Marinette Boat Forum

Has anyone put in a floor made of Al plate. I saw where they are available. Any photo's would be helpful, or if anyone has one installed around western, central Lake Erie that we we could look at?

Try this again... I have a reply saved as a draft here somewhere...
I put a new deck of aluminum down. Will be about the same cost as wood, and I can pull it to work down below. Just screw it down with countersunk scews. Had it up this spring to put in a new aluminum gas tank. Now no more rusty steel tank. E-mail or call me at 907-617-7832 if you want to talk. I'm in Alaska, 1 hour earlier than Seattle.--Ed

Thanks B. Looking it over.

I applied Al plate about 1/8 " thick over the existing wood deck. Easy to do that way--no crawling about in the bilge with a screw driver!

Any rotten wood was replaced first. I drilled and countersunk the holes for the SS flat head screws and drove them into the wood. By using cardboard templates, I was able to get the pieces to fit fairly well, and the Al has been water tight for several years now (meaning water pools on the deck). The Al plate--after several experiments--was covered with a rug, which is tossed out every few years. A nice solution!

Jeff

Thanks fastjeff

How did you get it under the helm?...or does it fit around it? Thinking about aluminum now.