spongey boat floor

[deep channel]

my 2001 lund 18 fisherman has a spongey floor(must be starting to rot), my brother in law says lund has a lifetime warrenty for floor rot. anyone know if theres any truth to this., or what there warrenty is?

[Outfitter17]

I don't think they have a lifetime warrenty, we replaced floors in 10 of our guide boats at the lund dealer we bought them from. They were all 2003-2006 models and I am sure the dealer would have told us if they were under warrenty.

[gregg52]

wow thats not even 10 yrs old

i had a wood floor in my old boat but it lasted close to 15 yrs

and i was fishing lots of tourments on big water and pounded the heck out of that boat

but then ot was'nt a lund........lol(this will draw some interesting comments..lol)

[jentz]

I thought from reading outdoor forums that Lund had a warrenty on floors??Too many people too many opinions and false info!!!

Took mine in and NO WARRENTY.

Problem with the lund boats, is the foam flotation there's no space below it to let water drain.So it absorbs the water and holds it,Weigh your boat now and again after its replaced.I replaced my own and helped a neighbor with a 14 lund with a floor,I didnt weigh mine but when I finished mine and we started on his,We took the saturated foam and the 8 pieces of foam weighed 126 lbs!!!!!!! ALL WATER.We could ring it out like a rag!

The foam is sprayed right on the aluminum hull floor! Where do you think any water in a rain will go??

Really bad design!!!!

[chris63]

The "closed cell"foam (must be by law)looses it's ability to repel water after just a couple of years.They just don't make anything to last anymore!There are marine stores that sell spray in expandable foam that is expensive but the alternative (sinking to the bottom)may be expensive as well.c63

[gregg52]

water and wood just dont mix

specially covered by carpet

takes forever to dry

fiberglass....fiberglass......no brainer if you spend any amount of time on the water !!!!

my boat is wood free!!

[jentz]

The "closed cell"foam (must be by law)looses it's ability to repel water after just a couple of years.They just don't make anything to last anymore!There are marine stores that sell spray in expandable foam that is expensive but the alternative (sinking to the bottom)may be expensive as well.c63

If you ever saw closed cell foam installed in a home,it expands beyond the studs,they cut it flush to have a flat surface foe drywall.In the Lund boats I have done they did the same where it expanded beyond the stringers it was cut flush,leaving open cell foam it dont take two years to let water in there,Once the foam is saturated (like the 14 ft,er I stated at 126 lbs of water laden foam no more flotation its actually a detriment for the boats weight limits! No one would ever know their way over weight!!

Foam installed on flat roofs for insulation and water tightness gets treated with a special silicon sealant and it has a 20 yr warrenty.Which leads me to see how Lund is cutting corners,Maybe these forums will point that out and a safer boat will follow????

[deep channel]

new it sounded to good to be true, you think with a name like lund they would have found a better way to do there floor!

[gregg52]

your paying for that name big time