I once read, on this very forum, that one should use padding made for baby's room. Apparently, there is padding designed for the possibility of wetness!
DavidO >________________________________ > From: william bradley <[email protected]> >To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >Sent: Monday, April 28, 2014 11:36 AM >Subject: Re: [UnifliteWorld] Re-carpeting? > > > >For what it's worth look into sheet lead for a sound deadening underlayment in >the saloon. > >Sent from my 5S thigh bone > >On Apr 28, 2014, at 9:23 AM, "Harris Bob" <[email protected]> wrote: > > >Hi > >Carpeting is dead simple. Cutting around the hatches wasn’t difficult (ended >up stapling under the edges). > >The aft cabin stairs was probably the hardest part – you may need a little >practice hiding the staples… > >Just don’t do the one really STUPID thing that a newbie like me did…I pulled >the old carpet out and used it as a pattern for the new carpet, but since I >was cutting it, I placed the two faces together. I ended up with a mirror >image of the pattern! > >You can staple it or use the tack strips…both work. If you want to stretch, >you can rent a knee-kicker for about $10. > >I used standard underpad, but if I were to do again, I would upgrade to the >high quality underpad. > >We have a had a couple of floods where the Vacuflush stuck and flooded the aft >cabin…you can only get a carpet soaking wet so many times before it falls >apart (unless you get marine or indoor/outdoor carpet. > >I paid a guy to work with me, and let him do the hatch covers, etc. Again, if >I were to do it now, I would do the job myself. > >Good luck > >Bob Harris > >36 DC Sentient Wave >From:[email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >Behalf Of Bob S >Sent: Monday, April 28, 2014 9:08 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: [UnifliteWorld] Re-carpeting? > >I have a 1973 42' aft cabin which I am in the process of upgrading. We have >owned the boat for 16 years and my wife disliked the carpet from the start. >(off white twist pile carpet) I did tear out the carpeting from the kitchen >forward and installed engineered flooring which is working great with throw >rugs. I now want to re-carpet the main salon and aft cabin. As you know there >are two large engine hatches in the salon and several bilge access ports in >the aft cabin. I really want to do this myself if possible. We want to use a >high quality pile carpet and not anything easy like carpet tiles etc. >1. Think I can do this? The carpet would be cut into many smaller sections. >Nothing needing severe stretching. >2. How would you affix the carpet? I think it currently is stapled to the >plywood decking without a pad with tack strips along the edges. >3. Use a pad? If so what type? >4. What type of carpet and pad? > >OR hire an expert.....but who? > >Thanks >-- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >"UnifliteWorld" group. >To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >email to [email protected]. >To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/unifliteworld. >For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > >________________________________ > >This message and any attachments are solely for the use of the intended >recipients. They may contain privileged and/or confidential information or >other information protected from disclosure. If you are not an intended >recipient, you are hereby notified that you received this email in error and >that any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this email and any >attachment is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, >please contact the sender and delete the message and any attachment from your >system. >Thank You. >________________________________ > -- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >"UnifliteWorld" group. >To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >email to [email protected]. >To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/unifliteworld. >For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > >-- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >"UnifliteWorld" group. >To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >email to [email protected]. >To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/unifliteworld. >For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "UnifliteWorld" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/unifliteworld. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
