Aft Deck Capt
Senior Member
- Joined
- May 18, 2014
- Messages
- 191
- Location
- US
- Vessel Name
- Long Shot
- Vessel Make
- 1978 Californian 42' LRC
Greetings all,
The small set of steps leading to the mid deck were in pretty bad shape. They suffered from the original factory joinery and mounting method.
The treads were planed to a uniform thickness and refastened with a filler strip epoxied into the dado. Corner gussets were epoxied in on top to prevent water from pooling at the joint and on the underside to beef up the thinned treads. I held the large bottom gussets 1/8" in from the back to allow space for stainless mounting tabs. This mounting is nearly blind and will make removal for the next re-coat a snap.
Another minor mod was to epoxy an 1/8" piece of teak across the end grain on the bottom of the step stingers.
Hope this helps.
The small set of steps leading to the mid deck were in pretty bad shape. They suffered from the original factory joinery and mounting method.
The treads were planed to a uniform thickness and refastened with a filler strip epoxied into the dado. Corner gussets were epoxied in on top to prevent water from pooling at the joint and on the underside to beef up the thinned treads. I held the large bottom gussets 1/8" in from the back to allow space for stainless mounting tabs. This mounting is nearly blind and will make removal for the next re-coat a snap.
Another minor mod was to epoxy an 1/8" piece of teak across the end grain on the bottom of the step stingers.
Hope this helps.