[Rhodes22-list] Floor Boards

[Geoff Farrell]

The same thing happened to two of my boards, including the one over the
center board trunk. Stan replaced them with plywood that was heavily coated
with what I think is polyurethan. These boards feel much stronger and have
held up well. Geoff

On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 2:13 PM, cowie <ccowie at cowieassociates.com> wrote:

>
> The floor boards in my boat are a bit spongy and the small center panel
> that
> is located directly over the center board trunk has cracked.  The original
> material is 1/2" thick HardieBacker® 500 Board that is available in 3'x5'
> sheets.
> http://www.jameshardie.com/homeowner/products_backerboard_halfInch.shtml
> The adjacent floor board has a cut out for the table base hardware and
> while
> it has not yet cracked it feels a bit spongy.  The HardieBacker seems like
> a
> good product because of its mold resistant quality and is relatively
> inexpensive.  I plan to purchase a new sheet of board to replace both the
> small failed area and the adjacent spongy piece.  Does anyone recomend an
> alternate material and should I consider some sort of reinforcing strips to
> glue to the underside to the new boards to make them stiffer?  What is a
> good source and material for carpet replacement?
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