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Message: <blockquote data-quote="soccertoad20" data-source="post: 364086" data-attributes="member: 15025"><p>I'm debating on what to frame my boat with as well. I was pointed to <a href="https://www.onlinemetals.com/" target="_blank">https://www.onlinemetals.com/</a> for pretty cheap aluminum angle. I'm thinking of getting 1.25" x 1.25" x 1/8" thick. I actually need quite a bit. I was going to order 20, 8' sections, so about $255. I'll have 2-3 extra pieces just in case I screw up. Even the smallest PVC tube is over $13 per 8'. Plus I would think it would be more difficult and more expensive to bolt to the PVC. You would have to get bolts long enough through both walls of the tube because you can't hold a nut anywhere other than at the very end of the tubes. The aluminum will also be much stronger. I would imagine the only advantage of the PVC is weight savings.</p></blockquote><p></p>