Hi Bob I have a boat exactly like yours. I laid wall to wall carpet in both the living room and the bedroom. In order to access the hatches in the living room I cut those portions out leaving one side untouched and because money was a factor and couldn't have them bound , I tried two other ways. firstly on the edges I tried hot glue. that didn't work. I then tried a Bic kitchen lighter and burnt all of the edges. It works perfectly I am very happy. Amateur yes but works perfectly. The carpet lies in it's place On Apr 28, 2014 9:08 AM, "Bob S" <[email protected]> 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.
