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Location: Elk River, Minnesota | Hi,
What is usally put under the wood floor is a piece of Aluminum sheeting that runs between two main structural supports for the boat. The purpose of this sheet is to prevent the possibility of having the seat base pull lose of the wood floor. Most bases are installed with machine screws that go through the aluminum sheet. The sheet will add some stability as well if it has a little thickness to it, which never
hurts.
I would think for a small project like this, you could probably get away with making sure your floor is well supported first (which I would assume you already have done this) then drill hole/attatch base as needed. What you could do to get away from needing the aluminum sheet would be to drill through, and install stainless hardware with a large flat washer and nylon lock-nuts. This would prevent the base from coming loose and also prevent rip-out.
Enjoy the project!!
Steve
Edited by VMS 1/9/2008 12:37 PM
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