They are great to deal with and have a large selection.
Hopes this saves someone all the hunting I did.

Carol

[DHenry]

Thanks for the web site. This is a great find you made and shared with us.

[Bill and Ann]

Carol: Do you and Chuck still have the Class A or have you go back to a Montana yet?
We have also changed our screen door into a Lucite covered door. Now we can leave it open for the brightness while the a/c is on or the furnace depending where and when we are out. Thanks for the link. We have been looking for something like this for a long time.

[Chuck and Carol]

Is your kind of a door the same as plexi glass? That's what we wanted was to be able to leave it open regardless of the weather.
I feel closed in with the big door closed. I was also thinking of
putting a shear curtain there for a more homey feel. But that might be in the way too much.

Carol

[Parrothead]

Thanks Carol for telling us about this great site. They have the Indians I love so much.
Happy trails.................

[Bill and Ann]

I guess it is the same as plexi-glass. Lucite is supposed to be 10x stronger than glass which we thought would be better for the door. Agree with the curtains as the dogs would love them.

[bob n pam]

Boy, you guys are so smart on this forum. I would have never thought of this. Thanks for the website.

[Bill and Ann]

Most of the installations we have seen have the Plexi-glass/Lucite mounted on the outside of the door. We have ours installed on the inside. I will post a pic if anyone is interested.

[Chuck and Carol]

Why did you put it on the outside instead of the inside? Our biggest problem was finding those little hookie things to hold it in place.

Carol

[Gonfishin]

Bill and Ann,. I would love to see a picture of your installation. I have never heard of this till this thread started. Everyday I tune in to see what I can learn, thanks guys.
Rick

[sreigle]

I'd like to see it, too.

[Bill and Ann]

Ok: Here are some pics. The lucite is mounted on the inside of the door. http://community.webshots.com/album/403156639oVfnuZ
Took me 3 edits to get the link right.
The reason we mounted in on the inside was so the dogs wouldn't be jumping up on the screen and possibly pushing the storm off and also we don't have to go outside to take the panels off if we want some fresh air.

[sreigle]

Nice job, looks great! Thanks, Bill.

[Gonfishin]

WOW, Very nice Bill. We will be at the upcoming rally in sept and hope to see some of these neat ideas in action.
Rick

[delrob]

Where do you get this Lucite for your storm doors? I had plex-o-glass in my mh door and liked this. But my husband doesn't think this can be put on our doors. Looks like the Lucite would work.
DE

[Bill and Ann]

Try Home Depot or Lowes. I am not sure if Lucite or Plexi-glass is the same but I think it is. The one thing that makes our installation different than others I have seen is the white plastic edging around the sides and top of the Lucite to hold it in the opening better.

[mgdg]

Wow!! great job Bill, love the idea. My brother(retired) works at Home Hardware part-time going to have to see what he has that looks the same as yours.

[Bill and Ann]

Mark and Donna (mgdg) I actually bought the Lucite from Home Hardware but didn't mention that store in my post as they don't have Home in the U.S. They also have it at Rona.

[syplace]

What a great idea. I want one too! Great pictures. Did the lucite come w/the frame? Also, what did u do to solve the door handle area?
Going to print this out for the "honey do" list.

[Bill and Ann]

John and Marianne (syplace) The frame was separate. The door handle area is a piece of lucite to fit the area left of the slider. The slider is a clear slider which replaced the white one. We got it at CW.