RIRIE? IS IT WORTH THE CHANCE?

[duksnfish]

Did I miss your reply?

Somewhere along the line, I responded and it was there when I posted it, but now its gone for some reason

Basically, the floor worked great after almost 3 years sitting. I would suggest something like this to anyone who has a floor that needs to be repaired of removed before you go to all of the work to take the entire flooring out and then put a new floor in. Laying the new floor over the old one like I did worked great. All of the soft spots and a couple places where small holes had appeared in the original hole are holding up great. Using paint that has a roughing agent in it like I used was great. No slips or trips on the new floor at all. I even added a couple of non-skid strips on top of the new floor so if with water on the new floor I did slip, I had something for my feet to grab and not totally go down. I used Gorilla glue and adhesive to the old floor as I laid the new one down and used Gorilla glue and sealant to the joints so it would keep water from going under the new floor and rotting the old floor to the point that it took the entire floor down. 

It all seemed to work great. I think that the additional weight that I put on the boat with just overlaying the old floor was only about 40 lbs so it didnt really affect the overall weight of the boat and cause it to sit lower in the water. It all just seemed to work great. I am sure that there are others out there that have a similar issue and I'd suggest trying to overlay the old floor with marine grade plywood type wood before you go to the expense of removing the entire old floor and putting in a totally new floor. I just made sure that I painted every surface on the new flooring prior to putting it down. That way, it helped to protect the entire wood from getting water into any of the new floor. I am going to add another coat of paint to the new floor this year just as a precaution so it would seal any of the joints that may not have sealed when I first put it down. Bottom line is I am very pleased with what I did when I did it. I'd also recommend Gorilla Glue materials for adhesion to the old floor, the joints and around and over any screws that I put in to hold the new floor down. So far so good so yes, I am very pleased with the new floor.

Overall cost was probably around $75 bucks for the entire project.