I need some ideas from the list on holding small aluminum framed screens in
place below the Lewmar #20 hatches in my C&C 36XL. The original Velcro was a
PITA to use and kind of ‘clunky’ with the fabric screen and it’s sewn on Velcro.
Lewmar’s solution was about $120 per hatch and included an insert that needed
trimmed and installed in order to have a frame to which their screens attached.
I went the DIY route, made 4 aluminum framed screens with plastic screen in an
afternoon and spent about $30 total. I figure I can glue some Velcro or other
soft bug stopping seal to the screen frame where it meets the ‘ceiling’ of the
cabin although the mating surface is pretty ‘flat’.
Ideally I would use spring hinges to hold it in place and when I wanted to
reach the hatch handle, I would pull the screen down against the spring while
normally the spring tension would hold it up to the ceiling against gravity.
However, finding small spring hinges is not easy and cost ~ $10 each plus I am
not sure, given the screen weight, if I might need more than one per screen.
Thus I am asking if anyone has come up with another practical solution that
secures the screens, allows easy access to the hatch handle, looks decent and
is inexpensive.
Hinges with a latch on non-hinge side, ‘slots’ into which the screen slides,
etc. I’d like it to be simple, effective and look good while, of course,
keeping the cost low!
Thanks,
Charlie NelsonWater Phantom1995 C&C XL/kcb
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