Floor Mods To Aluminum Boat

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Floor mods to aluminum boat.

Carpeted plywood will rot pretty quickly plus get slimy fast. 3 4 is fine for thickness. I would like to add a floor to the inside of the boat and a casting dock up front and am wondering if anyone has experience doing. Aluminum i beam type supports under the floor work great.

1 2 marine grade plywood would be roughly the same weight per square foot. Boat flooring imparts many benefits to a boat s hull. Looking for ideas different than a wood floor. To make the decks i added aluminum frame trusses to support the deck.

The floor is more then able to take your weight but if you desire strips of 1 stock could be cut about 2 to 3 wide to provide you a wooden floor. The supporting framing and floor can add stiffness and support to a hull. I own a 14 deep v lund fishing boat 3 bench seats riveted on currently. Anyone did anthing special with the flooring in an aluminum boat.

For patching holes in the aluminum or filling rivets use alumalloy or alumaweld. It s standard flooring for most jon boats when metal is used. Bobby armentrout jon boat mods. I primed it with self etching primer and painted it with automotive paint.

The flooring creates a dead air space just above the hull s bottom that can add bouyancy to a boat made from materials with no inherent bouyancy such as fiberglass steel or aluminum. Standard 1 8 6061 aluminum plate is over 3 4 pounds sq foot so the weight will add up fast. 1 8 aluminum sheeting is 1 76 lb per square foot. I have a 14 72 wide across the top aluminum boat that i am going to put a floor in.

You ll want these floor boards raised up so water can drain under and also removable so you can clean out fish guts and stuff. Quackrstackr feb 28 2014. March 4 2011 at 4 41 pm 1271111. Adding a floor to a 14 lund aluminum boat.

It is aluminum alloy sticks that melt with a propane torch kind of like brazing or soldering just be careful heating the riveted joints on aluminum boats.