Floor replacement

[extreme01]

ill post more when i get the rest of the floor out

 

[extreme01]

No Title

ok I have totally removed the deck and started removing the foam

 

[extreme01]

No Title

Here are the tools I used to remove foam

 

[bonz_d]

Now that is looking more like the build design used on my Classic 16. As you can see with this one, Alumacraft put the carpet down before they foamed it. They then carpeted the decking and then built over it. Seams Lund used the same method in their builds.
I have found that a 10" flat blade drywall saw works well also. I use it as a filet knife.

 

[extreme01]

Alumacraft installed caret on the side then poured foam, then pop riveted/ screwed down the deck then built side boxes and poured more foam in parts of the boxes not used for storage. the foam on top of the carpet was a pain to remove.

 

[extreme01]

well i put my boat on a diet and i think it lost 500 lbs in water soaked foam

 

[bonz_d]

Now that will help with performance! So do you think it was soaked from sitting full of water or do you suspect some leaks?
I know on my Classic 16 all the foam under the livewell is soaked from a leaky fitting, otherwise everything I've uncovered so far looks and feels dry.

 

[extreme01]

well it wasnt wet on the top it was wet from the bottom up like water was trapped and the plug was in. mostly i think it was left out in the snow and weather

 

[jbcurt00]

well it wasnt wet on the top it was wet from the bottom up like water was trapped and the plug was in. mostly i think it was left out in the snow and weather

Yep ^^^ that's why so many of us don't buy the 'my foam's dry, I don't need to remove it or core sample it' arguments when discussion fiberglass or tin boat rehabs and the below decks flotation foam. It's also why I'd NEVER advise doing nothing and simply laying new plywood down over the old foam and stringers.

 

[bonz_d]

jb I have to agree with your thinking.

When I bought my old Lund there was a soft spot about 2' dia. in the rear section. The boat had been sitting outside uncovered for who knows how long. Even had the small saplings growing in it. I was fortunate to find that all the foam was dry and that the ply was rotting from the top.

Now with the Alumacraft I'm working on now the PO had replaced the plywood but the boat seemed heavy. I pulled up a section of the ply last fall and 1st found that they had used heaver, thicker, plywood to do the job which added a lot of weight. Then found that the foam under the livewell is all soaked.

So like you I don't trust the foam until I see it for myself.

 

[gm280]

I do remember removing hundreds of pounds of soggy foam in my tri-hull boat. I never ever thought foam could be that heavy when I was removing it. It was worst then a sponge and so heavy that I had my wife pick up a section of it so she could feel how heavy it was. So I can understand such a thing in most every boat rebuilding project.