Reupholstery Costs

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I am still looking for a Sealine S37. We have seen a couple we might consider if we had the interiors reupholstered. Does anyone have any experience of reupholstery costs. The trimmers I've contacted won't even give me a £1k- £3k-£5k-£8k rough indication without seeing the boat, so we are totally in the dark. Also can you recommend reupholsterers?
Once again many thanks for all the help the forum members give.
Ian
 
If you just mean the saloon seating and any bits of trim around it, then £1,000 will easily cover it in fake alcantara, more (maybe £1,500) in the real stuff and lots more of course in leather. These are competitive prices, and you'll be quoted up to five times this by some south coast marine upholsterers.
 
If it is just an odd seat then take the worn items to a local upholsterer along with the beds from the centre/owners cabin.

Use the matching material and then just have the bedding recovered in cream.

You could end up paying a few hundred and saving thousands /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
 
Ian,

The core cost is in removal and refitting. Every boat has a thousand hidden screws and bolts which hold in panels and seating. If you can remove them and take them to a local fabric upholsterer you will do it for a fraction of the cost! In this way you can afford to upgrade to plush leather!

To do this in a Targa 30 (2000) I was quoted £3500 on site or £1200 if I did the hard work and took it to a place near Bristol.

Cheers

Paul /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
 
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Did you look at that one in the Channel Islands after?

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I've discovered some history which has caused me to do some more digging. Should know later this week if worth going to see.
Ian
 
Alcantara is fake suede. Not sure there is such a thing as fake alcantara is there? Alcantara has many competitor products that are as good as alcantara (as well as others that aren't). Anyway, good faux suede whether Alcantara brand or another is only £10-15 a metre from a trade outlet
 
You're probably right. When I had the T46 re-upholstered it cost £1,200 for the saloon u-seating, bench opposite and the lower dinette, including them picking up the seating units and delivering them back. It would have cost a few hundred more in alcantara, but maybe its just they had a better deal with a supplier of a competitor product.
 
£3300 to re-upholster the saloon on an F37 in leather, including a bloody complicated helm seat and two free standing chairs. Like folk say, Alcantara will be a deal less. The beds can be recovered with pretty much anything and a local furniture man could do it. Carpets won't be too much, either. If you're interested, I can pretty much tell you how it all screws together.
 
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