[VAL] Re: VAL Digest V2 #343 subfloor hardener

[Russ Wojtkiewicz <rwojtkiewicz@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for all the tips and tricks from the list.  The welder is coming 
tomorrow and a new waste tank pan is being fabricated this week.

I hope to have a lot of progress completed by Labor day.  The hardest 
part, aside from just finding some of the great, suggested materials, 
will be deciding on just how to get the floor in and still have room 
underneath for the waste tank to fit. I am trying to keep to a minimum 
the amount of floor I actually replace and use a thin enough, but strong 
enough "splicing" material under each seam to glue and screw to.  I 
don't think (yet, further analysis to come) there is enough room between 
the underside of the subfloor and the top of the waste tank and pan to 
use 5/8" or 3/4" strips.

Any guidance or thoughts on that will be welcome.

And yes, my subfloor is 3/4" in my 1970.  That's a minor problem with 
all the new stuff being 23/32nds.  But a little filler or a shim will 
remedy that.

Oh - also.  Of those sealers like Minwax or West Systems #105, can I use 
vinyl floor adhesive on top of them or should I lay down my area of 
vinyl and  then seal up to the vinyl?  I wouldn't necessarily seal the 
whole floor anyway, as the vinyl would be good protection, but the 
overlap of bare floor to vinyl areas are of concern. I don't want to 
degrade the sealant nor do I need the floor coming unglued.  But all of 
those areas will be behind the fiberglass panels out of eye sight.

Thanks and I am taking pics and will update the list of how it goes.

Russ Wojtkiewicz
Kansas City, MO
1970 International Land Yacht