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gudmund wrote:just looked and Vintage Technolgies does still have some doors listed for sale on Amazon and are being shown with free shipping...........
gudmund wrote:http://www.amazon.com type in 'Vintage Technolgies teardrop doors' and they should pop up..... when I looked a few hours ago 3-4 different sizes were being shown for sale............
TimC wrote:I don't know where you found the comments that DIY doors are almost the same. Today's prices for the same door handles I put on my first teardrop are $57 each, that's about $120 for two. You could probably ebay them for much less. My hinges are heavy duty gate hinges bought from a big box store and they currently go for under $8 per hinge, so about $32 for four. I built Wiley windows which cost me about $25 for two tempered, doubled thick (1/8") pieces of glass from a local glass shop. Aluminum trim will cost you around $200+ since shipping is incredibly expensive. The rest is minimal cost. So for about $375 I can build two doors.
In 202 my son built a foamie and spent just under $800 for two doors from Vin. Tech. Prices have increased about 50% since. Costs rise due to availability of materials and teardrops are becoming popular. More demand on limited supplies effects all pricing.
Today, I see many choices on Vintage Tech's website. For a 28x36 square bottom door the price with trim ring and install kit is $502, add shipping of $107 for a total of $609.45, EACH. Your shipping will be different. I'm just a state away. So $1200+/- for two doors shipped vs under $400 for DIY. There is some validity in the argument that building vs buying is a PITA, but, for all you folks that are new to this take unsupported statements that they cost almost as much with a grain of salt. You CAN build them yourself. They are not easy but definitely not the most challenging part of a build from scratch.
For my 2023 foamie build I spent $870 for a door and an egress window. I was in a rush to complete the build for a planned camping trip in September so I purchased doors.
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