Tek-dek = boat lino

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Out of Interest what is the %age increase in price from the 'New' standard Tek-Dek to the new 'Professional' Tek-Dek with real wood Fibres? Also is it just as easy to use, cut, fit and glue? I like the product, when used correctly!

Paul
 
I have seen teak on boat thats been down many years, if it's fitted correctly it can last for decades.

I have also seen LINO TEAK coming unstuck after a few months


How do you know it will last longer than teak? and why on TeK-Dek site theirs no WARRANTY.
If it's as good as you say it should have ten years at least!

Also how oftern will it need to be re-glued down?
 
Raedwald

I am not plugging the product, I am mearly defending it. Tedious, tedious, what on earth? The product helps itself, I am there to assist in the most economical way of laying a deck. Also I didn't start this thread, did I??
 
A properly applied teak deck has no holes, nor hidden holes. I'm afraid Oyster and some others seem keen to make the "hidden" fixings visible, but they needn't be.

Outlasting? Since when is this an issue? If you really want to save money, have no teak and no tekdek. And a really cheap boat. Or no boat. Eat sandwiches instead of going to a restaurant, ever, and always buy secondhand cars, coloured green cos they're cheaper again.
 
No, you are treating us all to a sales pitch. You could have just raised a few questions and let other forumites get on with a debate - but you constantly pitch in just boosting your product. No balance.

And yes, as tedious as being cold-called.
 
The only point is it isn't the genuine article.

Its responses like some above that put Sealine owners and the company in the wanabees category which is unfortunate.

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The price increase is £30.00 per sq.metre so it works out at £150.00 per sq.m - Glue it down once using the correct adhesive and the deck shouldn't come up.

The deck is guaranteed for five years, but as PVC has been around since around the 60's, we expect the Tek-Dek to last around about 35-40 years, longer than the average boat life. But we won't know until we get there. Tek-Dek has been laid for the last 6-7 years without any material warranty issues.
 
Of course, and we all have a choice.

As I think this thread is going well now with lots of discussion it semms that different people accept that Tek-Dek and Real Teak both have their places on a boat. Your personnel choice depends on What boat, where and how it will be used and how much cash in your pocket. I recently saw an Arvor 21 with this fitted (fishing type boaty) and it looked great and lifted a very basic boat. Real teak would also have been nice but given the grief these types of boat often get the Tek-Dek looked in perfect condition. So yes it is 'fake' and engineered but so is most car engine oil and that 'improves performance'. You pay your money and buy the product you think is best for you and your boat.

Paul
 
What, tek dek isn't genuine tek dek, or carpet isn't carpet ?

Given the choice, I would have liked a real teak bathing platform for the 28, but not for the cockpit. Not because of wanting to be a wannabee, but for practical reasons, it doesn't fit with the way I use the boat. On a bigger boat (say a 38) it might be a different story.

dv.
 
Aha

yes, come hell or high water you bang on and on about this product, to the extent that some just wouldn't try it on principle. So you aren't doing much good.

I started the thread specifically to even up the story - that the product is like pretty much every single *other* product - with good points and bad points.

Your banging on and on positively about a product in which you have commercial interest is indeed advertsieing or promoting the product, and this you should not do on the forum. It's not a great selling technique either , though that's by the by.

In any event, your invariable and one-sided approach might mean that some other people will says "well just a minute"... like I did with this thread.

Do you want to carry on, or pack it in?
 
Blimey!! Not this again.

I thinks its safe to say Nick loves Tek-Dek and TCM doesn't.
Most of the rest of us fall somewhere in-between.
Have we had a poll on it yet?

Maybe you two need to get your pistols (or whatever) out at dawn and move on.

All in my humble opinion etc. and according to my wife that's not worth much!
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Also, you cannot use Tek-Dek for steps, hand rails and anything else that needs to support weight as it would just bend. Can't you buy composite decking for your garden, fencing and all that sort of stuff? Why buy fake wood for a primarily natural setting such as a garden?
 
Ok, I am getting bored of this now. I've posted on one of the other threads (where you explain about how great the product in question is) asking you to respect the rules of the forum which you've signed up for and I'm sure you feel like you're doing the right thing defending a product you believe in, but if you insist on talking about nothing but the benefits of Tek-Dek. I'm going to stop you from doing it.

If any of the above is unclear please contact me on PM.

thanks,

-Keith
 
Price for Teak, Tek-Dek Flex, Tek-Dek Pro

We charge for the wood only (6mm burma Teak) £200.00, plus the screws, plugs, adhesive and caulking - say £250.00 material only. The Tek-Dek flexible is £120.00 including the adhesives, caulking etc.. and the pro is £150.00 for the same.
 
Umm, no. The only point was a) it looked fake, and b) it withstood a lot more damage than real teak would.

I had a Fairline at the time, so not sure what the Sealine comment was about, unless it was yet another 'Sealines are wannabee's boats' troll.
 
Re: Price for Teak, Tek-Dek Flex, Tek-Dek Pro

Teak should be around £80 per meter square machined ready to glue down. Glue to stick down around £20 per metre, Chalking using sikoflex around about £25 per metre. Total £125 per mtre square.

Please let me know if you need some Nick, my sorce is cheaper than yours, or you to greedy!
 
tek dek - incredibly expensive

Hm well that's quite poor really.

Fake fur is a tenth the price of real fur, not 75% of the price.

Likewise, Mcdonald's for lunch is about three quid. Whereas a real resturant isn't four quid. So Macdonalds is loads better value too.

I wonder how much a fake fiver would cost? Probaly about 2p. Or, as made by tek-money, £3.50 and still look fake.

I mean really - it's lino. Plastic. No hauling it out of jungles, chopping things down, transport from Burma and so on. It shoud be about the same price as lino or drainpipes or other plastic things. Not 10 times as much. Cos it's not that good. It's definitely not as good as plastic drainpipes.
 
Good point. Some people pay for 'percieved quality', others pay for actual. I pay for what I get and a good copy is too me as good as it needs to be for some things. In my last house I had laminate floors as it worked. With my current house I have real wood cos that works.

I do not worry about 'snob value', i worry about resale value!

Paul
 
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