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lil red floor fix
Aug 4^th, 2012 at 10:04am

I was going to have the floor done by someone but he decided that he didn't feel safe doing it correctly. So I am doing the floor on lil red myself. so here is what I have done this morning. I removed the seats and carpet.

also thank you to G for the tires. one on the trailer split so I cleaned up two rims and put two tire on. I will in time clean up and paint the other two I took off and put the others on.

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Captain YARRR Admin Offline Doing the rain dance Posts: 2587 Round Rock, TX Gender:	Re: lil red floor fix Reply #1 - Aug 4^th, 2012 at 10:59am A man with constant improvement, great stuff Nathan. How long do you expect that floor job to take?
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nathan Lake Admiral Offline Going Home !!!!! Posts: 2120 Leander, TX Soon Gender:	Re: lil red floor fix Reply #2 - Aug 4^th, 2012 at 11:08am If I had time and all the materials I could knock it out in a weekend. But I dont so I will have to see when I have the time and when I have the money to get everything hope it doesn't take to long but it should be interesting.
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nathan Lake Admiral Offline Going Home !!!!! Posts: 2120 Leander, TX Soon Gender:	Re: lil red floor fix Reply #3 - Aug 5^th, 2012 at 1:53pm ok I got to do some more work on the floor before my wife went to work. here is what I have done and what I found. and here is why the floor was so bad on the passenger side. water was trapped under the floor.
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Jay Gadsby Lake Captain Offline Naturally Obsessed Posts: 613 Killeen TX Gender:	Re: lil red floor fix Reply #4 - Aug 5^th, 2012 at 5:09pm Good progress! How are the stringers? Everything still solid with those?
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Reply #5 - Aug 5^th, 2012 at 5:38pm

so far the main stringers are fine. the cross supports will need to be replaced because they were just sitting on top of the stringers with no fiberglass on them. I will have to remove most of the foam and then figure out if I am going to put it back. I will lose weight with out it but if it ever sinks and I have it insured they will not pay anything.

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Jay Gadsby Lake Captain Offline Naturally Obsessed Posts: 613 Killeen TX Gender:	Re: lil red floor fix Reply #6 - Aug 5^th, 2012 at 6:41pm A few pounds of savings versus a possible payout, I would put the foam back in. Just my .02
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nathan Lake Admiral Offline Going Home !!!!! Posts: 2120 Leander, TX Soon Gender:	Re: lil red floor fix Reply #7 - Aug 5^th, 2012 at 6:56pm that's what I am thinking. I may go back with Styrofoam blocks or even pool noddles as they will not hold water and do the same job. I may just to save some of whats there as most of it seems dry. plus that I am not going for speed this is for family cruiser. it is keeping me from having to buy a pontoon.
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nathan Lake Admiral Offline Going Home !!!!! Posts: 2120 Leander, TX Soon Gender:	Re: lil red floor fix Reply #8 - Aug 7^th, 2012 at 8:41pm ok floor is out. the only rot is were the driver seat is. I am going to add some support because I am not putting the ski locker back in. then new floor.
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Captain YARRR Admin Offline Doing the rain dance Posts: 2587 Round Rock, TX Gender:	Re: lil red floor fix Reply #9 - Aug 7^th, 2012 at 10:31pm Home stretch! Why no ski locker though?
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nathan Lake Admiral Offline Going Home !!!!! Posts: 2120 Leander, TX Soon Gender:	Re: lil red floor fix Reply #10 - Aug 7^th, 2012 at 10:42pm Since the floors are wood there is a better chance for rot with the ski locker. I have plenty of storage without it. This way it is a complete sheet of wood with out a hole. The rot and flex started there because there is no support around the hole needed for the locker. It will be stronger when I am done.
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Captain YARRR Admin Offline Doing the rain dance Posts: 2587 Round Rock, TX Gender:	Re: lil red floor fix Reply #11 - Aug 8^th, 2012 at 9:08pm Hope you can get her done before the season is over.
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Re: lil red floor fix
Reply #12 - Aug 8^th, 2012 at 9:26pm

if not you know I will be out in the winter. I had it drying out today because it was not supposed to rain but mother nature had a different plan. it was a quick down pour but enough to make the foam wet. so now it looks like I may have to remove the foam if it does not dry out. then I will figure out what I want to replace it with. I do not want to use the expanding stuff because it can be a pain if you put just a little too much down. there is plenty of things out there from pool noddles to stryofoam blocks.

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nathan Lake Admiral Offline Going Home !!!!! Posts: 2120 Leander, TX Soon Gender:	Re: lil red floor fix Reply #13 - Sep 15^th, 2012 at 1:21pm update I picked up the wood today and will start cutting this weekend and hope to get it in soon!
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LookSquirrel Austin Boater Offline Austin Boater Posts: 181 Libertyhill, TX Gender:	Re: lil red floor fix Reply #14 - Sep 15^th, 2012 at 10:03pm How will you remove the water in your boat if it get trapped in the well if you remove the locker.
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