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Pros and cons of aluminum decking vs plywood decking
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<blockquote data-quote="Jeffrey" data-source="post: 300675" data-attributes="member: 10686"><p>Country Dave,</p><p></p><p>My original plan was to put 1/16" aluminum sheet metal directly on the ribs, and put either 1.5" square tubing or channel against the sides to support it out there. I was going to have a welder tack the tubing or channel. You can see that every other rib on my boat is wide, so by the time I notch out for them I would need the extra support against the sides. So, I was going to have a floor that followed the shallow v. I can see that it would be pretty easy to have a totally flat floor. Just span the width of the boat with square tubing like you have done. It would cost more since I would be buying a lot more square tubing.</p><p></p><p>If it is still exposed, could you take a few close up pictures at different angles of how you bolted your tubing to the ribs? I would like to see a bit more detail of how you did it. It looks like you didn't bolt the tubes directly up to the ribs, but offset them a bit. Did you offset them to keep the tubing off of the rivets that hold the ribs down? I would like to see how you did that and how you have the garden hose. Also what kind of hardware you used and how (or if) you insulated the stainless steel from the aluminum.</p><p></p><p>Is there a limit that you try to maintain as to how far you are willing to span the sheet metal?</p><p></p><p>Thank you,</p><p></p><p>Jeff</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeffrey, post: 300675, member: 10686"] Country Dave, My original plan was to put 1/16" aluminum sheet metal directly on the ribs, and put either 1.5" square tubing or channel against the sides to support it out there. I was going to have a welder tack the tubing or channel. You can see that every other rib on my boat is wide, so by the time I notch out for them I would need the extra support against the sides. So, I was going to have a floor that followed the shallow v. I can see that it would be pretty easy to have a totally flat floor. Just span the width of the boat with square tubing like you have done. It would cost more since I would be buying a lot more square tubing. If it is still exposed, could you take a few close up pictures at different angles of how you bolted your tubing to the ribs? I would like to see a bit more detail of how you did it. It looks like you didn't bolt the tubes directly up to the ribs, but offset them a bit. Did you offset them to keep the tubing off of the rivets that hold the ribs down? I would like to see how you did that and how you have the garden hose. Also what kind of hardware you used and how (or if) you insulated the stainless steel from the aluminum. Is there a limit that you try to maintain as to how far you are willing to span the sheet metal? Thank you, Jeff [/QUOTE]
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