Does anyone actually know how much the entry door weighs? I may be forced to remove it alone, and I'm scared of it. Thanks
Im sure its heavy! I would highly suggest you have some help with this one if you don't want to ruin your door from it falling.
Door, hell. I had a vasectomy, but I can still hurt things that don't like to be hurt.
I have had mine off and although I didn't actually weigh it, I would guess it is in the 100lb plus area. Two people can handle it easy but one person will have a quite a time with it. It can be handled by one but you have better had your Wheaties before you try it! I put a jack under the edge to hold it up til I got it undone. One person can steady it while the other undoes the bolts.
JIm
I figure I can support it on a block to unbolt it, but I don't know what to expect when I try to carry it away. And, if it starts to fall, can I stop it? I expect to have a helper to reinstall it.
To steady the weight and load, How about a line tied off to the top of the door, up over the roof of the coach, & tied off to the left side steer wheel ??
This would allow some lateral movement, while taking the weight.
Good Luck & be safe.
Well north of 100 lbs, closer to 150 I would estimate, depends on if it's fully dressed, has a double pane window, etc.. I'm not a little guy and moving it alone was a bit iffy. No way lifting it up. I just used a floor jack under the bottom flange to take the weight. Balanced it on that, let it down, get one corner on the ground and then you can walk it kitty-corner no problem. I installed mine by myself doing that. All you really have to do is undo the bottom hinge entirely, take out all but one of the upper hinge plate bolts, loosed the last one off, get it all balanced and loose (the hinge sticks to the door something fierce if it's never been off before) and on the jack, last bolt out, drop it down, done.
Brian
Just got my bi-folds converted last summer, just prior to the NE GTG, to the sedan and Id agree with the close to 150 mark. I would say that its definitely a two person job to avoid injury or damage.. IMO.
It's not that bad. Maybe 100 lbs. I moved mine by myself, but then again you all know I'm superhuman.
Leave it closed when you take off the bottom hinge bracket. The step will support it.
Biggest problem is removing the upper hinge. You really need someone holding it from tipping out when you remove that plate from the door frame, but if you have it locked shut it can be done, but then you have to get outside. You can remove the upper hinge with it open as long as you can work with one hand while holding it with the other.
It's not that bad, but two people would really make it easier.
I would absolutely find a second person. I live alone and I have injured myself numerous times trying to do things myself that would be easy with two people. I'm lucky I don't have a bad back or other issues from doing things myself.