Good suggestion, thanks

On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 10:55 AM, John Hitchcock <[email protected]>wrote:

> 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
>>
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