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Old 07-11-2018, 06:08 AM   #11
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Some houseboats are built like RVs with timber framing covered with aluminum sheet. The smallest leak will let rain water work on the wood and rot it out. That is one reason why the depreciation curve on RVs is so steep. So maybe houseboats are the same, which is why it is priced where it is.


So look at the framing, aluminum members will be far superior to wood.


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