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Deck support beams
Posted: Nov 29th, '14, 17:44
by ed c.
What type of wood was used for the deck beams as constructed by Bertram?
Re: Deck support beams
Posted: Nov 29th, '14, 18:01
by Charlie J
I believe it was mahogany
Re: Deck support beams
Posted: Nov 30th, '14, 10:44
by mike ohlstein
When a couple of mine showed signs of weakness, I sistered them all with 5/4" mahogany.
Re: Deck support beams
Posted: Nov 30th, '14, 15:14
by Navatech
There's a reason mahogany is so popular in marine applications... IOW, you can't go wrong with mahogany...
Having said that, personally I would go with a prefabricated
structural FRP U shaped profile...
Re: Deck support beams
Posted: Nov 30th, '14, 17:10
by ed c.
Thanks to everyone. My son and I thought the same.
Re: Deck support beams
Posted: Nov 30th, '14, 17:23
by JimmyG
I used Coosa, never rot
Re: Deck support beams
Posted: Dec 20th, '14, 17:45
by John Vyn
I had my deck up to replace the fuel tank. Some of the floor supports were less than stellar. So I replaced all with structural channel from McMaster Carr. They worked wonderful. I bonded them to the stern and cut the channel to make vertical posts tha were bolted through the stringers and the floor beams. Strong and never will it rot.