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Replacing wooden floor with aluminum sheet...How thick?
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<blockquote data-quote="JMichael" data-source="post: 385877" data-attributes="member: 7544"><p>If you are going to fill the void between the ribs with foam, you can go a lot thinner than 1/8th and it will be plenty strong enough. I haven't put the calipers to it but the sheeting I used on my floor is probably something between 1/16 and 1/32 and it's plenty strong enough. You can see it about half way down on page 2 of my build thread (link in signature). It's been 3 years of use and the only difference from when I installed it to now is that it's not as shiny as when I installed it. </p><p></p><p>Edit: Curiosity got the best of me so I had to go measure. It turns out that it's .060, so just under 1/16th. And that is thicker than what the manufacturer had installed in the boat when it was built (I removed that when I started my rebuild).</p><p></p><p></p><p>I can't speak to all cases but in the case of my Fisher Marine boat, they used .030 for the flooring in my boat when they built it. Now they did use massive amounts of glue when they attached the carpet to that flooring so that may have added some extra stiffness. :lol:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JMichael, post: 385877, member: 7544"] If you are going to fill the void between the ribs with foam, you can go a lot thinner than 1/8th and it will be plenty strong enough. I haven't put the calipers to it but the sheeting I used on my floor is probably something between 1/16 and 1/32 and it's plenty strong enough. You can see it about half way down on page 2 of my build thread (link in signature). It's been 3 years of use and the only difference from when I installed it to now is that it's not as shiny as when I installed it. Edit: Curiosity got the best of me so I had to go measure. It turns out that it's .060, so just under 1/16th. And that is thicker than what the manufacturer had installed in the boat when it was built (I removed that when I started my rebuild). I can't speak to all cases but in the case of my Fisher Marine boat, they used .030 for the flooring in my boat when they built it. Now they did use massive amounts of glue when they attached the carpet to that flooring so that may have added some extra stiffness. :lol: [/QUOTE]
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