To install the forward portlight, the dorade box had to be removed. After taking out the four screws that secure the box onto two mounting strips, we were able to clearly note that the mounting strips were completely rotten and soggy. The heads of all the screws securing the mounting strips to the deck broke right off, and the mounting strip pulled right off of the screws. We drilled all new holes in the deck and filled them all with thickened epoxy to serve as sealed mounting points for the new strips, which will be teak treated with multiple coats of penetrating epoxy.
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