stringer replacement ?

[cowboyup]

I've got a 1987 24' G.W. I bought back in Feb of this year. What a surprise, my inside set (and problably exterior as well) of stringers and 3 bulkheads are soaking wet....water oozes out when pressed with a screwdriver. Can I peel the woven roven off and let the stringers dry and inject them with some kind of epoxy to keep this from reoccurring or do i start ripping out stringers and bulkheads?

 

[JasonJ]

Re: stringer replacement ?

Ripping the whole mess out and laying in new material will give you the best result. Good luck...

 

[cowboyup]

Re: stringer replacement ?

Yeah, that's exactly what i didn't want to hear....but you're right, it'll give the result i'm satisfied with. BTW, i scanned through your website, Man, that's one heck of an undertaking. Fantastic job. I've bookmarked it for future reference. thanks again.

 

[quantumleap]

Re: stringer replacement ?

You'd put almost as much time into trying to solidify the existing stringers as just gutting it and starting fresh. The outcome will be 100% better. If you decide to do it right, make sure to take pics along the way. We love to see projects in the making.

 

[cowboyup]

Re: stringer replacement ?

I've been documenting this undertaking with pics already. How do you attach the pics to this board?

 

[detailer]

Re: stringer replacement ?

okstatefan, the best way i've found to post pics on the board is to use outside hosting (unless you have a web site). i've used yahoo to share photos here, you just post a link to your albums.<br /><br />good luck