[Public-list] Thru Hull Questions

[sousa, stephen (ENG)]

Most of the folks on the list have either glassed over the thru hulls or
sealed them. Prior to glassing over the holes I called West Systems and
questioned their recommendation of 12-1 bevel and then reglassing. Comment
was that technique is used when a boat has been holed or you are not filling
a perfect situation/thru hull. 

I to glassed over the holes, installed the Porta Pottie and two years later
installed a new head and holding tank. I would not install a Porta Pottie
again, I rather have the original designed head. Guess that is filed under
lessons learned.

Stephen
#114
Carina Vela

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That's what I did.   Less permanent that re-glassing them, & I worried if I 
re-drilled a large thru-hull hole nearby later on that I would cut into my 
"plug" and cause a problem.

David Swanson
Strayaway Child
Alberg 30 #229

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From: "Mike Lehman" <sail_505 at hotmail.com>
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Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 1:34 PM
Subject: RE: [Public-list] Thru Hull Questions


> Peter,
>
> You can buy screw on bronze caps . Just remove the valve and cap off the 
> thru hull. Later you may want to use them again.
>
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>
> Mike Lehman
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> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: Peter Staehling <staehpj1 at yahoo.com>
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> Subject: [Public-list] Thru Hull Questions
> Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 13:45:13 -0800 (PST)
>
> I have a few questions about the thru hulls for the
> head and for the bilge drain plug.
>
> I have pretty much decided to go the porta potty route
> rather than install a tank.  I figure that the  6.2
> gallon Thetford will go almost as long between
> emptyings (or maybe even as long) as a 12 gallon tank
> and a marine head since each flush uses a lot less
> water than a marine head.
>
> So that means there are two thru hulls that I no
> longer need.  So what is the sensible thing to do?
> Just plug the hoses?  Take out the thru hulls and put
> in some kind of plug?  Or remove them and glass the
> holes shut?  Something else?
>
> When the boat was pulled, the flange/plate that the
> bilge drainplug screws into was weeping.  I assume
> that I should remove it (three screws), clean it and
> the hull where it attaches, and apply some kind of
> sealer before reattaching it.  Assuming that is the
> right thing to do, what kind of sealer should I use?
> It seems like it needs to be something pretty tough
> since I really had to crank on the plug to remove it
> and broke the seal even more.  It was weeping quite a
> bit by the time I got the plug out.
>
> Pete Staehling
> Aurora #554
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