What a Mess

Today I pulled up the floor.  Unsurprisingly there was quite a mess!  The floor has to be replaced as it’s shutter ply rather than the boil-proof ply I had specified.  It had also “sprung” which would have created havoc with the vinyl flooring.
On pulling up the second piece of ply I noticed there was no Kingspan insulation underneath.

My initial assumption was this had been done deliberately to allow access for “trim ballast” once the boat had been completed.  Then I realised the section of floor was located underneath a wall partition.  As I removed more of the ply I discovered more missing insulation. 
Notice how much building debris has been left in the bilge.  There were two empty Red Bull cans and a considerable quantity of wood shaving, sawdust, screws, etc.  In many instances the drain points between the steel floor joists and the sides of the hull were blocked and all the debris was wet and rusting the baseplate.  I’m not even sure if the baseplate has been given a protective coating.

This insulation panel had collapsed during installation and no attempt had been made to rectify the defect.

I spent most of the afternoon sweeping and cleaning the bilge.  Tomorrow I’ll use the heaving industrial vacuum cleaner to remove all remaining loose matter.

I want to get the condition of the baseplate back to the same standard as the area I’ve already cleaned in the rear of the boat.
Richard, the joiner, informs me the timber capping on the steel joists will need to be replaced as it isn’t tanalised.  I’ll also ask Andy where we should consider having the baseplate grit blasted back to bare metal when we have the exterior of the shell done.