How Do You Install a Bronze Screw-in Bilge Drain

BrentB · Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 9:22 pm Post subject:

no joke
check their catalog
http://www.buckalgonquin.com/pages/DownloadCatPages/DownloadCatalog.html

Captains Cat · Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 9:01 am Post subject:

Tug · Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 8:39 pm Post subject:

This summer i had both plugs on the inside,the T-handle types.When i tried to remove one of the plugs after haul-out, the T-handle and shaft( stem ) just slide out. ( without turning the T-handle ). leaving the plug still in the drain hole with a hole in it.I don't know what was keeping the water out, there was nothing hold the T-handle in place. I remember having stepped on the plug a few times fishing when i was attaching the downrigger release clip to the fishing line. Is stepping on the drain plug a common occurrence, it does kinda stick out. Tug

BrentB · Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 8:47 pm Post subject:

Maybe posting some pics will help

thataway · Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 9:26 pm Post subject:

I would undercut, fill with epoxy, and then redrill/smooth, and epoxy tube in place. Water can still be adsorbed into a foam core and cause problems--as Pascoe shows. There won't be dry rot, but it can eventually cause problems, and is not that much more time consuming than just inserting the tube.