Help with simple carpentry problem

[GrandadPig]

Never done this particular job before so before I get the hammer out, though best to check here. On the bow of my new-to-me Skanner 19, there is a piece of teak trim positioned amidships fore and aft dividing the foredeck in half. To port is an opening anchor locker. It’s about 1/2” thick by 7” wide and a couple of feet long. Half rests on the GRP deck and half on rotten plywood, which I am replacing. The price is held in place with eight stainless nuts and bolts, the heads of which are concealed beneath wooden plugs.

still with me? Right, my questions are…
How do I get the bolts out of the teak plank? Bash with hammer or drill out the plug?

When it comes to refitting, where can I buy teak plugs to fill the holes after the bolts are fitted?

Thanks for any help or suggestions.

Steve

 

[penberth3]

.......When it comes to refitting, where can I buy teak plugs to fill the holes after the bolts are fitted?

Thanks for any help or suggestions.

Steve

Sorry, can't picture the main bit of your problem, but make your own plugs out of offcuts, simple as that.

 

[Tranona]

Drill out the plugs carefully. You can buy ready made plugs in smaller sizes - 10 12 15mm or you can buy a plug cutter, although you really need a pillar drill or a drill stand to cut safely.

 

[pandos]

The new plug cutters,( with 4 prongs) are easy to use without a pillar drill.

To get the plugs out, often if you try to screw a wood screw into the centre of the plug when the screw comes to a halt against the head of the concealed screw..it will jack out the plug or at least it will damage it enough to allow it to be easily extracted...

 

[GrandadPig]

The new plug cutters,( with 4 prongs) are easy to use without a pillar drill.

To get the plugs out, often if you try to screw a wood screw into the centre of the plug when the screw comes to a halt against the head of the concealed screw..it will jack out the plug or at least it will damage it enough to allow it to be easily extracted...

That’s a good idea. Thank you.