{"id":3006,"date":"2015-05-09T18:39:59","date_gmt":"2015-05-09T22:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.50.23\/wordpress\/blog\/?p=3006"},"modified":"2019-02-16T09:49:54","modified_gmt":"2019-02-16T14:49:54","slug":"update-pontoon-rebuild-project-decking-installed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forths.com\/index.php\/2015\/05\/09\/update-pontoon-rebuild-project-decking-installed\/","title":{"rendered":"Update: Pontoon Rebuild Project \u2013 Decking Installed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday, May 9, began with rain and cool breezes, with temps in the mid 40s &#8211; quite a drop from the mid 80s the prior day. &nbsp;When the rain stopped, I went to work again on the pontoon boat. &nbsp;The tear-down was behind me, and it was time to start rebuilding.<\/p>\n<p>I cleaned the aluminum frame pieces that the support the plywood decking. &nbsp;Foam insulating tape was applied to the top of the aluminum frame. &nbsp;This prevents water from reaching the joint where two pieces of plywood decking butt together. &nbsp;One by one I set the new decking onto the frame. &nbsp;Once all 4 sheets were resting&nbsp;on the frame, I took countless measurements to ensure that the loose plywood decking was centered and properly positioned.<\/p>\n<p>The decking was then secured with stainless steel bolts and self-locking nuts, an upgrade from the self-tapping galvanized screws that held the original decking in place. &nbsp;A total of 96 bolts were used to secure the decking.<\/p>\n<p>Next weekend I&#8217;ll glue the carpet in place and work on the side fencing. &nbsp;Hopefully it will start coming together quickly.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3006 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/forths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/rsDSC06668.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/forths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/rsDSC06668-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3014\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/rsDSC06668-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/forths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/rsDSC06668-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/forths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/rsDSC06668-220x220.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3014'>\n\t\t\t\tNew aluminum is bolted in place to repair a frame member that was cut by a prior owner\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/forths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/rsDSC06671.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/forths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/rsDSC06671-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3010\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/rsDSC06671-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/forths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/rsDSC06671-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/forths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/rsDSC06671-220x220.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3010'>\n\t\t\t\tFoam tape on top the aluminum frame rails\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/forths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/rsDSC06673.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/forths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/rsDSC06673-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3011\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/rsDSC06673-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/forths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/rsDSC06673-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/forths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/rsDSC06673-220x220.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3011'>\n\t\t\t\t3 of 4 sheets are loosely placed\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/forths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/rsDSC06676.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/forths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/rsDSC06676-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3007\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/rsDSC06676-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/forths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/rsDSC06676-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/forths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/rsDSC06676-220x220.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3007'>\n\t\t\t\tInstalling the stainless steel bolts\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/forths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/rsDSC06680.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/forths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/rsDSC06680-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3008\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/rsDSC06680-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/forths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/rsDSC06680-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/forths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/rsDSC06680-220x220.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3008'>\n\t\t\t\tThe decking is installed\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/forths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/rsDSC06681.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/forths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/rsDSC06681-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3009\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/rsDSC06681-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/forths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/rsDSC06681-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/forths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/rsDSC06681-220x220.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3009'>\n\t\t\t\tStraight as an arrow\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday, May 9, began with rain and cool breezes, with temps in the mid 40s &#8211; quite a drop from the mid 80s the prior day. &nbsp;When the rain stopped, &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3011,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[72,83,88],"class_list":["post-3006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-projects","category-upnorth","tag-manitou-pontoon-boat","tag-pontoon","tag-restoration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forths.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forths.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forths.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forths.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forths.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3006"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/forths.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4879,"href":"https:\/\/forths.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3006\/revisions\/4879"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forths.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forths.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forths.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forths.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}