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MannyBoy · 10-29-2009, 08:01 AM

Is that a tool cabinet? A clothes wardrobe? The entryway to Narnia? Well, some may say C. S. Lewis was stoned when he wrote, but ...

Now the BIG problem (I hate to admit this since I built the cabinet): light leakage!

1. Generally around the doors and the frame. I originally sealed this area with a 3/16" foam rubber "P" seal. I am now trying some 1/4" foam rubber "D" and this seams to be working. With two exceptions:

a. Door Seal leak from about half way down to the bottom of the "front" edge of the two doors. As you can't really see well, I hold these door closed at the top front of the cabinet with a common rotating window lock thing you see on you windows at home (if you have double hung windows). Except my have a key lock for security, but the work the same way. You can sort of see them in the photo above. So the door is held closed at the top only with no pressure at the bottom or middle.

Any suggestions for a way to get sealing pressure in the middle bottom of each door?

b. I will post another pic for this one. I am getting significant light through the door hinges. Right in the area directly across from the hinge pin (in the photo the door is on the left and cab on the right - the light leaks in the rectangular area to the right of the hinge pin in the door hinge.

Anyone have any ideas of how to seal this up?

10-29-2009, 08:01 AM	#3 (permalink)
MannyBoy YaHookan Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 58 Thanks: 20 Thanked 16 Times in 10 Posts	What is that in the corner? Is that a tool cabinet? A clothes wardrobe? The entryway to Narnia? Well, some may say C. S. Lewis was stoned when he wrote, but ... Now the BIG problem (I hate to admit this since I built the cabinet): light leakage! 1. Generally around the doors and the frame. I originally sealed this area with a 3/16" foam rubber "P" seal. I am now trying some 1/4" foam rubber "D" and this seams to be working. With two exceptions: a. Door Seal leak from about half way down to the bottom of the "front" edge of the two doors. As you can't really see well, I hold these door closed at the top front of the cabinet with a common rotating window lock thing you see on you windows at home (if you have double hung windows). Except my have a key lock for security, but the work the same way. You can sort of see them in the photo above. So the door is held closed at the top only with no pressure at the bottom or middle. Any suggestions for a way to get sealing pressure in the middle bottom of each door? b. I will post another pic for this one. I am getting significant light through the door hinges. Right in the area directly across from the hinge pin (in the photo the door is on the left and cab on the right - the light leaks in the rectangular area to the right of the hinge pin in the door hinge. Anyone have any ideas of how to seal this up? Last edited by MannyBoy; 10-29-2009 at 08:04 AM.