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Aluminum vs. Wood for framing (Am I missing something?)
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<blockquote data-quote="bobt" data-source="post: 170775" data-attributes="member: 4067"><p>To add to the framing discussion; my son and I recently completed modifications on his 1448 mod V to extend the front deck and add a rear deck. We used 6061T6 aluminum angle framing for the rounded corners and added strength, most of it being 1" x 0.125 and one larger/thicker piece for the main crossbar at rear of the front deck extension. 8' of the 0.125" weighs 3 lbs per Metal Supermarkets web site. Then used 3/4" marine plywood for decking material. The 500 lbs between my son and myself yielded no flexing or sagging anywhere on the decking.</p><p></p><p>We used all pop rivets or thru bolting making the install relatively simple and no problem in keeping the surfaces flush. We added some flat bar on cross beams to make surface flush with the horizontal beams. Tools needed: Drill, hand rivet gun(don't buy a cheap one), hack saw.</p><p></p><p>One additional benefit not previously mentioned is the space saved by using the aluminum angle vs 2x4's for framing.</p><p></p><p>So the pro's we encountered using aluminum were 1)saved weight, 2)easy to install with hand tools, 3)better yield of storage space, and 4)certainly less maintenance.</p><p></p><p>We were able to get our aluminum from the Tampa Metal Supermarkets store and that gave us a price lower than that listed on their website.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bobt, post: 170775, member: 4067"] To add to the framing discussion; my son and I recently completed modifications on his 1448 mod V to extend the front deck and add a rear deck. We used 6061T6 aluminum angle framing for the rounded corners and added strength, most of it being 1" x 0.125 and one larger/thicker piece for the main crossbar at rear of the front deck extension. 8' of the 0.125" weighs 3 lbs per Metal Supermarkets web site. Then used 3/4" marine plywood for decking material. The 500 lbs between my son and myself yielded no flexing or sagging anywhere on the decking. We used all pop rivets or thru bolting making the install relatively simple and no problem in keeping the surfaces flush. We added some flat bar on cross beams to make surface flush with the horizontal beams. Tools needed: Drill, hand rivet gun(don't buy a cheap one), hack saw. One additional benefit not previously mentioned is the space saved by using the aluminum angle vs 2x4's for framing. So the pro's we encountered using aluminum were 1)saved weight, 2)easy to install with hand tools, 3)better yield of storage space, and 4)certainly less maintenance. We were able to get our aluminum from the Tampa Metal Supermarkets store and that gave us a price lower than that listed on their website. [/QUOTE]
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