New Floor In Cuddy

[reelapeelin]

Originally Posted by tnltracy

My 79's floor is in need of a new floor as well. Design is different with the floor opening the width of the door, and about 3 feet or so long.

I'm wondering, but can't tell from the pictures, how did you setup the hatches to sit in flush with the floor, do you have a ring below that overlaps for them to sit on?

I'm thinking that basic design will work well for mine.

Oh yea, how did you assemble the floor overall. I know I can't get a single piece in through the hatch into my cuddy, so expect at least it'll be 2 maybe 3 pieces assembled together ultimately to fit it all in.

First I demoed everything outta the cuddy down to the stringers...left a 3" lip around the outter edge to attach the new floor to...the new material went back in as 3 pieces...first was a single piece that glued and screwed down to the tops of the stringers that became the lip for the lids to rest on...it's kinda like a squared figure 8..then the front piece w/openings cut 1" larger than the fig 8...then the back piece, cut same for openings...took all of one sheet of ply and 1/3 of second so you'll need 2...