Help dealing with bung holes before putting new bungs

[uma]

I have a on-lay pine deck with 2.5 inch thigh planks. They are bolted down and are 3-4 metre long. I am in process of recalling with oakum and pitch and also replacing rotten bungs. Some of them have rot around.
My plan : clear hole and rot
Dry with heat gun
Fill gap with hot pitch till the bolt head and replace the bung
Previously it had white lead putty in holes.
If u have any suggestion please advice.

 

[Wansworth]

There called Plugs,not bungs,found out the other day?with a hole cutter big enough to encompass rot and holedrill out hole,should have neat round hole ,not sure about pitch in hole covering bolt head you may wish to remove it sometime,epoxy round plug and bang it in

 

[NormanS]

Normally known as dowels. If the seams are pitched, I don't see anything wrong with using pitch in the bolt holes. When I had a boat with a similar deck, I caulked the seams with oakum, sealed with pitch, but for small local repairs, where it wasn't worth the bother of heating pitch, I used Aquatex cold bitumastic roof repairing compound. Other makes are available.

 

[Wansworth]

Normally known as dowels. If the seams are pitched, I don't see anything wrong with using pitch in the bolt holes. When I had a boat with a similar deck, I caulked the seams with oakum, sealed with pitch, but for small local repairs, where it wasn't worth the bother of heating pitch, I used Aquatex cold bitumastic roof repairing compound. Other makes are available.

No dowels are the same thing but cut differently,ie you need a plug cutter that cuts the plugs out of the face of a plank to match the existing deck whilst a dowel is turned from wooden squareed lengths,IKEA use dowels to locate bits of wood together.

 

[NormanS]

No dowels are the same thing but cut differently,ie you need a plug cutter that cuts the plugs out of the face of a plank to match the existing deck whilst a dowel is turned from wooden squareed lengths,IKEA use dowels to locate bits of wood together.

Different ships, different long splices. Having had a proper laid deck, I am well aware of how the grain has to run on the
dowels/plugs/bungs. ☺

 

[penberth3]

No dowels are the same thing but cut differently,ie you need a plug cutter that cuts the plugs out of the face of a plank to match the existing deck whilst a dowel is turned from wooden squareed lengths,IKEA use dowels to locate bits of wood together.

Agreed, these aren't dowels. Dowels are for location, the grain runs the other way because they're in shear.

I have heard plugs called pellets. And don't forget to align the grain when you glue them in!

 

[uma]

Normally known as dowels. If the seams are pitched, I don't see anything wrong with using pitch in the bolt holes. When I had a boat with a similar deck, I caulked the seams with oakum, sealed with pitch, but for small local repairs, where it wasn't worth the bother of heating pitch, I used Aquatex cold bitumastic roof repairing compound. Other makes are available.

Thank you. I have put cotton+ oakum followed by tbs glue. Since i am still cooking the tar every few days was goi g to pour it and use it to tap the Dowell in. I have the pine Dowell as with the sun disappearing I didn't have time to make them.
Thanks for advice.
I still need to run a hot iron over seams to take out the bubbles and then apply boat soup on wood after doing the plugs. Lot of plugs are dry but there is rust powder as they haven't been done for decades.