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Interior Cupboard Door broken when being recovered - help

Posted: 16 Dec 2013, 21:41
by Sjh_987
Hi,

Firstly Happy Christmas and I hope your vans get a Christmas treat this year :D

We tried touring in France this summer in our 1985 Devon Conversion T25 but unfortunately broke down outside Beziers (after an amazing week in the Pyrenees). To cut a long story short 3 months later the van has been returned to us and we have got Archie back working again (I would suggest giving the AA European Cover a wide birth but anyway...) Whilst being stored / in transit back to the UK the van has been used and a little trashed inside, including the bike rack being bent where Archie has been reversed into something. The mud, dirt and a few broken bits I can fix but a door hanging off is a bit of a problem.
Please see the picture but I'm trying to find a replacement interior cupboard door (the hinge has been ripped out leaving a big hole in the woodchip so can't really fill it.

Does anyone have any ideas where I can source one from?

It measures 29*31cm

Many thanks

Stefan
door.jpg

Re: Interior Cupboard Door broken when being recovered - help

Posted: 16 Dec 2013, 21:47
by MattBW
My first piece of advice is write to them and complain.

I wrote a rather stern letter to a recovery company that used a forklift on V's van when it was stolen and recovered. They fessed up, paid close to 1k to cover the cost of a new propex, repair damage to the underneath and fuel tank being replaced etc.

Re: Interior Cupboard Door broken when being recovered - help

Posted: 17 Dec 2013, 12:46
by kevtherev
Fill the hinge holes with two pack epoxy resin, drill a slightly smaller hole than the fastener and screw it in
getting a door from a 1985 interior is not easy

easier mending it than replacing IMO

Re: Interior Cupboard Door broken when being recovered - help

Posted: 18 Dec 2013, 15:43
by Sjh_987
thanks for your responses. Complaint letter (the second one) is being drafted this weekend and will try filling it and hopefully that will solve the issue.

thank you again

Stefan

Re: Interior Cupboard Door broken when being recovered - help

Posted: 18 Dec 2013, 17:47
by poshbuggers
I second what Kev said. That's a good, solid repair method from experience.

Re: Interior Cupboard Door broken when being recovered - help

Posted: 18 Dec 2013, 20:12
by petethefeet
I managed to use some runny super glue to drip into the edge of our Devon doors were they where starting to split, this then makes a better surface to use filler onto, otherwise it is like gluing to a Wheatabix
I also used the same trick into the hinge locations after unscrewing then to make the doors last a bit longer

Re: Interior Cupboard Door broken when being recovered - help

Posted: 05 Feb 2014, 15:10
by Sjh_987
thank you for all your help, the fixing and lots of glue helped!

thanks again

Stefan