The Teak Is Lifting

[PRH]

Managed to get on my hands and knees on the flybridge of the new (to me) boat this weekend and found that the teak is lifting in a few places.

Now I know that if it has lifted then there is going to be all sorts of crud under it so was wondering what the forum would suggest to get it stuck back down?
It is lifting in the corners - didn't explain that very well....
TIA
Peter

 

[Elessar]

My sealine is doing this.

I've yet to investigate fully as I'm not doing this repair until next winter, however on mine the only bits lifting are the outer most planks. It seems they laid the majority of the teak as bonded down boards that look like individual planks, and then put the surround planks in in using screws. I would bet the screws are the point of failure.

I intend to lift mine and use them as templates for new planks which will be stuck down with sikaflex.

If you do yours before me then let me know what you find please!

 

[Nick_H]

hmm, that's not great i'm afraid. You can have the effected areas replaced, and acid treat the rest and after a while it'll sort of blend in. You could try drilling a hole in the caulking at one side of the lifted area, just through the teak and not into the deck, plus a vent hole at the other side of the lifted area if necessary, and squeeze sikkaflex in, but you have to be careful not to lift more of the teak. Also, if moisture has got in, it's unlikely to be succesful. If it does work, you can then re-caulk where you drilled the hole and it'll be an invisible repair.

I'd suggest getting a specialist in to look at it.

 

[PRH]

Nick, I didn't put in the original post that it is lifting in the corners so is easy to get to, it feels solid in the middle...

Does that change anything?

Thanks

 

[jfm]

...in which case you could just stuff new sikaflex in. Dry everything first. Warm the sika so it's runny as possible, and poke it in with a suitable tool (a load of plastic rulers?) as far in as poss, then put weights on it till it dries. Even if you dont quite get 100% of the area bonded it'll probly be fine

That black sikaflex is a nightmare to handle. Needs loads of masking off, acetone, surgical gloves, etc

Also, when you're done, you might want to sand the whole deck to get black sika marks off. You'll only remove 0.2mm and it will look like new straw brown teak, so well worth it

 

[PRH]

Thanks for the reply.....