Hi Has anyone laid down a new teak type or cork decking over existing deck on any Hunter boat ? Any help with brands etc as to looks and durability.
Teak substitute decks
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Clearly not many have, I'd suspect none.
What you are suggesting is quite the labor intensive project. Assuming you are just going to overlay the existing deck there are several issues to wrestle to the ground.
How do you terminate at the gunnels and changes in deck height? Given that the gunnels are already flush with the deck you are going to be covering up the part with all the holes in it. Kinda limits the function if the holes are covered.
How are you going to secure the new deck to the old one? I'm thinking glue as drilling that many holes for screws will doubtless lead to leaks into the core material. Glue will be problematical once you start bending wood to the curve. Securing the wood in place will be the issue as there is not much to push against from above and toward the inboard. It will take some sort of jig for each area. Massive work here.
It can certainly be done but without using screws the actual mechanics of it are quite daunting.
Oh yea, you end up with a maintenance nightmare with all that wood exposed to the elements. Sure would look purdy though.
What you are suggesting is quite the labor intensive project. Assuming you are just going to overlay the existing deck there are several issues to wrestle to the ground.
How do you terminate at the gunnels and changes in deck height? Given that the gunnels are already flush with the deck you are going to be covering up the part with all the holes in it. Kinda limits the function if the holes are covered.
How are you going to secure the new deck to the old one? I'm thinking glue as drilling that many holes for screws will doubtless lead to leaks into the core material. Glue will be problematical once you start bending wood to the curve. Securing the wood in place will be the issue as there is not much to push against from above and toward the inboard. It will take some sort of jig for each area. Massive work here.
It can certainly be done but without using screws the actual mechanics of it are quite daunting.
Oh yea, you end up with a maintenance nightmare with all that wood exposed to the elements. Sure would look purdy though.
Bill, thanks fore the input, I am not considering putting down regular teak deck. I am looking at new laminate type, Flex-Dec is one althought possibly not the best. All these new deck covering materials are glued down with various adhesives.
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