On my 34 footer I have replaced the carpet a couple of times. There are large areas in the salon that are all fiber glass where staples would not work. I had to glue the carpet down in those areas. It can get messy if you are not careful like around the edges where the glue has a tendency to squeeze out around the edges if it is applied to thick. Hal
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob S" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, April 28, 2014 1:08:45 PM Subject: [UnifliteWorld] Re: Re-carpeting? Thanks Bob and Bill for the quick responses. I'll take your advice and give it a try. Bill, a previous owner lined the underside of the engine room with a very effective soundproofing system. My boat is already surprisingly quiet. Adding some high quality padding should help more. One thing certain is that it isn't a lot of square feet so the cost should be reasonable doing it myself. I'll let you know how it goes/went. I know for sure I will have a happier crew. Happy crew, happy life. On Monday, April 28, 2014 9:08:15 AM UTC-7, Bob S wrote: 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 . -- 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.
