Transition from Carpet to Teak and Holly hardwood

[sunsetacres1318]

Hi all! We have a Hatt 50 SD and we are thinking of taking out our carpeting and replacing with teak & holly hardwood. Would love to here back from the people out there that have made this transition. Are you happy with it? Do you miss the warmer carpet? Did it make a diffetence on noise? Any info, suggestions, or experiences would be greatly appreciated! Thank you in advance!

 

[SEVEN]

I have taken Holly in the galley and all the heads. It’s great in there, but anything you drop makes a dent in it. It is not warm like walking on carpet and it’s not as easy to maintain as just running the vacuum cleaner over the top.

 

[DCMY #92]

I had synthetic teak and holly installed throughout the boat. it looks great, is easy to clean and has no dents, etc. However, the carpet, its underlayment, and a heavy sound barrier between the underlayment and the carpet was much more effective in lowering engine room noise than the Sound Down added in the engine room when the carpet was removed.

 

[carolinacoast]

We did 2 installations of amtico (now Mannington mills) teak and holly. All but bedrooms, and wish we did it all. Have changed carpet 1 more time since.

 

[carolinacoast]

We liked it so we did salon and the rest of the boat, not replaced it. No dents or visible wear in many years.

 

[firbanks]

We removed all carpet and have Amtico throughout 100% of the interior. Bonus is that we now have access to all hatches - probably 8-10 of the ~17 deck hatches were carpeted over!

 

[Sadey]

We did the same thing last year. We used Lonseal on the companion way from master stateroom all the way up to the bow stateroom including the galley. We also did the master state head, mid head and bow stateroom head. We left the carpeting in the master state room and in the midstate room. Both are still in great shape and for us we prefer to get out of bed onto carpeting, especially up north in the beginning and the end of the season. We thought long and hard about using real teak and holly, but because of some of the things mentioned in previous threads and the cost we decided to go with the Lonseal and so far we love it! we have the original parquet floor as you enter the pilot house and it needs help. I’m considering Lonseal there as well. I’m too embarrassed to even mention how much it cost but it has been well worth it. We store and have work done at the former Palmer Johnson facility in Sturgeon Bay. The person who did the install was a former Palmer Johnson carpenter. He’s done a few other jobs on the boat that have been impressive so we decided to have him do the floor as well.

 

[JD5652]

I currently have carpet on my aft deck and it's in desperate need of replacement.

I do get water on that deck during hard rain storms and sometimes it puddles there until it evaporates as I'm not on the boat daily.

Was looking at LVP... seems AMTICO is popular. I do NOT want a teak look...long story.

Any thoughts?

 

[Sadey]

We used Corinthian Marine’s Aquamat for our aft deck. We love the product and it looks fantastic. Totally waterproof and comfortable under feet. The drawback is they don’t produce a large enough roll to make it in a one piece for our 18 foot beam. There is a seam right down the center bow to stern. It doesn’t look bad and will make it easier to handle if for some reason we have to remove it. It’s a large enough area that the Aquamat does not require snaps or Velcro. The product is fantastic, but the company is not so fantastic. I won’t go into details here, but the person who has done all of our canvas work (certified to teach and does to people from around the world) was so embarrassed by the final fit, not from her pattern, but from Corinthian Marine’s procedures, she refunded the full price to us. I know she was going after Corinthian but I’m not sure how that turned out. If I remember correctly, it was around $3000. I’m happy to provide pictures or more information if you PM me.

 

[JD5652]

We used Corinthian Marine’s Aquamat for our aft deck. We love the product and it looks fantastic. Totally waterproof and comfortable under feet. The drawback is they don’t produce a large enough roll to make it in a one piece for our 18 foot beam. There is a seam right down the center bow to stern. It doesn’t look bad and will make it easier to handle if for some reason we have to remove it. It’s a large enough area that the Aquamat does not require snaps or Velcro. The product is fantastic, but the company is not so fantastic. I won’t go into details here, but the person who has done all of our canvas work (certified to teach and does to people from around the world) was so embarrassed by the final fit, not from her pattern, but from Corinthian Marine’s procedures, she refunded the full price to us. I know she was going after Corinthian but I’m not sure how that turned out. If I remember correctly, it was around $3000. I’m happy to provide pictures or more information if you PM me.

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[JD5652]

Anyone ever thought about or actually just painted their aft deck?

What about a garage like flake pattern?

Transform Your Garage Floor (garageliving.com)

 

[JD5652]

Anyone with any experience with MarineMat product?

Looks similar to Corinthian Aqua Mat.

MarineMat

I just met with the local Rep and the product seems very durable. One thing I like a LOT is that they use laser scanning as their template method. No more tape and paper or cardboard method. He says the accuracy of the laser scanning is within 1/4".

 

[brettportzer]

Our aft deck (and all of our non skid, in general) is a very sort of fine non skid. It's like 120 grit sandpaper basically.

So, it is not bad on your feet and seems to do the job.

The previous owner had a big chunk of indoor outdoor sort of carpet on the aft deck and we removed that, and it is better without.

However, this summer I was on a 63 that had that sort of woven vinyl flooring on their aft deck, and that was really nice under foot.

I'd like to do that, myself.

 

[Scarlett]

The woven vinyl is called Infinity and is fabulous. We have it on our aft deck and fly bridge. It wears like steel, can be hosed off and has a foam pad built in. Our installer bound all the edges for a nice looking finish. It is just snapped down

 

[brettportzer]

Yea it was just so much nicer than I expected.

Good to heat that it is tough, too!

 

[JD5652]

I'm pulling the trigger on the Marine Mat product.... as much about the service I'm getting from the local distributor/installer as the product.

Will update this thread as it goes along...

 

[Sadey]

Just curious if the mat will be full width or will there be a seam?

 

[Scarlett]

Ours has a seam. If your installer is good you will never see it. I know we have one but it is almost impossible to find it .

 

[JD5652]

Just curious if the mat will be full width or will there be a seam?

The Marine Mat product is a "sheet" that's approximately 44" x 88". Therefore, it will have to be seamed. The installer had said that the seam will basically be invisible.

They came to "template" the aft deck today. Also had them "template" the cockpit.

The process they use is basically a portable Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM). The device is setup at any location in the space to be measured. There is a stylus attached to the machine by wire. The wire is wound on a potentiometer. When the cable is extended it "measures" the distance and then at the end creates a diagram or template. Accuracy is within 1/16".

Very cool process. It took the technician about an hour to do the aft deck AND cockpit.

Here's some pics...

 

[JD5652]

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