All seams, reinforcements, and edges are finished for long-lasting beauty and strength. Any seam where bias edges meet is over-sewn with a constructed webbing to keep stretch to a minimum. We do sweat the details and pay close attention during design, cutting and construction. If the door is a vertical wall, there are ties to secure it to the adjacent pole. Doors can be tied open on most tents.
Marquees have a full panel overlap as their doors.
At approximately thirty-four inches, this makes for very weatherproof security. Twenty years of tent making and research has shown that tents seldom wear in their ridges, so why introduce weight, needle holes and the chance for trapped moisture in that area. Abrasion causes wear, so we reinforce a tent's peaks, door overlaps, stake loops and eaves area, as those are the potential problem spots. We have built thousands of tents. We have had to repair a handful.