Floor board replacement on a hunter 306
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If you decide to go with the PVC glue down product, try PlasDECK. Their system requires you to make a template of your floor and send it to them. They scan it and then make a PVC floor that is an exact match to your template. Comes in one piece with borders that you specify. They roll that up, provide the glue and tools, and ship it to you. You apply the glue (urethane caulking) with a notched trowel and roll it down. You can get samples from them with their catalog. They also have an interior only floor covering called PlasTEAK but that is not as rugged as the deck product. I used the PlasDECK in my cabin. Please excuse my photos, the dog tracked in a lot of dirt that day. Nice people to work with. They are in Ohio.
The original floor in my boat was a 1/4" +/- plywood with a veneer of teak and holly and lots of water damage near the companionway. That had to be ripped out in pieces. Originally there was an ugly aluminum extrusion surrounding the bilge covers. The PlasDECK people suggested eliminating the extrusion and instead they would cut out the bilge cover opening with an 1/8" end mill. All of the edge cuts were made by their CNC machine from a plot of my template. I installed appropriate, hidden edge shims to hold the plywood bilge covers from movement. The PlasDECK factory bilge cover perimeter cut is perfectly uniform and nearly invisible.
My 1984 Hunter 31
The time has finally come for me to replace a water damaged floor board. The marine carpenter is telling me to remove the old section and bring it to his shop (in tact) and he will fabricate and varnish to match. I'm planning to start the project this week. My fears is that the old board will not come up in-tack.Based on you picture the old board is simple to remove. Any advise before I attempt to remove a 4 decade old floor board??
Hi Brinky. Have you already removed your panels? I’ve got a terrible squeak on my 306 in front of the head that’s rubbing on the floor tray that I’m hoping to address by pulling up the offending panel and sanding it down. I don’t recall seeing any obvious screws or anything but it feels pretty solidly attached. Are there any tricks to pulling it up? Or will I just need to go to town on it and pry it up?
J I had the same problem. I removed all floor boards and support boards below it and placed a support in the corner to hold the weight. Removing them was pretty easy. The former owner had already cut sections in the lower boards. Suggest you do the same if it was not done so already.