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Subject:Re: Summary of Door rubber
Date:Wed, 06 Apr 1994 07:38:28 EDT

>From: ritchiej@ucs.orst.edu (John Ritchie)
>Message-Id: <9404060153.AA26746@ucs.orst.edu>
>
>Hey, when you do the sliding door seal could you post (or email) any tips or
>clues you learn?  I badly need to replace mine too, but haven't worked up the
>nerve yet...
>

OK,, will do.

Want a $2.00 tip: Go to any hardware store or such where they sell that strip
of rubber that goes under a garage door. It is about 3 inches wide and about
10-15 feet long. I cut a strip of this just as long as my sliding door and 
used some double-sided tape to connect it to the top of the DOOR. Not Frame.
I did this mostly to keep it from rattling, but it keeps about 90% of the heavy
rain out. Only when flying down the road ina rainstorm does any get in now. Used
to be able to raise frogs in there! But I am planning to fix it right soon.

--- Chris Chubb (cchubb@ida.org)
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