Marine carpet ?

[SpottyDog5]

The price is sky high, is it worth paying for the dry areas, saloon, bedrooms etc ?
Struggling to see the value myself, whats the thoughts ?
Can anyone recommend a better option.

 

[Caer Urfa]

The price is sky high, is it worth paying for the dry areas, saloon, bedrooms etc ?
Struggling to see the value myself, whats the thoughts ?
Can anyone recommend a better option.

Carpet tiles! just bought some to refit my boat, 500mm x 500mm rubber backed at £2.39 each from Homebase, and if they are damaged they can each easily be replaced (bought two extra) and you can lift each one to get at the bilges when/where required!

Mike

 

[sarabande]

where function precedes posh, then use Flotex. All as Caer Urfa suggests, but washable into the bargain.


http://www.forbo-flooring.co.uk/For-Your-Home/Products/Flotex/

 

[VicS]

The price is sky high, is it worth paying for the dry areas, saloon, bedrooms etc ?
Struggling to see the value myself, whats the thoughts ?
Can anyone recommend a better option.

A fully synthetic carpet will do the business.

Bathroom carpet ?? although I suspect out of fashion now and maybe not hard wearing enough.

 

[Ex-SolentBoy]

The price is sky high, is it worth paying for the dry areas, saloon, bedrooms etc ?
Struggling to see the value myself, whats the thoughts ?
Can anyone recommend a better option.

If it really is a dry area you can use normal domestic 80/20 carpet.

 

[SpottyDog5]

Thanks for the replies guys, I like the idea of carpet tiles of bilge access etc, flotex looks good for the galley area.
So the thoughts are- no need to buy "marine" carpet ?

 

[ffiill]

Carpet tiles! just bought some to refit my boat, 500mm x 500mm rubber backed at £2.39 each from Homebase, and if they are damaged they can each easily be replaced (bought two extra) and you can lift each one to get at the bilges when/where required!

Mike

Just what I was going to say!

 

[Searush]

Cheap carpet offcuts, cut to fit & then get professionally edged if you want, or just copydex the edges to stop fraying. I did SR for under a tenner. Don't use foamback but hessian or hard rubber is fine.

Cheap enough that you can chuk 'em & change 'em if they get dirty.

 

[rib]

+1 with sea rush.and ive put that anti slip mat for the table/work top under the carpet in the galley

 

[Clyde_Wanderer]

Impervious bathroom carpet is what I have used.
Cheap, rubber backed, and easy to hoover and can be washed.
Use self adhesive velcro to keep it down.
C_W

 

[akyaka]

We have a rag roll carpet in the saloon which is rolled up and put away when sailing and taken home and washed when it gets muddy/sandy

 

[Searush]

Impervious bathroom carpet is what I have used.
Cheap, rubber backed, and easy to hoover and can be washed.
Use self adhesive velcro to keep it down.
C_W

Cut mine to fit exactly & it needs nothing to hold it in place. Therefore much easier to lift & shake over the side after a day on the beach with the g-kids.

Hoover? HOOVER? HOOVER? I suppose your maid does it for you? Just lift & shake over the side, a Poundshop dustpan & brush will deal with anything left on the cabin sole in a few seconds. It's only a boat & only a couple of sq mtres at most. Vacuum cleaners indeed, she'll be expecting hairdryers & ironing boards next.

 

[Ex-SolentBoy]

Cut mine to fit exactly & it needs nothing to hold it in place. Therefore much easier to lift & shake over the side after a day on the beach with the g-kids.

Hoover? HOOVER? HOOVER? I suppose your maid does it for you? Just lift & shake over the side, a Poundshop dustpan & brush will deal with anything left on the cabin sole in a few seconds. It's only a boat & only a couple of sq mtres at most. Vacuum cleaners indeed, she'll be expecting hairdryers & ironing boards next.

We have 13 square meters. Don't fancy that with a dustpan. 220v micro Hoover just the job.

This is perfect.

 

[Searush]

We have 13 square meters. Don't fancy that with a dustpan. 220v micro Hoover just the job.

Clyde Wanderer wouldn't have that much if he included the outside of the hull. But I am impressed by the size of that willy you are waving . . .







Whose is it?

 

[Ex-SolentBoy]

Its not a willy, it's the extension hose for the vacuum.

 

[rib]

i got one of them.did,nt know thay were called a willy thou

 

[akyaka]

This is perfect.

not if on a swinging mooring. £7 poundish 12 volt model from Argos does the trick.

 

[Ex-SolentBoy]

not if on a swinging mooring. £7 poundish 12 volt model from Argos does the trick.

That's what the inverter is for.

 

[akyaka]

That's what the inverter is for

Didn't realise it came with one and have no need for one on the boat

 

[Ex-SolentBoy]

Didn't realise it came with one and have no need for one on the boat

It's for running the Hoover, microwave, mains chargers, electric kettle, hot air gun, extension cable, electric drill, Remoska, toaster and hair dryer.