First time floor replacement

[kunuter]

I just bought my first boat (16ft Crestliner Admiral) and I immediately tore out the old, rotted floor. Two questions:
First, under the floor was lots of foam type material (soaked with water!)that I removed. Do I need to put some back in, and if so what kind of foam?

Second, I have water seepage from 4 rivets on the very bottom of the boat. How can I seal them up before I lay the floor?

Thanks for any info!

 

[Lion hunter]

Re: First time floor replacement

Do a search in the restoration forun and you will find everything you want to know about floors. Most guys are using the blue or pink sheet foam. And they are using Gluvit for the rivets. What year is your Admiral? I'm restoring a 1967 flying crest right now.

http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=335288

Here is another site dedicated to vintage crests

http://www.retrocrestliner.com/Links.htm

 

[JB]

Re: First time floor replacement

No floor. Put a deck in it. Boats have decks.

 

[kunuter]

Re: First time floor replacement

Yes, definately a deck. It's a 1975 Crestliner. I guess I really didn't know if the foam was for flotation, sound deadning, or floor support, so I wasn't sure what to replace it with.

 

[lowkee]

Re: First time floor replacement

On a rare occasion, some fiberglass boats use the foam for structural support. I haven't heard of any alum boat needing it for anything but floatation. The pink sheets will do fine, or none if you wish to risk it.

 

[78ImperialT]

Re: First time floor replacement

i used the sheet foam