EVA Foam Teak Carpet for cabin flooring

vas said:
what about sound from the engines below Trevor?
are the hatches resting on rubber strips or are there other ways to keep the noise away?
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Previously the carpet overlaps made a decent sound proof joint.

The panels have a 25mm section of armaflex insulfoam on their undersides in between the joists. I am going to stick down a layer of insulfoam strip on the flat bearing surfaces around the hatch openings that the hatches sit upon. That should suffice.
 
The new EVA foam teak carpet flooring material arrived today almost a week earlier than expected. Rolled out on the dining room floor it looks and feels good, and comfortable under bare foot.

I have prepped the edge of five of the hatches, so just one to sort, plus a bit of routing required to make sure they all sit slightly below the surface so when the foam layer is applied they should sit flush.

Then a thorough clean down and removal of dust, prime the surfaces, with a top coat on the exposed edges, then down goes the material.

Hopefully this wil be sorted by the end of January, when I can then focus on the engine protection system.
 
superheat6k said:
The new EVA foam teak carpet flooring material arrived today almost a week earlier than expected. Rolled out on the dining room floor it looks and feels good, and comfortable under bare foot.

I have prepped the edge of five of the hatches, so just one to sort, plus a bit of routing required to make sure they all sit slightly below the surface so when the foam layer is applied they should sit flush.

Then a thorough clean down and removal of dust, prime the surfaces, with a top coat on the exposed edges, then down goes the material.

Hopefully this wil be sorted by the end of January, when I can then focus on the engine protection system.
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We expect pictures. :)
 
Hot Property said:
Any news on the fitting of the carpet Trev?

I'm thinking if this will do for the cockpit on Zoom
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This weekend has been all preparation work, having removed the worst of the old carpet adhesive over Christmas, I've had to line aroiund the hatches to fill the gap the carpet overlaps filled, and have now sanded these flat, plus I have had to adjust the hatches so they neatly butt up against each other with a small (1-2mm) gap, plus they are all recessed a few mm to allow for the rubber seal strip asround the periphery.

This morning I applied the primer, and will put a top coat on the exposed edges of the hatches and hatch seats, which will be done by Wednesday so next Saturday is when the material will go down.IMG_4468.jpg
 
We've got some EVA foam on trial on the boat for about a year now. It's on the steps from the deck to the cockpit (so outside all the time). Holds up surprisingly well, but the stripes are problematic, as they're made by laminating a white/black layer with the brown top layer, with gaps in the top layer. Those gaps catch dirt, retain water and provide an edge to catch on and then rip the top layer off.

I've noticed the stuff now also comes without the stripes (and therefore the issues they cause), which would be my recommendation: Brown Marine Boat Yacht Flooring EVA Foam Teak Decking Sheet Self-Adhesive | eBay
 
My floor is now flat and primed, so just got to top coat the exposed edges of the hatches, then I can put down the EVA. The stuff I have bought does have a tapered edge to the raised furry sections.


Nick I think I still owe you two tins of Hempel Silic One, so I'm sure that and your AC set up would balance an offcut of the EVA.
 
superheat6k said:
My floor is now flat and primed, so just got to top coat the exposed edges of the hatches, then I can put down the EVA. The stuff I have bought does have a tapered edge to the raised furry sections.


Nick I think I still owe you two tins of Hempel Silic One, so I'm sure that and your AC set up would balance an offcut of the EVA.
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That's very kind Trevor. Presumably photos of the finished article will shortly be forthcoming??
 
i used the teak laminate epoxied on top of the original sole, i used a router to cut around the curves but wasnt perfect and hard to line up on 4 separate floor pieces and the laminate splinters easily, 2 years on theres already areas that have snapped off, so im looking at just covering the floor with the cheap stuff. Also the laminate raised the floor enough that the wood supports on the companion way steps had to be altered to slot in
 
So today the teak carpet went down. Mostly OK, but I did make one cock up, so not enough spare for anything else.

The stuff is quite easy to work, although I did warm the cabin right up to ~ 24oC with my chinaspacher, as the stuff would become very stiff when colder than say 10oC.

Getting the hatches to match the teak caulk lines and without using separate pieces with joints on the hatches does result in quite a lot of waste. With the one ruined piece, although that did cover one of the hatches I used all the major area of the four cartons, when by area three cartions was the area + ~25%.

It does cut easilly, but does take the edge of the stanley blades quite quickly, so the blade needed several changes.

The worse part was the gap by the door which was restricted access to both sides. This was the part I ruined due to cutting the overall length too short by 10mm to start with.

There are a few gaps around the edge up to ~ 3 or 4 mm, but I am going to lay a brown mastic bead which wil conceal these.

Just got to fit some foam seals under the hatch lips plus fit the hatch lifters, use some spray glue in a couple of plaxces where the adhesive back hasn't grabbed very well and the job is completed.

Here are a few photos of the job in progress and completed. The hatches are not yet levelled so the floor does look a bit uneven in palces as a result.

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This is ours after a year. The problem with the two layers glued together to produce the teak stripes should be obvious. This is purely mechanical damage, not adhesion failure - things just catch on there.

Other than that the stuff fared surprisingly well, even outside. When our cockpit teak is due for replacement, I'll probably fit (stripeless) EVA foam to it, as it's quite comfortable on my aging knees! :ROFLMAO:

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