SkiTique - rotten flooring

I used a circular saw to cut glass away from wood. Just set the depth to cut the glass only. Do the outer edges, I went to about two inches from side. May want to dig out wet foam and check stringers well. I used marine grade plywood to replace. Put a coat of epoxy resin on under side. Then glassed it back in. I used foam and other materials from us copmosites. I cut a pattern out of foam board, then traced it on the wood. Hope this helps.

Hey there everyone. My boat project seems to be identical to the project on your boat. I purchased it with a rotten batter box, rotten floor around the front of the motor, and several stringers with damage, rot and dry rot deteriorating the whole floor. I have since removed all the foam, and the fiberglass over the entire floor. That was completed with an angle grinder (carefully!). since the floor and foam was removed, I have been patching the rotten locaitons with epoxy/fiberglass coated sections of replacment wood. Then I'm laminating everything in with a polyester coat to bond well with the original construction. I'm almost done with this step right now, I've got a few more patches to put in but it's about there. I recently posted a question about this same topic. The debate stirred up some conversation about the available material for use in rebuilding a floor. NIDA Core came up as a big winner among some of the users here, so I went and checked it out. They make plastic honeycomb cores that can be bought wtih carbon, fiberglass or other material as a "skin" on each side of the honeycomb laminate. Or you can buy the core alone and laminate your own skins with fiberglass or another material. I was about to order the Nida Core product but the shipping was going to be more than I wanted to pay. I then found another company close by me in Michigan called Plascore. They make the same polypropalyne honeycomb cores and sold them to me with Viels and barriers to keep a good bond with the laminate and keep resin from getting into the honeycombs. This should provide a great stable and solid floor when completed. It will not rot, it wont rust, or retain moisture. It's also much lighter than wood and a lot lighter than steel. I'm looking forward to completing this project because Correct Craft just laid the floor (glass) directly over the foam and that seemed to have a significant effect on the wear of the floor and stringers. It should be a lot stronger when I'm done with it. I'd use composite laminate with honeycomb if I were you. Check out www.plascore.com or www.nida-core.com

Good luck!