I posted a few pics of a wee project I did to put a false floor in the garage of my Adria Compact SC in order to store Mrs B's surfboard safely a while back and Mr Mousy (Martin) asked for some more info on how I did it, so I thought I'd add a quick separate thread in case anyone else is interested. I'm sure I'm not the first person to do this, and I am also sure that there are many different and no doubt better ways, but this is what I did:
Here's the before & after:
I was concerned about adding a lot of weight, so used quite thin 9mm hardwood ply bought from B & Q and then cut it to size. On top of that I ordered some black coin rubber garage flooring from Amazon:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CF2PMTZG?tag=mhf04-21
I used Everbuild Stick2 spray adhesive to stick the rubber matting to the ply:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0012RZA3C?tag=mhf04-21
The board is then supported using 6 x lengths of aluminium channel (1" x 3/4" x 1/8") ordered from The Metal Store, which I cut to length, slotted at either end and then slid along the channels of the rails that are fitted by Adria, which you can just about do my removing the plastic end caps of the rails. I thought that if it needed more supports then I could always add some at a later date, but so far, even with all the boxes of stuff put back in the garage, there is no sign of false the floor flexing.
The end of the board near the door was then finished off by gluing (Sikaflex) on a length of 'U' shaped aluminium profile with an internal width of 13mm, which fitted pretty well the board width of 9mm for the ply plus the rubber matting and glue:
https://www.diy.com/departments/sil...gle-profile-l-1m-w-15mm-t-1-5mm/254307_BQ.prd
A few more photos I took whilst knocking it up. I have been really pleased with it as the surfboard is really accessible and properly protected.
If anyone needs any more info, just ask.
Mike
Here's the before & after:
I was concerned about adding a lot of weight, so used quite thin 9mm hardwood ply bought from B & Q and then cut it to size. On top of that I ordered some black coin rubber garage flooring from Amazon:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CF2PMTZG?tag=mhf04-21
I used Everbuild Stick2 spray adhesive to stick the rubber matting to the ply:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0012RZA3C?tag=mhf04-21
The board is then supported using 6 x lengths of aluminium channel (1" x 3/4" x 1/8") ordered from The Metal Store, which I cut to length, slotted at either end and then slid along the channels of the rails that are fitted by Adria, which you can just about do my removing the plastic end caps of the rails. I thought that if it needed more supports then I could always add some at a later date, but so far, even with all the boxes of stuff put back in the garage, there is no sign of false the floor flexing.
The end of the board near the door was then finished off by gluing (Sikaflex) on a length of 'U' shaped aluminium profile with an internal width of 13mm, which fitted pretty well the board width of 9mm for the ply plus the rubber matting and glue:
https://www.diy.com/departments/sil...gle-profile-l-1m-w-15mm-t-1-5mm/254307_BQ.prd
A few more photos I took whilst knocking it up. I have been really pleased with it as the surfboard is really accessible and properly protected.
If anyone needs any more info, just ask.
Mike
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OMG, that wouldn't end well for me or the dog.
