[Rhodes22-list] Floor Boards

[Lowe, Rob]

Chris,
I thought you had a pretty new boat?  I'm surprised you have a spongy feel already.  I didn't realize Stan was using the HardieBacker material, my boat uses marine grade plywood (I believe). - rob


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The floor boards in my boat are a bit spongy and the small center panel that is located directly over the center board trunk has cracked.  The original material is 1/2" thick HardieBacker® 500 Board that is available in 3'x5'
sheets.  
http://www.jameshardie.com/homeowner/products_backerboard_halfInch.shtml
The adjacent floor board has a cut out for the table base hardware and while it has not yet cracked it feels a bit spongy.  The HardieBacker seems like a good product because of its mold resistant quality and is relatively inexpensive.  I plan to purchase a new sheet of board to replace both the small failed area and the adjacent spongy piece.  Does anyone recomend an alternate material and should I consider some sort of reinforcing strips to glue to the underside to the new boards to make them stiffer?  What is a good source and material for carpet replacement?
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