HH,

good job, you seem to have the right idea.

I would suggest adding drainage to the bottom, without good drainage you will eventally get a layer of sludge at the bottom of your substrate wich can harbor bacteria and just plain smell bad....ask me how I know!

Also I would (personally) ditch the frp idea and just seal the bottom with 2 part epoxy. The epoxy is very cheap ( $60, for a gallon-will cover aprox 300sq ft as aposed to $35+ per frp sheet) and available at the orange box.

The trick is to prime the wood with a p.v.a type primer or any cheap flat paint you may have around,let dry of course, then mix up your epoxy and go- and forget the silly paint chips they give you for looks.

Another quick tip, don't use sillicone to seal the seams, the epoxy will not adhear to it, use latex painters caulk 35-50 year type.

Good luck.

P.s witha name like H.H have you read the "Redneck Manifesto" ?

Cheers,

Ben

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