One Piece Skoolie Door

[milkmania]

Originally Posted by CanadianSkoolee

Perfect looks very nice. Have you hwy driven her with it done yet? Any issues at all?

Yes, I've driven it several times at 60mph without any issues...

But, one thing to note:
When I was setting my lock set, I made sure to pre-load the door inward against the large rubber seal... So, to lock or unlock from the inside or outside, I need to apply slight pressure inward. I did this, so the door wouldn't rattle when I drive. Worked out great, and no rattle whatsoever!

I'd say there might be 1/8" to 1/4" that I need to push the door inward.

You can see the wide rubber seal in this picture

[milkmania]

I'll be danged! I did have a pic on my phone!

[CanadianSkoolee]

That's awesome!

[BluSkye218]

Can you share pics of your storm door installed?

[BluSkye218]

Originally Posted by Cupcake

I found it way easier to install a nice larson storm door with built in dead bolt lock. I didn't like the view being obstructed by it not being solid window.

Can you share pics of your storm door installed?

[somewhereinusa]

This is a very old thread started by Lorna, haven't heard from her in years. Cupcake only ever made four posts about 6 years ago.

[BluSkye218]

Originally Posted by somewhereinusa

This is a very old thread started by Lorna, haven't heard from her in years. Cupcake only ever made four posts about 6 years ago.

Yeah, I figured it'd be a long shot, but I got a notification email about the reply, maybe Cupcake will too. 🤷*♀️

[DeMac]

See Lorna's door and some who followed her lead here:

https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf=...iw=360&bih=662

We lost alot of knowledge, when she left s.n

[BluSkye218]

Originally Posted by DeMac

See Lorna's door and some who followed her lead here:

https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf=...iw=360&bih=662

We lost alot of knowledge, when she left s.n

Thank you! I just got a bus, a 2001 GMC Savana cutaway school bus. I'm excited for my first project vehicle! 😊

[Minnie3]

Originally Posted by nat_ster

Best is to get rid of that heavy hunk of steel and glass and install a 30" exterior residential door like some folks on here have. Not as hard as it looks at first glance. Far better sealing of air and bugs, and uses a standard door knob \ deadbolt. Also the exterior residential door has Styrofoam between the layers for a proper thermal break.

Blank slab exterior residential doors can be had brand new at Home Depot for around $110. Recycling places will have them for half of that or less.

Nat

Does having a solid door make driving very difficult? Would HD install the door for me?

[musigenesis]

Originally Posted by Minnie3

Does having a solid door make driving very difficult? Would HD install the door for me?

I don't think Home Despot is going to install a door on a bus for you, and even if they did you wouldn't want them to do it.

[LargeMargeInBaja]

Your adaptation maintains the original lines.
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I went the opposite.
I went diesel-punk industrial.
I tore everything off.
I fabricated a steel wall with two-inch steel thick-wall square-tube as the foundation.
I fabricated a two-piece steel door with two stand-still house deadbolts.
I fabricated inside and outside vertical handles of black water-pipe.
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Two-piece door?!?
With an all-steel door, I wanted to see out, so I fabricated an eight-inch 'Dutch' door above the walking-in door.
Standing inside, I can open the little top-door to see out while maintaining the security of a locked main lower door with the twin deadbolts.
The two sections of the one door open/close in unison.
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For our intent, steel offers an anchor for magnets to hold a section of window-screen over the opening of the little 'Dutch' door.
Between uses, the magnets hold the screen on an unused area of the wall.
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Without paint, in a few months, the steel aged to a lovely patina.
Anticipating this, my deadbolts are a burnished coppery bronze.

[LargeMargeInBaja]

My photographs exceed the 2mb allowed on this forum.
Accordingly, I created a craigslist 'ad' showing the two-piece walk-in door plus 'Dutch' door in the steel wall at the rear of my ExpeditionVehicle.
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In a couple snaps, you can see the goose-neck hitch and front deck on the toy-hauler I built on a commercial chassis.
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Additionally, I show the steel wall and door on the rear of my 40' Budweiser trailer.
The porch roof hinges down, and is secured for travel using the upper-into-lower strut supports.
The deck hinges up, and secures to the wall using the turn-buckle/chain anchors.
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Although not shown, the porch roof has angle-iron dams on three sides to catch rain, then channel it to the lowest corner... if we park on a road with a 'crown', the curb-side is usually the lowest point.
I left a two-inch opening on the curb-side rear as a drain.
In theory, I can place a jug or keg under that 'down-spout' to forage rain to store for worshing or showers.
I suppose the captured rain could be purified for drinking.
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To see my Steel Walls With Doors, go to:
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https://eugene.craigslist.org/pts/d/...352320741.html
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This 'ad' runs forty-five days.
Happy viewing!

[DeMac]

Looks sturdy & secure. No B&E-ing that rig. Thanks for updating the post with pics. (Crafty use of cl server). You are a master craftsman of obtainium.

[o1marc]

Originally Posted by Minnie3

Does having a solid door make driving very difficult? Would HD install the door for me?

Home Depot doesn't do installs, they hire independant contractors. I'm sure you can find one that would hang it. Not sure you would want to pay what they want to hang it though.

[Nick5272]

This was a great thread to read through! Thanks for all the pics and documenting. I’ll be doing this soon on a bluebird tc2000