the best pad is a rubber product that all shops have its called a '' double stick pad'' usually about 5/16th inch thick of rubber,, great for sound deadening and install,, you glue it down and then you can stretch and tack the carpet or best to glue carpet to it ,, you can staple edges of hatch's etc or the best is to have them bound,, even the edges of stairs, I usually glue carpet down,, then dry fit and cut the carpet and take to a shop to have edges that need to be bound done,, always think if you need to leave access to remove engines?? if so cut pad at all areas ended and then only staple or snap carpet down rather then gluing , have done on a couple of our uni's for great results,,, In a message dated 4/28/2014 3:10:15 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
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 ____________________________________ 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]_ (mailto:[email protected]) . To post to this group, send email to [email protected]_ (mailto:[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]_ (mailto:[email protected]) . To post to this group, send email to [email protected]_ (mailto:[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.
