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A quick learner from 60069 says:
July 27, 2020
I am tring to match up a retainer strip for my storm door. There is no name brand on the door. It is at least 20 yars old. , I looked up some parts and i think it is a 55-011. I would like your opinion.
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Tom from SWISCO responded:
July 30, 2020

The 55-011 has a very similar shape, I agree, but I don't know what your precise dimensions are. There's more that goes into it than just the overall width. You also need to make sure the depth matches, too. 

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A quick learner from 60069 says:
July 30, 2020
full glass Door73" x 30.5" The retainer is 0.65" wide by 0.22 high and the beveled edge the slides into the door fram slot appears to be 0.24 " Do these measurement make sense. Of course this retainer may have shunk or expanded a bit.

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Tom from SWISCO responded:
August 3, 2020

Thanks for getting back to us. I apologize for missing this in your first post, but I just realized that this is for a storm door. The 15-011 threw me off, I think, since that's only used for windows. Sorry again.

If this is a storm door retainer then we definitely can't supply it. The problem with these is that every storm door company has their own idea of what size and shape these ought to be, and even the same company will change that design several times over the years. It's next to impossible to keep up.

The good news is that you don't need the whole strip. If you have one good length, you could cut that up into equal pieces that are a couple inches long each, then distribute them evenly around the door. They will do the same job just as well. I've done this myself in a pinch and I find that it works well.
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