Posted for John Hafen <j.hafen@comcast.net>:

 As I looked at the seal and its distance to the door frame at various places
 around the frame, I could see that it was fairly close all around (1/8 to
 1/4 inch) except for where it blew (right by the stick).  In that area,
 there was a gap of 1/2 inch to perhaps 5/8ths inch.  The thought is that as
 the seal rounds the 90 degree corner, it is already ³stretched² (because of
 the 90 degree bend) and has less expansion capacity than it would in a
 straight or flat area.  So the area was raised (see below) to narrow the
 gap, that hopefully will support the new $450 seal better (limit the
 expansion required).
 
 Meanwhile, based on posts from many of you, I¹ve decided to permanently hang
 a bag of corn chips from the middle of the Rosen Sun Visors.  If I ever lose
 cabin pressure again, I anticipate the bag will blow, providing both an
 audible and visual warning of cabin depressurization (my father¹s idea,
 actually). I¹m trying to figure out a way to have the exploding corn chip
 bag automatically turn on the emergency oxygen supply, but I haven¹t figured
 that our out quite yet.
 
 Cheers
 
 John Hafen
 N413AJ  IV (soon to be P) 160 hours