{"id":94,"date":"2008-12-03T10:12:13","date_gmt":"2008-12-03T16:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cisco-eagle.com\/blog\/index.php\/2008\/12\/03\/a-vinyl-strip-door-configuration-guide\/"},"modified":"2023-06-11T11:13:25","modified_gmt":"2023-06-11T16:13:25","slug":"a-vinyl-strip-door-configuration-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cisco-eagle.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/03\/a-vinyl-strip-door-configuration-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"A Vinyl Strip Door Configuration Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"

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At this time of the year, many companies find the need to maintain open access to dock doors and warehouses without letting heat and other environmental controls escape into the cold. The obvious solution has been to install vinyl strip doors<\/a>, which allow easy access to foot and lift truck traffic while they also keep climate-controlled air in – and cold air out.<\/p>\n

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We’ve created a guide to specifying vinyl strip doors to help you understand what types of strip materials to use, how much is needed to cover a particular opening, and which mounting system might work best for you.<\/p>\n

This table<\/a> explains at a glance how many vinyl strips of a size and overlap percentage are needed to adequately cover an opening from 3′ to 19′ wide (regardless of height). To use it, measure your opening, then decide the kind of strip material and overlap you want and read to the column that matches for the number of needed strips. For instance, an 8′ wide door using 6″ strips with 66% overlap needs 24 strips to adequately seal and cover the area.<\/p>\n

The size and overlap of stripping speaks to the kind of traffic you expect. The more overlap, the tighter the seal, but the more difficult to push through, so larger strips with 100% overlap aren’t recommended for pedestrian traffic (unless you want to give everyone who goes through a decent workout).<\/p>\n

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Strip material options<\/h4>\n

There are many types of strip materials<\/a>, some useful for insect or light control and other specialized applications like freezers and coolers. Most of the time,\u00a0 general usage strips will fit your application.<\/p>\n