[Rhodes22-list] Replaced Windows/Companionway Door Panels

[The Rhodes 22 Email List]

Thanks May Lou.  If i may, What supports the companionway "table"?

Bob (palatka)

> On Jun 10, 2015, at 2:32 PM, The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
> 
> Hmm. I don't believe we've ever had leakage at the hinge. Our 
> companionway door is Starboard (or the equivalent). The edges at the 
> hinge are angles so they fit together and perhaps overlap a bit when 
> it is in place and I don't think it's ever leaked. In very strong 
> wind-driven rains, we may have had a bit of water get blown through 
> the gap beneath the companionway slider but not much and I always 
> figured that was a reasonable price to pay for the bit of ventilation 
> we get there.
> 
> Mary Lou
> 1991 R22 Fretless
> recycled 1998
> Rock Hall, MD
> 
> 
> At 01:52 PM 6/10/2015, you wrote:
>> Has anyone used a rubber gasket under the piano hinge of the 
>> companionway door to prevent water leakage?
>> 
>> Bob (palatka)
>>>> On Jun 9, 2015, at 9:05 PM, The Rhodes 22 Email List
>>> <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Graham, nicely done.  Wish mine came out as nice as yours.
>>> 
>>> Everyone else, this past weekend I replaced my windows and my companionway
>>> door.  I used the 3M VHB 4991 double sided tape and Dow Corning 791 silicon
>>> as Graham suggested for the windows, and I can attest their wonderfulness.
>>> 
>>> I identified a nice way of generating pressure on the windows for the
>>> gasket to seal.  I used two dent puller suction cups from inside, and
>>> wooden wedges through the handle to maintain pressure.  Not sure if this
>>> would help with larger windows like Graham's.
>>> 
>>> I ended up using 3/16" bronze plexiglass for the windows and 3/8"
>>> plexiglass for the companionway.  1/8" seemed too flexible for the size,
>>> though in retrospect I think it would have been fine since the windows are
>>> smaller, and the tape adhesion would have been simpler with a more
>>> flexible pane.  http://www.eplastics.com/Plastic?search=Bronze2370
>>> 
>>> The 3M VHB 4991 tape, I got in 1" width, boxed out the frame, and used a
>>> razor blade to cut off excess after window installation.  Having the 1"
>>> tape gave me a solid taper, and the silicon will provide a good waterseal
>>> on the tape (hopefully).
>>> 
>>> I toyed with the idea of oven heating the plexiglass to increase
>>> flexibility, but decided against it due to the size difference, and fear it
>>> would break the plexiglass (since the sheer strength of the 3M VHB tape is
>>> insane).
>>> 
>>> Sadly, my windows & door looks nicer than the boat, and its unbalanced now.
>>> 
>>> Photos:
>>> 1) Previous Owner's pine/polyurethane companionway door panels.
>>> 2) New window close up
>>> 3) New window & old window side by side.
>>> 4) My replaced companionway door panels.
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