http://www.amazon.com/Velcro-Sticky-Back-Fastener-Dispenser-90086/dp/B00006I
C2L?tag=dogpile-20 but it is easily available at most hardware stores and
probably Home Depot, etc for less.
Any thoughts on this? Has anyone tried it before?
Cheers, Pat 1982 Westy - 'Otter'
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 14:59:13 -0700
From: Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: sliding door screen
My bride, a talented seamstress, made a slider screen modeled after the GoW=
esty item out of no-see-um netting with grey vinyl border, but with the low=
er hem weighted by BBs in it to rest against the floor, and a magnetic clos=
ure instead of a zipper (GREAT for ease of entry/exit).=A0 We used existing=
screws in the curtain tray to anchor some snaps and drilled for others in =
the tray and in front of and behind the slider opening.=A0 It is indeed dif=
ficult to fit around some of the Westy obstacles but it seems to work prett=
y well.=A0=A0However, we have not=A0camped in=A0a full summer bug assault y=
et.
=A0
Stephen
--- On Thu, 6/3/10, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET> wrote:
From: Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
Subject: Re: sliding door screen
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Date: Thursday, June 3, 2010, 10:34 AM
---- Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> Tell me more about the sliding door screen. What year is your van?
> Does anybody know what the difference is for the arrangement of the
> early (as =
in
> through 83) and later sliding door is? I have access to both style
> interi=
ors
> to look at, if need be, but I have no idea how the screen attaches. It
> is=
an
> 83 I am wanting to put the screen in.
I have a sliding door screen in my 1991 VW Vanagon GL Campmobile.=A0 I inst=
alled it following directions from the vendor (GoWesty).=A0 The screen itse=
lf is of excellent quality.=A0 However, I am very dissatisfied with my inst=
allation, and frankly, I can see no way that it could be installed so as to=
fit tightly and function to keep out insects, with all the things it has t=
o fit over and around.=A0 It is particularly problematic at night if I have=
a light in the cabin.=A0 that attracts the critters.=A0 In these parts, th=
e brown scarabs called locally "June bugs" are particularly bothersome, and=
of course some mosquitoes certainly find their way in.=A0 It does seem to =
exclude houseflies, which are numerous at some public campgrounds, and admi=
ts fewer mosquitoes than no screen at all.
If anyone knows how to fit it tightly to the frame, and could advise me, I =
might try to redo it, though of course I would have extra snaps in place.
David McNeely