We are in the process of re vamping my childhood vessel. One of the items we want to replace is the carpet to something that would allow access to all the hatches in the salon and other areas. My mom replaced some time back with way too thick carpet that prevents access. I think I remember originally having a thin carpet that could be rolled back? Any other suggestions? We would consider some kind of high end planks but with all the hatch openings I’m not sure that would look goo…
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https://www.snapincarpet.com/
https://defender.com/en_us/flooring
Some have used carpet squares
Have you seen a boat using these? Don’t they have adhesive on the back ?
There several choices.
If you want to stay with carpet, you need to install it on each individual hatch separately.
Depending on the thickness it is sometimes necessary to trim a bit of material from the hatchbsides to allow the carpet to be wrapped around and fastened.
Plywood with teak and holly veneer is another common option. Like the carpet the plywood gets installed on hatches separately.
Here's a link to world panel products. They are one of several suppliers you can get it from
You can also use synthetic wood flooring . It's certainly not as rich and beautiful as the real thing but very durable and doesn't ever need any finish work . World panel also carries flexiteak which is one such example
Another source is https://www.plasteak.com/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMInueFgKukhwMVjTYIBR02ggp9EAAYASAAEgJcQvD_BwE
Another popular Marine flooring is the woven look which is another vinal product
Here's one such link
Hope this helps
Some have used double sided tape rather than adhesive. Some have just put them down.
#34046 From: "Marcia Elkins" <marcia.elkins@...>Date: Mon Jul 27, 2009 3:28 pmSubject: Carpet Squares
At the Rendezvous I talked to a couple of folks about carpet squares and how I loved them on the boat. I took a couple of photos this weekend to show how it looks. The great part is if we need in the bilge, we just take up a few squares and BOOM we have easy access. And if you drop something nasty on them, they can be replaced or pulled up and washed in the sink.We used them at work and last week the roof leaked. We pulled up the soaked tiles and hosed them off and let them dry before laid them back down. Not a fun job, but there is not a nasty carpet pad we have to get clean.
Marcia Elkins