Morgan 43, Hull #65
"Kindred Spirit"
Layout - Design - Build
Spring 2007
REVISED 4/11/2007
I feel that a front loading box is not a problem as long as the door seals are tight. Also Michele feels that the diving to the bottom of the existing icebox is unpleasant and something that can only be done by taking out all the top shelf items and diving to the bottom.
More cool air is lost doing that procedure than will be lost opening the new lower door.
Purchased Door and Frame from:
Great Water Inc.
Marine Systems
14 Maine Street
MS 34, Brunswick, ME 04011
866 209-6132
This door and frame is a
13" x 10" Insulated Hatch
Item # RP-500-0200
Medium Hatch - 13" x 10" opening
$289 ouch!
http://www.great-water.com/pages/Refrigeration/ice_box_design.htm
But that is cheap compared to $630 Glacier Bay Ready-To-Mount Ice Box Hatch! See below for more info on that hatch.
Finish
Pre manufactured lid's and frames are designed to be finished off using your own countertop or suitable facing material. Suitable materials include plywood/Formica, Corian, teak, tile or any of the new lightweight cabinetry materials.
Installation
The hatches can be installed in many different ways - flush or raised, front or top opening.
Screw drivers are acting as clamps. (everyone comments that this is not the best use for screwdrivers, sorry, I had no wood wedges!)
I set the frame into thickened resin as
glue.
Door has a vacuum seal so no holes can be drilled into it. It must be glued to the finish door face
as I did in the pics below.
Finished door, need latch.
All that is left to do is cut out the final layer of fiberglass in the ice box and redo the interior wire shelves.
More info and web site of
Glacier Bay Ready-To-Mount Ice Box Hatch
$630
http://www.glacierbay.com/hatch.asp
FRIDAY the 13th!!
Finally cut out inside fiberglass to Ice Box
Routed the edges with router and sanded smooth.
Just needs the edge of the fiberglass to be painted white to be complete......
except for the shelves.