Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 17:03:04 +0000
Reply-To: Dave Vickery <davevickery@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Dave Vickery <davevickery@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: sliding door screen
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I like the low-tech version of just mosquito netting, no zipper, no edging,
the same kind I use backpacking, nice and light, inexpensive and can be
squeezed into a ball or pouch. When I didn't have an awning, I closed the
passenger door on one corner and wrapped the other corner around the upper
sliding door mount. It was long enough to tuck inside and drag on the floor
o the van to make a nice fairly bug proof screen. Nice thing is 1) cheap,
2) easy entry and exit, just push through it 3) goes up in a jiffy and 4) it
doesn't take up any space and if it gets ruined, no big deal.
And now that I have an awning, I will hang it over the awning which works
great for the sheet I use in the colder weather to some of the keep the cold
out but still allow easy entry/exit.
Wait, I am starting to sound like trailer trash. But this solution works
good and where I camp, no one sees me anyway.
Dave in Denver
>From: Frank Condelli <RAlanen@AOL.COM>
>Reply-To: RAlanen@AOL.COM
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: sliding door screen
>Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 06:26:18 EST
>
>In a message dated 27/11/2006 2:18:19 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
>LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:
>
>Help! I am looking for a Xams gift for my husband and would like to know
>if
>there is a place to buy sliding door screens. I would appreciate any help
>in
> this
>matter. Please send email responses directly to me @ dfancher@whispllc.com
>and not just a reply as that will go to my husbands email address.
>
>
>
>The very best sliding door screen I've ever seen is being made by Angele
>Martineau of the Quebec Club. I saw them at the fall Rendezvous in St.
>Gabriel
>Brandon, QC. They are made to work on the track of the curtain and come
>with
>sliders to be installed. The screen can be left in place and pushed to
>the
>rear or taken off the sliders as it snaps to the new sliders. This way
>you
>have both the screen and curtain on that track at the same time and use
>whichever you want or remove and store the screen. The other innovation
>she made
>was the closing. Done with magnets and a six inch overlap so that you can
>walk in and out without having to unzip. Those of you who have used the
>zippered sliding door screen know what a PITA it is to try to open the
>screen when
>you have both hands occupied. The screen is attached to the door frame
>with
>Velcro which is supplied. The kits come in many colours as the screen
>material is surrounded by rip-stop nylon and come in an attractive storage
>pouch
>made of the same nylon. The kits are $85 CND and you can reach Creations
>Angele
>in Thetford Mines, QC. at 418-338-1505, e-mail:
>_martineauangele@globetrotter.net_
>(mailto:martineauangele@globetrotter.net)
>
>
>Cheers,
>
>Frank Condelli
>Almonte, Ontario, Canada
>'87 Westy, '90 Carat, '87 Wolfsburg (Forsale) & Lionel Trains
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