Joe; You might want to keep shopping for the Acrylic. When I rebuilt the 27x27 A&H foredeck hatch on Imzadi before the trip to Bermuda in 2017, I bought the lens for my hatch from a local glass shop that does commercial windows. They used the old lens as a template and drilled the holes in the corners for retaining screws and milled out the recesses and holes for the hatch dogs. And the total cost was something like $75-80. Though they did have a partial sheet of 1/2" material in inventory so they did not need to order a new, complete sheet of the stuff.
The 1/2" seal for the hatch came from Lowes, along with the 3M trim adhesive to install it, some rubber and nylon washers to seal the hatch dogs, and the 3M stuff to remove the silicone the PO had used to seal the lens. The most expensive thing in the project was the Sika295 and primer to glue the lens into the old frame after it had been cleaned up. Fussy work, but very doable and fairly inexpensive compared to the cost of a new hatch - particularly a new A&H hatch. Rick Brass Washington, NC -----Original Message----- From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2020 3:01 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Della Barba, Joe <joe.della.ba...@ssa.gov> Subject: Stus-List economics of hatches Since this seems to be hatch week, here goes after numerous calls and checking around: To have new glass and gaskets put in my hatch by someone else - $450 to $600 est. Parts to DIY - Probably at least $300, getting a 19x19x1/2" piece of cast acrylic cut is not cheap plus the gaskets and sealers. Buying the acrylic pre-cut is about $550 from AH. Brand new Lewmar Ocean 60 hatch - about $600. New AH hatch - $1800. I am trying to wrap my mind around it being about the same to just buy a new hatch as pay someone to fix it. Does anyone have an opinion on new Lewmar Ocean (not the cheap low profile ones) vs. 47 year-old A-H? This all started because my gaskets are getting a bit ratty, but I have this fear one day I'll step right through the hatch at some point. The UV has to be doing a job on it coming up on 50 years. Joe Della Barba Coquina C&C 35 MK I www.dellabarba.com _______________________________________________ Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray _______________________________________________ Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray
