Anyone ever replaced floor in a older 22i or other models that had wood?

[DirtNasty]

Found some soft spots in my 2002 22i. Just wondering if anyone has ever had to replace a floor in the older boats when there was still wood? Without having pulled out all the carpet it looks as if the floor is mounted to stringers and separate front the bow floor, helm,rear seats and other fiber glassed areas. What kind of figure we talkin to have it replaced not counting carpet?

[boardman74]

I have replaced floors before, but not in you specific boat. Its not tough but it's very time consuming and materials are kind of expensive. Because its time consumer its going to entire a lot of labor charge if you have someone do it. I may be off, but my guess would be at least $2500 not including carpet. Call around to local shops. Replacing floors is a very common task for boat shops, they should be able to quote you pretty quick.

[yllw20]

if you bought this new didnt tige have the lifetime hull and floor warranty then? I know they had it in 03 when i bought mine.

[DirtNasty]

if you bought this new didnt tige have the lifetime hull and floor warranty then? I know they had it in 03 when i bought mine.

I did not by it new. I did take it to a reputable shop here locally and got a couple answers.

1. To replace the entire floor I would have to separate the entire hull to so so. The floor is installed on top of the stringers then the top half of hull sets on top. You will see in pics.

2. the soft spots were where the factory cut out sections of the floor to install the motor mounts and then they screwed it back down and glassed over. (stupid!!)

3. Decided rest of floor was in ok shape and the best thing to do was to clean up sand down and replace the half moons and re-resin the whole floor. He said around 800 to 1000 if they had to strip everything off and repair. but he said it was an easy enough job i could do it.

So I came home and ripped the rest of the carpet out and started sanding and so on. very irritated!! I have two other big projects goin. One is the new audio system install on this boat which my tower and speakers are being painted today. And doin some body work and maintenance on my truck. Really didnt need another major project to dive into, but I damm sure want this fixed quick!!

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[DirtNasty]

probably gonna remove the foam as its water logged. If the weather will hold up, im gonna let the hull dry out for a few days before I start glassing. anybody with experienced in fiberglass resin feel free to chime in with tips and tricks

[DirtNasty]

bump

[Ruger761]

If the stringers are still in good shape, you can do what I did on my old 77 Sea Arrow. I cut the floor out to about 1-2" way from the outer fiberglass. Cleaned everything up under it and let it dry out for a good while. had to sandwitch the top of one of the rotten stringers for the ski well. Then I cut 3/4" treated plywood and glewed and screwed it back to the stringers and then glassed around the seams. Recarpeted and had it that way for 10 years before I sold it and it stayed rock solid. May not be the 100% perfect way to do it but it worked very well.

[jake's02-22i]

WOW how did this turn out?

I am starting to notice some soft spots in my 2002 22i as well. The captains chair pulled out two years ago so I took off the base plate rotated it and put new screws in. Seems to be working but my rear hatch over the drive shaft is looking really bad now.