Carpets

[SeamanStaines]

I cant believe I am really contemplating this but I am fed up of getting up in the morning and standing on a freezing floor. So... carpets.

I wanted to get some decent hessian backed end of roll which is cheap enough and I can cut it to size. I cant find anyone locally who is prepared to bind the edges though

Any thoughts on the best way to do this?

 

[capnsensible]

Cheapo rugs?? Roll em up when you go out on the water, bin em when they get tatty.

Works for us!!

 

[skipdiver435]

RUGS

we also have rugs very good and cheap

 

[bazobeleza]

welcome to carpet slipper sailing as my mate says. He scoffed when he saw carpets in the wheelhouse, but his boots are the first off when he comes on board.

I use carpet tiles from b&q, cheepish, a couple of quid each, rubber backed, can be cut to shape and stuck down with carpet tile tacifier, lifted and thrown away when they get too grotty, I've just changed my wheelhouse ones after 5 years of hard use, oil spills, booze spills, spills of various unspeakable nautures, though a quick vac and scub would have probably sufficed.

A darkish colour is advised.

Especially when the kids drag all sorts of detritus through it.

 

[castlevar]

Hi We are in Lagos where can we buy carpets?

 

[bazobeleza]

You can get carpeting at the bricolage on the 127 road out to portimao just outside lagos

 

[Humblebee]

Another vote for carpets!

You can't beat the warmth and comfort underfoot. I bought a cheap offcut, spent an afternoon cutting it to shape then sealed the edges with Copydex. It is looking a bit shabby now, after about 4 years, but it should be simple to get another offcut and use the old carpet as a template for a new one.
A mate of mine has a carpet shop and recently bought an edge binding machine. He now uses up offcuts to make rugs, very neatly bound, and sells them off cheaply. I mention this as a carpet dealer in your area might know who has such a machine - or just glue the edges as I did.

 

[V1701]

Flotex would work well if you don't want to roll it up when you sail but it's not cheap...

 

[AndrewB]

I've always had carpets in my cruising sailboats. A good non-slip surface if they are properly fitted.

Buy synthetic NOT wool carpet, with a firm backing so its not inclined to fold up under you when the boat's heeling. Synthetics will dry much quicker, also they are cheap and easier to keep clean. I reckon on about £30-£40 for a remnant big enough to cover all floors in my 38 footer.

Copydex or 'dries clear' general purpose glue will seal the edges and reduce fraying. I also use velcro glued to the floor in one or two strategic places to help prevent slipping.

Throw away and replace every 2 years.

I bought fancy yotting carpet tiles once but they were a complete waste of money.

 

[BrianH]

Buy synthetic NOT wool carpet, with a firm backing so its not inclined to fold up under you when the boat's heeling. Synthetics will dry much quicker, also they are cheap and easier to keep clean.

I would endorse this comment. When I bought my old HR five years ago I was quietly appalled that she had carpet throughout; never had I had in forty years of owning cruising boats anything but wooden cabin soles, the last holly and mahogany - it seemed lubberly to have anything else, decadent, impractical and unnecessary, especially in the Med.

Now I wouldn't have anything else so long as the boat is a relatively dry one, which mine is. I find my synthetic, rubber-backed, 'wall-to-wall' carpet warm, comfortable and easily cleaned - it even can be washed on the pier with a hose, a squirt of detergent and a deck brush, hanging to dry in the sun within an hour or two (okay, it is in Italy). The rubber-backed variety is the only way to go for washing and also to give the heavy stability that the post quoted above refers to.

Choose at least 20oz Polypropylene material manufactured in staple yarn - short lengths spun and twisted together to form long threads then tufted into carpet. The carpet will lose quite a few threads after new but these will reduce to an acceptable level after a year and regular vacuum cleaning.

Also make sure the tufts are smooth - there is a form that I acquired from professional carpet suppliers when they had finished re-carpeting a neighbouring marina mobo, as an off-cut to lay extra over the galley area that gets a lot of use, that is quite hairy - this is a disaster because small food pieces that fall off the work surface get trapped in the threads and almost have to be picked out individually with forceps.

Having written that I would never again have carpet in my house, preferring either parkette or even laminate - mainly on hygienic grounds.

 

[tri39]

It's easy enough to buy end of rolls and even carpet samples.
I now use large bath mats, they have "rubber" backing so don't slip.

 

[castlevar]

buying carpets

Hi
bazobeleza We returned home 3 weeks ago to carrickfergus we have friends in lagos with a car can you give me the name of the bricolage which i can give to my friends.
My alternative is to buy a carpet in belfast and ship it out which could be expensive.
Thanks for your help.

 

[janiarisee]

Celebrity White Teeth

The hallway in my house and a number of rooms have carpets that have not been cleaned for a long time,

 

[bazobeleza]

Hi
bazobeleza We returned home 3 weeks ago to carrickfergus we have friends in lagos with a car can you give me the name of the bricolage which i can give to my friends.
My alternative is to buy a carpet in belfast and ship it out which could be expensive.
Thanks for your help.

Hi, not sure of its name but it the big one on the hill out of lagos on the n127 towards portimao, also has a shoe shop attached. they had rubber backed carpet on a roll last year but I've not been back recently.

 

[charles_reed]

I cant believe I am really contemplating this but I am fed up of getting up in the morning and standing on a freezing floor. So... carpets.

I wanted to get some decent hessian backed end of roll which is cheap enough and I can cut it to size. I cant find anyone locally who is prepared to bind the edges though

Any thoughts on the best way to do this?

I've found the only safe (and not too expensive) way of carpeting my boat is to use carpet tiles. For "wet" areas (mainhatch and galley) I use cork tiles, with a couple of coats of clear polyurethane.

Ordinary carpet moves and ruckles under way and is, frankly, dangerous.

 

[BobnLesley]

Flotex

Flotex would work well if you don't want to roll it up when you sail but it's not cheap...

It does! Ours has been down and heavily used for nine years now, it gets power-washed or preferably steamed cleaned about once a year on average and is still like new; as you say, it's not cheap though - I was fortunate to be in the trade so to speak when we bought ours.

 

[zambant]

Seal edges with a hot glue gun the when still hot and molten wrap a piece of bias binding over it and sew. or try same with copydex

Looks really professional

good luck

john

 

[JayBee]

Another vote for Flotex. Yes, it is expensive, but is a pretty good investment in boaty sized areas. It is very hard wearing, easy to clean, doesn't mind getting wet and doesn't shed fluff. Also v. easy to cut and fit into irregular shaped places.

Oh - and doesn't need edging!

 

[Huttoft]

The hallway in my house and a number of rooms have carpets that have not been cleaned for a long time,

Do I know you? Are you my wife?

 

[mandlmaunder]

I know this might seen like an old fashioned solution to your flooring problem but one that will allow you to continue to enjoy your wooden floors and still have warm feet.

SLIPPERS

Just a thought!

Mark