1988 Sunrunner 276/ Repairing Floor

[grimreaper]

Hey, I have just purchased a 1988 Sunrunner from an estate sale. The floor below has a little give to it at the bottom of the steps. I'm planning on recarpeting the inside. I plan on gluing down plywood, and then maybe covering the wood with fiberglass before I carpet. Will this stiffen up the floor? Is there another way to go about this type of project? Any help would be great! Thanks Al Kelley

 

[Bondo]

Re: 1988 Sunrunner 276/ Repairing Floor

Ya, Take Out the Old Floor First.....

 

[amxalan]

Re: 1988 Sunrunner 276/ Repairing Floor

Waht did you do to fis the floor in your Sun Runner ??

 

[pmgrape]

Re: 1988 Sunrunner 276/ Repairing Floor

If the floor feels soft or spongy, I'd bet my paycheck (and I make respectable wages) the wood in the floor is begining to rot. <br />The only fix to this is to rip out the old and replace.<br />If you search on this forum under floor replacement you'll find out about all you need to know on this subject.<br />I know because I'm in the process of collecting the materials for a floor replacement project on my 1988 19' renken.

 

[andrewgroup]

Re: 1988 Sunrunner 276/ Repairing Floor

All true, Soft floor translates into rotten stringers below. Rotten strickers translates into fiberglass cracks in the hull in a very short time depending on how rough you drive the boat. Get the book, Runabout Renovations...This is all covered...<br /><br />I replace the floor from console back and replaced the stringers all in about two weeks of part-time effort. (Lot's of things had to dry out to proceed)<br /><br />Good Luck, it's not as hard as it first seems and it goes fast once you start putting it back together.