Monday, January 23, 2017

Installing Door Sills

The door sills are basically small rims around the insides of the door openings.  They give the doors (and their weather stripping) something to rest against when closed.

The sills come in three parts.  The upper halves are glued together before installing.  Here they are glued together and curing.  (The upper vent fan flange is still curing also.  It is sitting on painter's pyramids above the sill-halves.) 
Here is the starboard sill glued and clamped in place.  I had planned to do both starboard and port sides at the same time, but it turned out this side took all my spring clamps, so I'll have to do each side separately.
Here's the sill in place the next day after removing the clamps.  After sanding it will receive 3 or 4 coats of epoxy just like everything else on the camper.  Through the doorway you can see most of the port-side clamps holding that sill in place on the other side.  I'll let them both cure for a day or two then start sanding and coating with epoxy. 


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