Carpet

[Ecosse120]

I am considering putting plastic backed carpet on the inside of my boat, the current foam backed headlining material is looking a little tired. Will theh carpet be OK over the winter as the boat sits on a trailer with some ventilation in the washboards but no dehumidifier?

 

[Searush]

I had shag pile carpet on the saloon floor & it was brilliant, warm & soft to walk on, easy to shake over the side when sandy & lasted for years. After about 10 years I changed it for a rubber backed carpet which is not so soft, but will hopefully kast longer (I tend to keep my boats when I am happy with them).

Last winter I refurbished the aft cabin by replacing the failed foam-backed vinyl with rubber backed carpet. Very pleased with the result. No noticeable condensation, probably due to insulating effect of carpet. Cabin also warmer & more "homely" too.

 

[Abigail]

Hi - are you talking about carpet on the floor, or on the headlining?

If on the floor, it might be best to see if you can either velcro it on, or take out the cabin sole with attached carpet when you lay her up.

If headlining, then you can use the rubber backed (much thinner and more flexible than the alternatives). But alternatively, we used automotive carpet from a caravan outfitters, which has no backing at all. (You can buy this in square meter pieces from car shops but it's ar eally expensive way to go!) We put it over 9mm closed cell foam because we live aboard and were very interested in insulation. This made for two lots of glue but has worked very well. After lots of trial and error use thikafix or thikatropic (the dunlop one but we're struggling to remember the name!) for the glue.

HTH

 

[Largslout]

I had a shag on the pile of a carpet on the saloon floor and it was brilliant! /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif