[Rhodes22-list] construction questions

[Rob Granger]

Thanks John...

What year is your Rhodes?  This one is a 73 and I'm hoping that using core
became the norm later when the price of resin started to climb.


So I think what you are telling me is I definitely need to investigate
further.  I'm 230 and my deck is not "solid as a rock".  But it does not
seem like it is about to cave in either.  It just flexes when I walk about
on it.... I don't really have a place to snake a camera but I could drill a
small pilot hole from the inside and see if any gouck comes out on the
drill bit.  Probably would be a prudent step to take.

On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 10:15 AM, John Shulick <jsbudda at verizon.net> wrote:

>
> Rob,
>
>  When I installed a solar vent the area around the original opening was
> cored. but I also have 2 ports that appear home made in the forward face of
> the cabin and those areas appear to be empty so I'm not sure if the entire
> deck is cored or if it is reinforced only in certain areas. The deck on my
> 71 is solid as a rock, no flexing and I am not a small person (~285+).
> Before tearing things apart can you snake a camera in and do some looking
> around ? Plumbers use the silly things to scope out pipes maybe you can
> rent
> one. It might be possible to shoot some closed cell foam into the cavity's
> to act as coring. Would make for good insulation as well. For foam under
> the
> cockpit a number of guys on " da list " have used the coal miner method.
> lie
> on side and dig it out the hard way. Cut foam blocks shaped to hull and
> replace.
>
> John S
>
>
> Capt. Rob wrote:
> >
> > I'm hoping to gain some knowledge about how Rhodes are put together.  I
> > spent Saturday cleaning out my project Rhodes and getting staged to
> really
> > get at it.  I have a few questions I'm hoping you all can help me answer.
> >
> > 1)  Is the deck cored?  When I walk on the deck it flexes some.  Is this
> > natural flexing or... do I have a soft core that I need to fix?
> >
> > 2)  I'd like to replace the foam under the cockpit.  Any tricks for
> > getting
> > that out without removing the deck?  Has anyone ever removed the deck on
> > their Rhodes.  I know people do that from time to time but.... it seems
> > like more work that it is worth.
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Dr. Robert Granger
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