A proper head

I've been awfully sick for most of this week. I could tell I was definitely on the mend this morning when, after my waking-up quart of water (not kidding) I hauled the door to the head (bathroom) into the cockpit, ran the sander up there, and started dealing with the damn thing.

It has been perched on an open track ever since the labor party. Regis took it down and inspected the damage, delivered his recommendations, and left all the hardware just where I could find it. I never got to it until now.

After buzzing the crap off the foot of the door, and buzzing down the parts where it got hung up and refused to close properly, I decided that wheels were never going to work inside that door again. There was too little undamaged wood to hold them. The door was going to have to slide, rather than roll, back and forth. Between the constant shower of dust from land, the cat litter, and feet going back and forth, it's just not going to happen. What could keep it moving under those circumstances?

Can you figure it out? I was rather pleased when I did.

I cut 2 short lengths of polypropylene tubing, left over from doing the freshwater plumbing. I screwed them into the bottom of the door, one over each wheel well. I shaved the edges of the tubing, so there would be no sharp edge in contact with the track.

I tried mounting it, but that made the door too high.

I cut the polypro tubing in thirds, lengthwise. Using all the predrilled holes, I screwed it right in. Works like a charm. Time will tell how well it holds up, but the great thing is, it's cheap and easy to do.

I closed the track up again, and now my door goes all the way open, all the way closed, locks in both positions, and doesn't hurt to use.

Man, it really is the simple things in life.