ROTTED OUT FLOOR BOARD

[ARRIVVEEINPOLO]

IM 21 NOT NEW TO BOATING, I BOUGHT A BOAT WITH A ROTTED DECK ITS A 18' ARRIVEE 1983 IM NEW TO OWNING A BOAT I DONT KNOW WHAT I SHOULD DO I WANT TO DO THE WORK MY SELF SO THAT I COULD HAVE THE EXPERIENCE TO DO IT AGAIGN OR JUST TO KNOW THAT I PUT THE WORK IN IT. ITS MY PROJECT I KNOW I COULD EASILY TAKE IT TO A SHOP AND HAVE THEM DO IT BUT I WOULD RATHER HAVE THE HANDSON KNOWLEDGE DO YOU HAVE ANY GOOD SUGGESTIONS I KNOW IM YOUNG BUT I WANT TO DO THIS ON MY OWN WHAT SHOULD I DO ? HOW DO I START ? I HAVE A LIVE WELL AND A COMPARTMENT TO PUT SKIES WHEN I WENT TO OPEN THE LIDS THE HINGES CAME OFF THE FLOOR BOARD ? ANY IDEAS

 

[oar master]

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you may have to take up the whole floor. check the stringers underneath to see if their also bad. if their rotted you'll have to replace them. also see if the foam is wet. if it is you'll have to replace it. it's a nasty job & time consuming but you'll save a lot of $$$ if you do it yourself. is it a i/o or an outboard? post again what u find & we'll go from there.

 

[12Footer]

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Welcome to iboats. You'll find most of the users here are just like you. They actualy ENJOY taking a piece of floating junk,and turning it into floating pride. It doesn't matter how old you are (until you are rippin that deck up).<br />How bad is it? Does the deck feel spongy under foot?<br />How about the transom? Is it solid?<br />I know you have hatch covers that have had wood around the hinges go, but does the rot go much further?<br />If it hasn't spread far from the hinge screws, it's a whole ot easier to repair,and you won't need to rip the entire deck out, and I can explain how to do that,if this is the case.

 

[evin300]

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My thoughts exactly 12'er! In fact I had strarted a post last night that was identical, untill I was interrupted. Welcome Polo! I agree with oar master too.

 

[gunkas]

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Welcome Polo, Try doing a web search for a site, I think it is called rotdoctor.com, it is a guy who sells epoxy, resins etc. and he has a load of info on repairs with diagrams. You can even ask him a question and he will reply, he has helped me replace much rotted wood on my beautiful 21yr old Seacraft...Mark

 

[ARRIVVEEINPOLO]

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THANKS GUYS, FIRST OF ALL MY BOATS IS I/O, , I HAVENT SEEN THE STRINGERS YET, OR WHAT I BELIEVE THAT IS, THE FLOOR DOES NOT ROTT MUCH FARTHER THEN WHERE THE HINGE SCREWS WERE, IN FACT THATS AS FAR AS IT GOES ON THE FLOOR BOARD, BUT THE BOARDS INSIDE THE HATCH THAT SEPERATE THE TWO HATCHES ARE ROTTING THE FLOOR BOARD LOOKS ALRIGHT LIKE I SAID NOT MUCH PAST THE HINGE SCREWS THE FLOOR FEELS TIGHT OR HARD BUT U COULD SEE SOME WET SPONGE UNDERNEATH THROUGH A CRACK IN A HATCH? OK; WHAT IM GOING TO DO IS WAIT FOR UR GUYS RESPONSE AND DECIDE WHICH ROUTE IM GOING TO GO ,IM NOT GOING TO TAKE ANYTHING UP JUST YET EVEN THOUGH I MIGHT HAVE TO!!!! ITS NOT SUPER MOIST WHERE IT FEELS SPONGY. IS THER ANYTHING ELSE I COULD EXPLAIN SO U FUTHUR KNOW THE SCENERIO.

 

[oar master]

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if the foam underneath is wet you'll have to remove it & let it dry out completely. if u leave it any repairs u make to the floor will be wasted as the water from the foam will eventually wick up through the floor & rot it out again. i redid the floor & stringers on my 19fter last spring. i removed any wet foam that i found & let it dry out in the sun. probably not what u wanted to hear, but the only way to find out for sure what's going on below is to pull the floor. i had a small soft spot on my floor also. once i started cutting i found the bad stringers. i thought i could get away with a small repair, it turned into a major job. hope i never have to do it again!

 

[mrnobody]

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well here's my .02<br /><br />if the foam under the floor is wet have fun pulling up the floor.<br /><br />if it is not wet replace the limeted amount get some epoxy and repair the damage. make shure you address why the problem started in the first place.<br /><br />just my worthless .02 but you have most likley seen my posts on this matter