whitedog59
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I'm thinking of flooring my 1442 mod V with aluminum. What gauge would be appropriated for the sides and floor?
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sparkbr
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whitedog59 said:
As long as you line the void between your existing floor and the new one with foam, you can get away with .060-.065" If not, I wouldn't go less than .090" or the floor will have spring to it when you are standing on it.
If you aren't adding any supplemental structure, go with .125. I have used .090 as a boat deck, and keep quite a bit of it in my shop for other things I do, but I really have doubts of it not being springy on the length of span between boat ribs. On the boat I used .090 for, the spacing was about half (if not smaller than half), of the space between factory ribs.
sparkbr
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This was a 1448 I added quite a bit to. This floor was .090" without foam under it. centers were on 14" and it turned out without spring in the floor. But, that is also with welded seams.
