below deck insulation?

sue-she · 07-21-2009, 12:28 AM

I am looking for a bit of advise. Hopefully someone with more boat experience than me can tell me if I am going to make a mistake or not. I have a 26 foot striper with insulated fish boxes in the deck. We fish in very warm weather and feel that they are not satisfactory. There is access to one end of them "see pic." and I was thinking of spraying slow rise polyurethane foam in the area between the hull and the box. Maybe lay a pvc pipe along the bottom for drainage? There really is not a way for water to get in that area except from a rod holder and I am going to install a drain tube. The foam is US Coastguard approved for boats, I was told by the foam people. If anyone can shed some light on this I would really appreciate the imput. Thanks

fishfighter · 07-25-2009, 01:27 PM

Using expanding foam is very tricky. You can pop the deck or pop/hook the hull if you are not carefull. In your case,I would leave that to a pro.

sue-she · 07-29-2009, 12:54 AM

Fishfighter,

Thanks for the input. I think you are right. The last thing I want to do is make a bigger problem. Maybe someone can recomend a pro. in southern Calafornia that can help?

nautiduck · 07-30-2009, 06:34 PM

Sueshe the make an expandable foam that is low rise in other words it doesnt expand with much pressure so it wont pop hulls or hatches or break anything. I dont remember what its called but Ill try and find it for you.

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07-25-2009, 01:27 PM	#2
fishfighter Bite me Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Gulf of Mexico Posts: 222 Credits: 1,664.4	Using expanding foam is very tricky. You can pop the deck or pop/hook the hull if you are not carefull. In your case,I would leave that to a pro.

07-29-2009, 12:54 AM	#3
sue-she I Need More Posts Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: az,mexico Posts: 9 Credits: 297.0 Boat: 26 striper diesel Home Port: san carlos Best Catch: 100 lb. yf. caught out of my boat Occupation: self	Fishfighter, Thanks for the input. I think you are right. The last thing I want to do is make a bigger problem. Maybe someone can recomend a pro. in southern Calafornia that can help?

07-30-2009, 06:34 PM	#4
nautiduck I think Admin is going to let me have this space Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Rock Hill SC (Charlotte) Posts: 1,272 Credits: 3,846.3 Best Catch: Duckie	Sueshe the make an expandable foam that is low rise in other words it doesnt expand with much pressure so it wont pop hulls or hatches or break anything. I dont remember what its called but Ill try and find it for you.