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Morning fellow brick lovers I am putting a new ply floor in my bus
And want to know what you would recommend 18 or 12 mm marine ply ???

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15 / 16 mm normal WSB ply with the flooring of your choice on top (I have laminate).

Marine ply is a bit OTT for this and bloody expensive.
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I used 9mm, it is for the best part supported by the metal floor.
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bigherb wrote:I used 9mm, it is for the best part supported by the metal floor.

I agree - the spans between the corrugations in the floor are short, so 9mm should be fine. I used 18mm, thinking it had to be thick enough to hold the screws for the table floor socket, but actually that's bolted all the way through the metal floor. So I rather regret fitting the 18mm now, and I'm sure 9mm would be fine.
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Cheers for the help think I might go for 12mm then I am inveteeen what has been surgested

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Less weight the better
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Ain''t it great when you want to do the best job you can and can ask the opinions of folks that have already "test driven" the job.

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