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Brush Seal on a Locker Door

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  On the Eriba caravans I've owned, there is a soft brush type 'seal' around the gas locker and entrance doors. I say 'seal' but they are probably more of a draught excluder than a seal and in the case of my 2008 Triton, it bearly fills the gap between the actual door and the frame. One thing I have noticed is that often the brush along the base of the door absorbs water after towing or rain and can take ages to dry out. I've routinely dry the brush with a rag when I'm cleaning the van. On my recently acquired Triton, I noticed that the brush had been removed along the entire bottom of the locker door, probably an attempt to avoid this absorption problem. Sounds a good idea, but unfortunately this meant that the channel for the brush snags very slightly on the frame, making the opening a bit of a faff. On all the other Eriba caravans I've had, there has definitely been a seal around the entire door, so to save the snagging, I set about finding a length o