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Satt
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Deck Question...

#1 Post by Satt » Wed Nov 26, 2014 11:20 am

I have been going over costs before getting into a rebuild.

How do you know whether or not you HAVE to replace the decking instead of putting Restore 10X on it or something like that on it?

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#2 Post by HandymanHerb » Wed Nov 26, 2014 11:40 am

If it still solid with no soft spots you can leave it, mine was 22 years old and in good shape, but since we wanted a brand new boat we replaced the floor instead of patching the holes in the deck from old seats, since we were going from a fish n fun model to a sun in fun, we used the old flooring to make the sundeck, we used some on a few projects, so our flooring lives on.
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Re: Deck Question...

#3 Post by MH Hawker » Wed Nov 26, 2014 3:53 pm

The cost of the flooring is very small when you consider how long it lasts and the work to replace it later.
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#4 Post by ezrollin » Tue Feb 03, 2015 7:50 pm

When I started my project,just a pair of tubes with the original deck I could have just patched it. Instead I bit the bullet and went with new marine plywood with marine vinyl covering. Now , I have a deck that will last as long as I will with no worries.

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#5 Post by grouser » Sat Feb 07, 2015 7:46 pm

Unless the deck is exceptionally sound I'd just replace it while you're there,,, then it is a non-issue for as long as you have the boat or a plus when you got to sell it,,,, but really only you can make that call when you see it
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