I'm not sure that Trex's product will have the same strength. There are composite stringers available for sale......
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Thanks NeilMcg, I'll keep that in mind, but I still have my fingers crossed that its just the one soft spot behind the driver seat towards the bilge. Everything is origional on my boat. Even the upholstery. So we'll see what happens...Needs to get re-upholstered in the next year or so, its starting to show signs of cracking.
You weren't kidding about expensive at all! Wow.
I work with it every spring when somebody needs a deck. I think its way to flexible to offer the structure a hull needs. Still it wouldn't rot, I'll give you that!!
25 yrs wouldn't be long enough, when the wooden ones are basically lasting that length. There's a composite supplier selling stringer material for boats, just can't remember which thread it was posted in....
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Just a curious question fo ryou rlhahn? I've heard talk on other boat forums about replacing stringers...Now in more than a handful of other pages I've seen people say NOT to let the new stringers touch the Hull of the boat...They say You will set up local stress points that will crack the hull. Many people suggest a 1/4" gap between the stringer and the hull....Has anyone heard this before???
Don't know about that one?? How would you attach the stringers if they aren't touching the hull?