Seth
Well-known member
Here's my front deck.
The hole with the two coolers sitting in it is 53" long x 13" wide. I want to take a piece of 3/4" plywood and put it over the hole with some piano hinge so it opens like a hatch. If I put a 2x4 running lengthwise in the middle of the board, will that stiffen it up enough to walk on it or would I bet off running a 1.5" piece of angle across the middle and split the plywood into two separate hatches? Eventually I am going to redo the deck extension in aluminum to make it even better but this is a temporary solution.
I'm just trying to copy what I see boat builders do to reinforace hatch lids. Here's an example.
The hole with the two coolers sitting in it is 53" long x 13" wide. I want to take a piece of 3/4" plywood and put it over the hole with some piano hinge so it opens like a hatch. If I put a 2x4 running lengthwise in the middle of the board, will that stiffen it up enough to walk on it or would I bet off running a 1.5" piece of angle across the middle and split the plywood into two separate hatches? Eventually I am going to redo the deck extension in aluminum to make it even better but this is a temporary solution.
I'm just trying to copy what I see boat builders do to reinforace hatch lids. Here's an example.