damiansports
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I have a 1986, 16' Mr. Pike. When purchased the floor was rotted throughout the whole boat.
I started my interior tear down 2 weeks ago and as of now is completely gutted to bare metal. Left some foam around the livewell,which was dry, to insulate new aluminum drop in livewell that my dad will be welding up.
I am redoing the interior with a $500 budget.
Thankfully my dad runs a small machining company so I got all my 1 1/4" angle for .39¢ ft. :shock:
I'm putting in a casting deck at the back,which will be about 15" above main floor. Its not as high as I wanted but I only have rod storage inside the right wall of the boat(in the pic) and don't want to cover half the opening and with the interior of the boat only being 4.5 ft wide, there's nowhere to add a locker. There will be 2 seats mounted to the front of the deck for driver and co-pilot. 1 pedestal seat up on front deck and adding 3 storage compartments up front and 3 in back. This will be 5 more compartments than it originally came with.
New foam,1/2" MDF, sealer and paint, carpet, new console that I will make out of aluminum and painted, new wiring and plumbing, LED interior lighting and new seats.
Here's my question.
The livewell will only have a MDF lid on it as of now. Will this lid be sealed good enough? It will be sitting on top of the aluminum lip.
Would it be possible to put a rod locker down the center of the rear deck, between the 2 seats, up to the livewell wall?
Any advice would be great. Thank you,.
I started my interior tear down 2 weeks ago and as of now is completely gutted to bare metal. Left some foam around the livewell,which was dry, to insulate new aluminum drop in livewell that my dad will be welding up.
I am redoing the interior with a $500 budget.
Thankfully my dad runs a small machining company so I got all my 1 1/4" angle for .39¢ ft. :shock:
I'm putting in a casting deck at the back,which will be about 15" above main floor. Its not as high as I wanted but I only have rod storage inside the right wall of the boat(in the pic) and don't want to cover half the opening and with the interior of the boat only being 4.5 ft wide, there's nowhere to add a locker. There will be 2 seats mounted to the front of the deck for driver and co-pilot. 1 pedestal seat up on front deck and adding 3 storage compartments up front and 3 in back. This will be 5 more compartments than it originally came with.
New foam,1/2" MDF, sealer and paint, carpet, new console that I will make out of aluminum and painted, new wiring and plumbing, LED interior lighting and new seats.
Here's my question.
The livewell will only have a MDF lid on it as of now. Will this lid be sealed good enough? It will be sitting on top of the aluminum lip.
Would it be possible to put a rod locker down the center of the rear deck, between the 2 seats, up to the livewell wall?
Any advice would be great. Thank you,.