Soft Boat Floor Repair

Descriptionthis diy video shows how to fix a rotten boat floor.
Soft boat floor repair. Replacing a rotten boat deck is a fairly common task and it s a lot easier than you might think. Not only can a soft spot expand and pose a serious injury hazard to anyone on board but it will be much easier to repair if it s limited to a confined space. When you notice a small soft spot in the deck of your boat it s often easy to ignore it thinking the problem is one of limited scope. The problem though is that soft spots indicate an underlying problem that if ignored will spread.
When noticing a soft spot on your boat you need to add more support to the structure to reinforce it as much as possible. Hopefully when you bought your boat you gave it a thorough pre purchase inspection and didn t get any nasty surprises. If it rots it can spread to the rest of the boat and create a terrible dangerous mess. Repairing a soft spot in a fiberglass deck is both a monstrous.
Boat floor is fiberglass front and rear decks are carpeted over fiberglass. Currently i have an old 22 center console bay boat with a fiberglass over plywood floor that is cracking and has soft spots. But it does have a good hull and runs great. There are ways that you can repair a rotting boat floor but doing so may make the problem worse if you don t know how.
The text book way of replacing the floor is to remove the consoles seat boxes and remove all. The soft spots tend to be small enough at first so you need to make sure that the overall surface you are working on allows you to apply the epoxy and fiberglass properly. A soft spot in the boat floor may seem like something innocent but it requires immediate attention. The boat floor is arguably the most important part of your boat.