Soft Boat Floor Repair

1 year away from possible new or nearly new boat.
Soft boat floor repair. Boat floor is fiberglass front and rear decks are carpeted over fiberglass. This boat doesn t have much if any value. 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. But it does have a good hull and runs great.
If it rots it can spread to the rest of the boat and create a terrible dangerous mess. Hopefully when you bought your boat you gave it a thorough pre purchase inspection and didn t get any nasty surprises. Currently i have an old 22 center console bay boat with a fiberglass over plywood floor that is cracking and has soft spots. Replacing a rotten boat deck is a fairly common task and it s a lot easier than you might think.
Descriptionthis diy video shows how to fix a rotten boat floor. But if you buy a fixer upper or have an older boat you love and don t want to part with there s a fair chance you ll need to replace part or all of the rotten boat. 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.
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. Repairing a soft spot in a fiberglass deck is both a monstrous. 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.