Winterizing caravan door.

[ukracer]

I have a single glazed door in my caravan and whilst the windows have blinds and curtains it would be easier to winterize the door rather than hang blinds.

 

[winchman]

Only thing I can thing of is to stick a piece of Kingspan to the door to cover the window wont look good but should be a lot warmer

 

[CompoSimmonite]

I suppose it depends on how much you want to spent.
Changing door for double glazed would be expensive. On the other hand adding a sheet of plastic held onto the door frame with double sided tape would be cheap.

 

[mike os]

Secondary glaze it..? Sheet of polycarbonate on the inside ?

 

[tom2207]

even a sheet of cling film over the glass will make a difference , working like double glazing and still letting in light , you dont want the film to stick to the glass , just capture a layer of still air .
or batton round the glass and add some perspex to do the same ,,, it should be draught proof looking at the door , if not a draught strip will help too.

 

[Burdekin]

Contact your local glazier, double glazing might not be too expensive. Or can you get a solid insulated door that size for the model of caravan?

 

[ukracer]

Secondary glaze it..? Sheet of polycarbonate on the inside ?

That was what I was thinking of. Twin wall polycarbonate and a thin printed wedge to neaten it up.

 

[ukracer]

Contact your local glazier, double glazing might not be too expensive. Or can you get a solid insulated door that size for the model of caravan?

Possibly. But I am a cheapskate.

 

[ukracer]

I double posted by mistake. So deleted the one asking why.
Real answer I am a numpty.

 

[Agrismith]

We just had a curtain rail above the door and full length curtain. Was still cold but but better than nothing

 

[ukracer]

We just had a curtain rail above the door and full length curtain. Was still cold but but better than nothing

We plan on doing that as well.

 

[johnyev]

Only thing I can thing of is to stick a piece of Kingspan to the door to cover the window wont look good but should be a lot warmer

You could always put some silver tape round the edge and some fabric stuck to the inside and possibly the outside to remove the UFO look

 

[Burdekin]

You could make an insulated black out blanket that attaches to the inside of the door. A mate uses that in his camper van where the bulkhead would normally be, he uses magnets sown into the edges and press clips to attach it. For the insulation he uses 3m thinsulate, this is a copy which is cheaper: https://www.carinsulation.co.uk/pro...n-welded-25mm-hydrophobic-acoustic-insulation

 

[GafferTapeKing]

How much bubble wrap do you have knocking about?
Two layers of that and you would still get light through the door.

 

[ukracer]

You could make an insulated black out blanket that attaches to the inside of the door. A mate uses that in his camper van where the bulkhead would normally be, he uses magnets sown into the edges and press clips to attach it. For the insulation he uses 3m thinsulate, this is a copy which is cheaper: https://www.carinsulation.co.uk/pro...n-welded-25mm-hydrophobic-acoustic-insulation

Sites dead.

 

[colnerov]

Sites dead.

Site works me.

 

[ukracer]

Site works me.

Strange...?

 

[ukracer]

Site works me.

Looks like it's content lock on EE. New one on me. Lol

 

[DanZac]

You could make an insulated black out blanket that attaches to the inside of the door. A mate uses that in his camper van where the bulkhead would normally be, he uses magnets sown into the edges and press clips to attach it. For the insulation he uses 3m thinsulate, this is a copy which is cheaper: https://www.carinsulation.co.uk/pro...n-welded-25mm-hydrophobic-acoustic-insulation

The heavy curtain / blanket works surprisingly well. We did similar for a really draughty front door in a rental place we lived in for a while. Used heavy material and lining fabric and hung it from a shower curtain rail above the door.
As long as there's a good overlap at the edges and it reaches the floor it makes a massive difference and its easy to take down and store in the summer.

 

[Burdekin]

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Strange...?

Works for me.