Interesting stuff. Thanks Tom. I will have to check that out. I did some internet searches for about an hour last night and didn't come up with many alternatives to real teak/holly flooring. Many horror stories though of people trying to use your standard Home Depot Laminates. I did find these two links though. Anyone have experience with this stuff? I might use it for the flybridge and aft deck.
http://www.nuteak.com/index.htm http://www.marinerenovators.com/ Kerry -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of tomdepot Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2009 8:51 AM To: UnifliteWorld Subject: [UnifliteWorld] Re: Replacing Galley area flooring Take a look at this stuff: http://www.plasteak.com/ I built a swim platform out of their lumber, and 3 years later I am still very happy with it. I have no idea about their decking materials. I did the flooring of my single cabin 31' express with real #2 red oak left over from other jobs. It looks good, but real wood swells with water and so if you get a leak your flooring could tent up on you. Laminates will just disintegrate since they are simply compressed sawdust. I wouldn't use real wood again, but since it's in there already, I will live with it. Putting a better swim platform on my boat was one of the biggest improvements I have made. The original one was only about 18" deep and high above the waterline, so getting out of the water was really hard (impossible with any scuba gear). I lowered the new one so it's only a few inches above the water line, and it is about 32" deep. The plastic lumber was not terribly expensive (I can't remember exactly, but like $500 I think), the killer was having stainless steel brackets fabricated-over $750. Tom in Florida --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "UnifliteWorld" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/UnifliteWorld?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
