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Hank,

Am I missing something?  Rain water usually comes from the sky.  Get a cheap
blue tarp and cover the whole thing.  Leave ends open enough for
ventilation.  

To clean the drains, get a bottle brush on a very long wire handle.  Try
Harbor Freight Tools, mine cost about 3 bucks and has about a 30” handle.  
Or a piece of plastic coated 12 gauge wire with the tip bent to get around
that first bend.  If you clean the tube from outside, stand back when you
clear the blockage.

If the boards dry out just get a good water resistant primer then paint the
boards.  Actually thin or penetrating epoxy sealer will work.  Add pigment
to make it opaque to  hide stains.  Brown pigment will work fine.  This is a
lot easier than fitting a new piece of plywood.

Ed K
Greenville, SC, USA







Hank-5 wrote:
> 
> Rummy,
> 
> The wood may be strong enough but it looks like s**t so we would like to
> replace it.  I don't think it is the ports because it is just too much
> water.  50 gallons in 1 month from the ports?  It's got to be pooling from
> the decks some place and then coming in.  We plan to try a hose and see if
> we can spot the water coming in.
> 
> Hank
> 
> On 11/14/06, R22RumRunner at aol.com <R22RumRunner at aol.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hank,
>> You might try drying the flooring out. You would be surprised at how long
>> marine grade ply wood can withstand water. Once dry, it may retain much
>> of
>> it's
>> original strength.
>> If you do have to replace it, the only wood to use is marine grade
>> plywood,
>> 3/4 inch if memory serves me. You might have to special order it from
>> Lowe's
>> or  Home Depot as I doubt that they stock any.
>> My bet is that the seals around the front opening ports are sealing. From
>> there it's a crap shoot.
>>
>> Rummy
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