Hi all, just another idea The first thing I did was cut the edges of my door on a bevel so it only opens one way (outwards). Then creating a latch was more simple. Imagine the flag on top of a mailbox, but instead of a flag, just some flat stick like thing. A paint stick is good. I used a scrap piece of plastic, about 2"x5"x1/4 thick. The latch is on the inside of the door near the edge, and the door opens only outwards, so when the latch is vertical, the door opens. When it is flipped down horizontal, it crosses the jamb and secures the door from opening.
To make it operational from both sides of the door, I put a 1" hole through the door 2" back from the edge half way up, then used a 1" wood dowel through that, with two door knobs affixed to each end, and the latch stick trapped between the inner door knob and the door face. ie, imagining the assembly in cross section from the inside, you have doorknob, affixed to latch, affixed to dowel, through hole in door affixed to doorknob. It worked like a charm. It is ideal to make this assembly in a way that it can be removed from the door and re-assembled on site to make yurt transport easier. I won't get into the details on how I did this unless someone wants to know, because it was tricky and took some inventiveness. ________________________________ From: Milt Fisher <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, July 22, 2011 9:00:35 AM Subject: Re: [hexayurt] Re: door latch Using my imagination and your description, are you suggesting taping a couple of sticks vertically on the door, such that another stick can slide horizontally beneath them? Then there's another stick taped vertically to the door frame so the end of the sliding stick is trapped beneath it? Then the same thing on the inside? That would work fine as long as only one person is going in and out. If there are two people, one inside and one outside, then either the outside person can't get in or the inside person can't get out without the other person undoing the latch. On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 11:45 AM, Chasomatic <[email protected]> wrote: I use paint stirrer sticks (free from HD). > >2 sticks taped loosely to the door. & one on the jam. Leave about 3/8" >clearance between the sticks & hexayurt. Have one larger paint stick >(still free) to act as a sliding latch. When I'm gone the stick-latch >is on the outside of the yurt holding the door closed. When I'm inside >and need some privacy the stick-latch is on a similar setup on the >inside of the yurt. > >You can do door handles with a stick taped with maybe 3/4" clearance. > > >On Jul 20, 1:41 pm, Jack Senechal <[email protected]> wrote: >> I found that you can put plexiglass or some other thin sturdy material >> on either side of the foam and bolt through it from side to side, and >> that makes a sturdy mounting surface for all sorts of things. You >> could also use some contact cement for good measure. >> >> If you did a patch of that on the door and on the frame next to it, >> and then put a little wood or something in between on the edges, you >> could even install a proper door knob. >> >> Jack >> > >> On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 8:05 PM, Milt Fisher <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Anyone have a good idea for a door latch for the standard door on an H12 HY? >> > I don't want to have to add a lot of plywood or other material, I just want >> > to use the cut out foam panel door. It needs to be latchable and >> > unlatchable from both the inside and the outside. >> > Thanks, >> > Milt >> >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> > "hexayurt" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > [email protected]. >> > For more options, visit this group at >> >http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en. > >-- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >"hexayurt" group. >To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >[email protected]. >For more options, visit this group at >http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hexayurt" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hexayurt" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en.
