Improve your RV view with this flexible screen door idea

A huge part of RVing fun is being able to enjoy the scenery as you travel. Mrs. Professor has complained for some time about the screen door blocking her view from where she sits in the passenger seat so I was delighted to meet Barbara Grogan from Cardiff by the Sea, California, who gave me this idea which I implemented with great success in my own motorhome. She had her husband John remove the screen so she could see the sights. The idea works great except it fails to keep the bugs from invading once they are parked. The solution was to use hook and latch on the new screen and the door frame so that the screen can easily be removed and replaced.They put the soft part of the hook and latch material on the door frame so it wouldn’t scratch the person sitting near it. The hook part of the material was sewn onto the screen which helps hold the rolled screen in place for storage when not in use.The Grogans used screws at first to help hold the hook and latch material in place. The screws didn’t work so they replaced them with rivets.I didn’t use rivets on my door frame because the adhesive on the back side of the hook and latch material holds it in place just fine (at least for the time being). Barbara also did the same thing to the bottom of the door frame because she says it’s easier to clean.The Grogans used a heavy duty sun shade type fabric for this project. I just used the standard nylon type screen material you can pick up at any hardware store. I used a sewing machine to attach the hook and latch material to the screen using two runs of thread on each side of the tape. I folded the edges and pinned them to the hook and latch material prior to sewing for a clean professional finished look.

Now Mrs. Professor can see the sights and I can keep the insects out as we move around the country enjoying our RV.

Working the bugs out one great idea at a time - Jim Twamley, Professor of RVing