Hello peeps,

I have been pondering how best to light proof the edge's around the doors of my drobe. I've had a good look at other UK420 members drobes but cant make out exactly what people have done... Any ideas on how its best to do it? Easy methods first please

ATB

Nukk

weather stripping like you would buy to seal up the doors on yer house from drafts works a charm, usualy adhesive on one side.. easy as pie


shadow

i use wheater strips , and duct tape
first apply double layer of strips.

then cover up with black duct tape.

as said already you can use the draught excluder tape ( i think its the P profile type)
or if you get a roll of black plastic bags and fold them length waysthen use some gaffa tape to tape that across the joints,
hope that helps
T1

Raven make some good quality seals for doors and windows.

I have found Astragal seals good for in between double doors.

That and what the others have said is the way to go.

Thanks for the advice everyone.

Operation hard hat, Do you know if B&Q sell astragal seals?

Cheers again!!

NUKK

I had to get the Raven Astragal stuff from a site called www.intumescent.com. Although Screwfix sell some of this kind of thing. I seem to remember going into B+Q, but I don't think they had anything decent, just the sticky strip stuff, which is fine for some of the sealing but not so great with difficult seals. Download the Raven catalogue at www.raven.com.au

You can find the exact seal you need with the Raven catalogue, there are other manufacturers but I can't remember the names of any of them now. Hope that helps!

Wide (2") heavy duty Velcro is the best.

But must be stapled, due to moisture the velcro looses its stickiness.

Operation hard hat, Thanks for the advice, now i know what im looking for i will have a look round the shops today. Cheers!


Smokey, Im not quite sure what you mean i should do with the velcro? Do you mean make a curtain type thing to go across the entrance? Thats fixed by velcro? or something else?


ATB
NUKK

what i do is run a bead of silicone down where you want blocked
let it set 24 hours
and run down the middle of it with a scalpel
great seal
just my 2 pence

Cheers for the advice, Littlerizla and George1234!

Hmmm, what to do..........

Plastic curtain it is!

Thanks for everyones advice!

NUKK

I use the same method, except I use hardboard and velcro instead of plastic, have always found that trying to light proof anything with hinges is a real pain in the proverbial

I have an inner frame, but found that velcro and plastic sheeting is not strong enough - the velcro does not grip the sheeting very well, and is a pain in the good god damned arse basically. So I am off to get myself a bit of board cut to size, and will use that. I think

On my current cabinet I just used a couple of old 15kg dogfood sack - heavy duty black plastic. Opened the door as far as it would go cut strips of the bag to cover the door/hinge area and gaffered into place, the plastic just folds up when i shut the door. For the opening side of the door I glued a wooden batten down the inside with a strip of 1" black rubber belt stuff (sorry no idea where i got it from, it's probably left over from my model making days) stapled to the batten between it and the door. I use a couple of small door bolts to keep the door pressed against the rubber.

I'm sure the plastic will start to fade/crack after a while, but as its my first cabinet, and I go through a sack a week of dog food it'll do for now.

when my drobe was being built we stuck draught excluder P type inbetween the wood and the drobe in the frame then covered it all in duct tape - works a treat

I do the same as Megahurts but I do it with black & white sheeting. Just open the door as far as it will go, measure the distance between the inside side wall and the door, cut the poly sheet to fit and fix into place with your chosen adhesive.

The sheeting folds up naturally (cut the right way on the roll of sheeting ) and blocks all light and most of the air.

Draught excluder tape is a waste of time. It WILL peel off - not neatly either! Don't waste your money on it lads and lasses for the adhesive will fail.

Edit - draught excluder tape is perfect for the top and bottom of the doors, but not the hinged side.

My method is similar to this one except I cover the edge of one door with vaseline then close them and go for the silicone so it gives you the seal but only sticks to one door. Tried many methods over the years but this one seems to work a treat where the others fail...

The method that i use in my grow drobe is to use normal tapered profile skirting from any DIY store. Get the narrowest you can, i use 3" wide. I then mitre the corners and then screw it to the door wall on the inside of the grow drobe. The taper should face the door. This then gives you a sloping surface away from the door, to stick the Draught excluder to. I use 2 different thickness strips all the way arround. The thinner one on the outside nearest the door frame/surround. Works like a dream and just requires a saw and a mitre block and a cheap bit of skirting.

I velcroed around the inside of the drobe, and cut a piece of reflectagrow slightly bigger than the gap - I then velcroed this, and use it as an inner door.