Glazing trim for commercial/industrial door.

WIAWSNB

I haven't started searching yet, but thought it worth putting on here too.

This is an 'industrial' metal door with glazing panels. One of the trims has rusted through and needs replacing. I'm sure a general plastic trim can be found to do the job, but it's always easier to get the right thing :-)

It's made from steel, and has a roughly 45o fold, with each side being ~25mm wide. 

I couldn't find a manufacture's label anywhere - but just realised I didn't check the top edge of the door

On the off-chance... Ta.

Edit: This should do if the real thing cannot be found: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/233479044330?

daveyjp

Its metal for a reason.  A small metalwork engineering shop will knock one of those out very quickly.

grumpy_codger

daveyjp said:

Its metal for a reason.  .

Yes, I think 45 years ago plastics weren't used widely in building. 

daveyjp

grumpy_codger said:

daveyjp said:

Its metal for a reason.  .

Yes, I think 45 years ago plastics weren't used widely in building. 

They were, but not for industrial doors which get far more abuse than domestic doors.

grumpy_codger

Well, Internet says (about doors) "came to UK in late 70s", so I wouldn't call this 'widely' 

WIAWSNB

Oi, you two!

I guess a 'metal' door is a metal door, so wouldn't have had plastic trims in any event. Possibly it was even for fire reasons? And, yes, steel is obviously far stronger. 

Anyhoo, it's gonna be plastic if I cannot trace the make of door. The chances of finding this will certainly be remote, and of them having replacement trims even more so.

A 21" strip of plastic ain't going to cause an issue...

Cheers. 

grumpy_codger

The problem with the one on ebay is that it's 'flexible adjustable', so possibly isn't strong enough to hold the glass unit. Look closer at the profile - it's very thin in the corner. 

Aluminium can be better, but it's prone to galvanic corrosion when contacts steel.

WIAWSNB

grumpy_codger said:

The problem with the one on ebay is that it's 'flexible adjustable', so possibly isn't strong enough to hold the glass unit. Look closer at the profile - it's very thin in the corner. 

Aluminium can be better, but it's prone to galvanic when contacts steel.

Cheers. Yes, it's only around 2.5mm thick, but it'll be purely decorative.