wtareproofing a woody door and hatch

[type82e]

I'm building a woody and am wondering is there a way to waterproof the door with out the use of the aluminium molding?
does anyone have any good pictures of the doors waterproofing?
also pictures of the hatch and how it seals
marcel

[Steve Frederick]

I use a wood "stop" behind the doors, with a weatherstrip gasket. For the hatch, I make a kind of labrynth of sorts, built up of layers of ply, sealed in epoxy. The method seems to work well. I've done it on two projects so-far!



In the last shot, sorry it's blurry!, the seal is in a recess created by layering the ply, cut to different levels. The seal rests on a section of ply in the wall which goes up into that recess..

Water has to find it's way up-n-over/through that seal!
Clear as mud--huh??
All open grain gets a good soaking with very thin epoxy, as a waterproofer.

[doug hodder]

Steve...have you done a woody with a raised frame? That's what I'm trying to do. only 1/4 inch raised maple frame on a mohogany field. I wanted the 3 dimensional look like the old cars. Great idea on the inner panel to stop the water. I unfortunately didn't think about that in time. Oh well, fortunately, it doesn't rain here in the summer. Doug Hodder

[type82e]

thanks for that steve those pictures are worth a thousand words
I was thinking of putting a slight slope on the bottom of the door frame to let the water drain offas well as the inside weather strip?

another question with the top sheet on the outside would you use a 10 foot long piece? (I'm wanting to build a 4' * 8') so that you wouldnt have any joint before you get to the hatch as

also what do you do about the side joint where the roof meets the sides is it enough to staple and glue those down or will it need a weather strip?
marcel