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Replace Teak and Holly cabin Sole?

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Bill1188:
I took the floor out of my boat last fall and refinished over the winter. This is what I am going to do to install. I eliminated at least half of the screws to the floor, blanking off the holes with teak bungs cut flush with a Japanese Saw. The remaining holes will mount the floor at strategic points. I am flush mounting countersunk washers obtained from Lee Valley, a supply company for furniture making hobbyists. I am then going to epoxy in machine screw inserts in the respective holes in the floor pan. Then when I drop the floor panel in, I can machine screw it to the floor. I went with brass washers and marine screws. This will make it so easy to remove the floor down the road, rather than chipping out a bunch of bungs.

Blue Heron:
Ed, this is a snapshot of what I think he uses as far as screws and washers. Available at www.lymanboat.com. Also, I've asked him to email photoes of the cabin soles he has installed with the screws, and I will post if I get them

Blue Heron:
Bill, when you removed your floor, was it glued as well as screwed?

Thanks,

Chet

Bill1188:
Floor was not glued. Once the overwhelming number of bungs were chipped out, the screws had to be removed. Use your best Phillips screwdriver as to not round out the heads. Floor came out easy. 37 years of dirt took awhile to clean up. Heat gun off the old finish. Light palm sanding so as to not go through the veneer. 8 coats semi gloss polyurethane. All in as of last weekend. Looks like a million bucks. I also removed the table pole as it is not structural. Furniture maker friend made me a new table, complete with fiddles. Being able to stow the table when not in use, and not having the pole, makes the cabin feel twice its size.

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