"Jack" wrote in message
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On Jul 20, 4:11 pm, John H wrote:
On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:10:34 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:
I was wondering abotu using salt-treated plywood on the Marquis deck.
I'm not a feared of paying for marine grade, but Jimmy the carpenter
told me that the newer salt treated woods are about as worthy as
marine grade at a fraction of the cost. So, what's the opinion?

I'm even wondering abotu using hybrid decking like you'd use on a
porch. synthetic mylar etc mixed with wood. The stuff is weather
resistant as all get out!

Does the composite stuff come in sheets, or were you going to use boards,
like
this:http://tinyurl.com/29auaun

I'm thinking of resurfacing my deck with that stuff. Expensive stuff
though.
--

John H

The beach house we have access to in Hilton Head has that on the
walkway to the dunes and on the deck that sits on the dunes at the
beach. It's at least 15 years old, and still looks great.

Only problem is that they have sagged in places between the joists
holding them up, worse than a wooden board would have in the same
situation. They seem to need a little more support? Might be worth
talking to a local professional about that.

Needs double the support. And depending on the batch, there are failures
also. My buddy got replacement for his Trex last year. I am in the process
for a new deck from Trex myself. They had a bad plasticizer for a few
years. Unfortunately they replace the deck material but not the labor or
the $330 were of deck screws required.

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"Jack" wrote in message
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On Jul 20, 4:11 pm, John H wrote:
On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:10:34 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:
I was wondering abotu using salt-treated plywood on the Marquis deck.
I'm not a feared of paying for marine grade, but Jimmy the carpenter
told me that the newer salt treated woods are about as worthy as
marine grade at a fraction of the cost. So, what's the opinion?

I'm even wondering abotu using hybrid decking like you'd use on a
porch. synthetic mylar etc mixed with wood. The stuff is weather
resistant as all get out!

Does the composite stuff come in sheets, or were you going to use boards,
like
this:http://tinyurl.com/29auaun

I'm thinking of resurfacing my deck with that stuff. Expensive stuff
though.
--

John H

The beach house we have access to in Hilton Head has that on the
walkway to the dunes and on the deck that sits on the dunes at the
beach. It's at least 15 years old, and still looks great.

Only problem is that they have sagged in places between the joists
holding them up, worse than a wooden board would have in the same
situation. They seem to need a little more support? Might be worth
talking to a local professional about that.

Needs double the support. And depending on the batch, there are failures
also. My buddy got replacement for his Trex last year. I am in the process
for a new deck from Trex myself. They had a bad plasticizer for a few
years. Unfortunately they replace the deck material but not the labor or
the $330 were of deck screws required.


Man, I have seen a lot of that stuff that walks a mile with temperature
chage. I think it was Dick that had a whole thread about it a while
back, I think he had a good experience with it...

--
Rowdy Mouse Racing - We race for cheese!

On Jul 20, 3:11*pm, John H wrote:
On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:10:34 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote:
I was wondering abotu using salt-treated plywood on the Marquis deck.
I'm not a feared of paying for marine grade, but Jimmy the carpenter
told me that the newer salt treated woods are about as worthy as
marine grade at a fraction of the cost. So, what's the opinion?

I'm even wondering abotu using hybrid decking like you'd use on a
porch. synthetic mylar etc mixed with wood. The stuff is weather
resistant as all get out!

Does the composite stuff come in sheets, or were you going to use boards, like
this:http://tinyurl.com/29auaun

I'm thinking of resurfacing my deck with that stuff. Expensive stuff though.
--

John H

John, this is the crap we used on our front porch. It faces the west
and gets all the harsh summer sun and the rain etc. We redid our porch
twice with treated tongue and groove pine and it was rotting in 5
years. Enough was enough. This stuff is extremely durable, looks and
feels and acts like wood. We've been satisfied for 10 years now.

http://www.ebuild.com/product-detail...rds/319691.hwx

So I was thinking of using this stuff decking the boat from side to
side instead of long ways from bow to stern.


Just a thought, though.

On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:44:04 -0400, wrote:

On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:07:26 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Jul 20, 3:11*pm, John H wrote:
On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:10:34 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote:
I was wondering abotu using salt-treated plywood on the Marquis deck.
I'm not a feared of paying for marine grade, but Jimmy the carpenter
told me that the newer salt treated woods are about as worthy as
marine grade at a fraction of the cost. So, what's the opinion?

I'm even wondering abotu using hybrid decking like you'd use on a
porch. synthetic mylar etc mixed with wood. The stuff is weather
resistant as all get out!

Does the composite stuff come in sheets, or were you going to use boards, like
this:http://tinyurl.com/29auaun

I'm thinking of resurfacing my deck with that stuff. Expensive stuff though.
--

John H

John, this is the crap we used on our front porch. It faces the west
and gets all the harsh summer sun and the rain etc. We redid our porch
twice with treated tongue and groove pine and it was rotting in 5
years. Enough was enough. This stuff is extremely durable, looks and
feels and acts like wood. We've been satisfied for 10 years now.

http://www.ebuild.com/product-detail...rds/319691.hwx

So I was thinking of using this stuff decking the boat from side to
side instead of long ways from bow to stern.


Just a thought, though.

The problem with the Trex type stuff is the span is about 60% of what
you can get with the same size wood and it is heavy.
I have some as a ring around the base of my console and it does hold
up well but there is no span issue there.

I'm wanting to resurface my deck. The span would be about 18". Think that's
enough?
--

John H

John H wrote:
On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:44:04 -0400, wrote:


On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:07:26 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:


On Jul 20, 3:11 pm, John wrote:

On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:10:34 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

I was wondering abotu using salt-treated plywood on the Marquis deck.
I'm not a feared of paying for marine grade, but Jimmy the carpenter
told me that the newer salt treated woods are about as worthy as
marine grade at a fraction of the cost. So, what's the opinion?


I'm even wondering abotu using hybrid decking like you'd use on a
porch. synthetic mylar etc mixed with wood. The stuff is weather
resistant as all get out!

Does the composite stuff come in sheets, or were you going to use boards, like
this:http://tinyurl.com/29auaun

I'm thinking of resurfacing my deck with that stuff. Expensive stuff though.
--

John H

John, this is the crap we used on our front porch. It faces the west
and gets all the harsh summer sun and the rain etc. We redid our porch
twice with treated tongue and groove pine and it was rotting in 5
years. Enough was enough. This stuff is extremely durable, looks and
feels and acts like wood. We've been satisfied for 10 years now.

http://www.ebuild.com/product-detail...rds/319691.hwx

So I was thinking of using this stuff decking the boat from side to
side instead of long ways from bow to stern.


Just a thought, though.

The problem with the Trex type stuff is the span is about 60% of what
you can get with the same size wood and it is heavy.
I have some as a ring around the base of my console and it does hold
up well but there is no span issue there.

I'm wanting to resurface my deck. The span would be about 18". Think that's
enough?

That's too far for composites like Trex. 16" is the absolute minimum.
They can sag with the heat.

On Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:54:24 -0400, Larry wrote:

John H wrote:
On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:44:04 -0400, wrote:


On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:07:26 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:


On Jul 20, 3:11 pm, John wrote:

On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:10:34 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

I was wondering abotu using salt-treated plywood on the Marquis deck.
I'm not a feared of paying for marine grade, but Jimmy the carpenter
told me that the newer salt treated woods are about as worthy as
marine grade at a fraction of the cost. So, what's the opinion?


I'm even wondering abotu using hybrid decking like you'd use on a
porch. synthetic mylar etc mixed with wood. The stuff is weather
resistant as all get out!

Does the composite stuff come in sheets, or were you going to use boards, like
this:http://tinyurl.com/29auaun

I'm thinking of resurfacing my deck with that stuff. Expensive stuff though.
--

John H

John, this is the crap we used on our front porch. It faces the west
and gets all the harsh summer sun and the rain etc. We redid our porch
twice with treated tongue and groove pine and it was rotting in 5
years. Enough was enough. This stuff is extremely durable, looks and
feels and acts like wood. We've been satisfied for 10 years now.

http://www.ebuild.com/product-detail...rds/319691.hwx

So I was thinking of using this stuff decking the boat from side to
side instead of long ways from bow to stern.


Just a thought, though.

The problem with the Trex type stuff is the span is about 60% of what
you can get with the same size wood and it is heavy.
I have some as a ring around the base of my console and it does hold
up well but there is no span issue there.

I'm wanting to resurface my deck. The span would be about 18". Think that's
enough?

That's too far for composites like Trex. 16" is the absolute minimum.
They can sag with the heat.

Crap. Not good news. That would mean a lot more than simple resurfacing.
--

John H

John H wrote:
On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:10:34 -0700 (PDT), wrote:


I was wondering abotu using salt-treated plywood on the Marquis deck.
I'm not a feared of paying for marine grade, but Jimmy the carpenter
told me that the newer salt treated woods are about as worthy as
marine grade at a fraction of the cost. So, what's the opinion?

I'm even wondering abotu using hybrid decking like you'd use on a
porch. synthetic mylar etc mixed with wood. The stuff is weather
resistant as all get out!


Does the composite stuff come in sheets, or were you going to use boards, like
this: http://tinyurl.com/29auaun

I'm thinking of resurfacing my deck with that stuff. Expensive stuff though.

It's durable but heavy, like Wayne said.

"Tim" wrote in message
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I was wondering abotu using salt-treated plywood on the Marquis deck.
I'm not a feared of paying for marine grade, but Jimmy the carpenter
told me that the newer salt treated woods are about as worthy as
marine grade at a fraction of the cost. So, what's the opinion?

I'm even wondering abotu using hybrid decking like you'd use on a
porch. synthetic mylar etc mixed with wood. The stuff is weather
resistant as all get out!



Tim a real good grade of plywood will work fine just give it a coat or 2 of
epoxy resin to seal it, regardless of what you use and by all means if you
go with treated use only stainless steel fasteners or the new treated wood
will eat the fasteners in short order.

I think you can use acetone to thin your first coat of epoxy so it will
penatrate well. I'm sure thers info on this subject at Iboats

On Jul 20, 5:12*pm, "Happy" wrote:
"Tim" wrote in message

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I was wondering abotu using salt-treated plywood on the Marquis deck.
I'm not a feared of paying for marine grade, but Jimmy the carpenter
told me that the newer salt treated woods are about as worthy as
marine grade at a fraction of the cost. So, what's the opinion?

I'm even wondering abotu using hybrid decking like you'd use on a
porch. synthetic mylar etc mixed with wood. The stuff is weather
resistant as all get out!

Tim a real good grade of plywood will work fine just give it a coat or 2 of
epoxy resin to seal it, regardless of what you use and by all means if you
go with treated use only stainless steel fasteners or the new treated wood
will eat the fasteners in short order.

I think you can use acetone to thin your first coat of epoxy so it will
penatrate well. I'm sure thers info on this subject at Iboats

I've been looking and studying. There's a guy on there that is re-
doing a cuddy (I forget what make) which is identical (almost) to my
Marquis. Come to think of it there's two makes on iboats in the
restore dept that are so close to mine that you could swear they were
punched out of the same place.


Maybe they were.

Tim wrote:
I was wondering abotu using salt-treated plywood on the Marquis deck.
I'm not a feared of paying for marine grade, but Jimmy the carpenter
told me that the newer salt treated woods are about as worthy as
marine grade at a fraction of the cost. So, what's the opinion?

I'm even wondering abotu using hybrid decking like you'd use on a
porch. synthetic mylar etc mixed with wood. The stuff is weather
resistant as all get out!



And slippery as hell. Are you going to carpet over it? Starboard isn't
cheap but it's another option if you are using carpet.