Fixed Port Gasket
So after scouring the internet, including this website, I could not find the rubber gasket material that seats the 1/8" glass in the aluminum frames for my fixed ports.
On a whim, I stopped by a Storefront manufacturer I was driving by , & went in with a piece of my old black gasket that I had taken out of one of my leaky ports. They had a perfect match, storm door gasket.
My gasket looked like a J, because one of the PO's must not have liked the black color, & trimmed of the lip that hung over the edge of the frame, and put a small bead of silicone there. (Do you think it leaked?) The replacement gasket was a U shape, with the exact depth and configuration. The fellow at the shop said I should't trim the lip. (No kidding). I let him know I wasn;t the culprit. More good news, he apologized because he only had grey, no black!
I can't beleive the wasted hours on the internet, searching for something, when the good old fashioned way of using local people was much quicker & easier. They charged me $1.ft, I would have payed 5 after my search.
I Plan to use grey butyl tape to seal between the fiberglass opening and the aluminum frame.
