Snap in carpet

luvinlife

I will sure,t post pictures once I get the carpet. Won't order it until late February.  Planning to open my shrink wrapped boat in April. 

luvinlife

Update!  The berber is $603 and the marine weave is $1320.  Wow. I had no idea it was that much more money!  Can't justify that so I will stick with berber.

rasbury

If you have the old carpet, how hard do you think it would be to buy some berber leftovers and just use the old for a template? Mine has lost most of the backing...not sure why they bother to put that on there, just traps the water on the carpet? Not sure what benefit the backing really is.....maybe makes it softer to walk on? I think for the money you all are talking, the sea deck is not that much more is it?

luvinlife

I had my upholstery guy quote me on duplicating the original carpet and he was about 950 dollars. Snap in is 603. The marine weave is 1320. I do have the old carpet so I could try a regular carpet store and see what their quote is. The boat won't be out of shrink wrap until early April so I have time to shop around. I think sea deck would be even more than the 1320. I would like to get a season under my belt then decide what upgrades I want to invest in. Going to have the risers and manifolds done as a preventative measure before I splash and I am having some canvas work done too 

reneechris14

Seadeck is about 1800 from what I've seen 

rasbury

so your within 500 bucks plus you would have your swim platform, your steps to the bow.....would be a no brainer to me! I love that sea deck!

luvinlife

Ras maybe Sea Deck for my next boat. Berber replacement is only 603 so the difference for sea deck is 1200. The marine weave is 1320. 

rasbury

I was comparing to the weave....I hear ya on cost period!

zaverin1

If I keep my current boat long enough
i will buy good carpet make my own template since old fits well.
then spray or roll on the backing
have it binder and save 400 dollars 

BellevilleMXZ

Cableguy Greg said:

I had Corinthian Marine Carpet do my 280EC carpets last year and it was around $550.

Did you just do a template and send to them?

Cableguy Greg

BellevilleMXZ said:

Cableguy Greg said:

I had Corinthian Marine Carpet do my 280EC carpets last year and it was around $550.

Did you just do a template and send to them?

I used the old carpet to make a template with brown construction paper.

luvinlife

New option just came my way. Corinthian carpet quoted me 697 or  the Aqua weave in flax color. Need to verify the template. If it's cirrect I will go that way! 

BellevilleMXZ

luvinlife said:

New option just came my way. Corinthian carpet quoted me 697 or  the Aqua weave in flax color. Need to verify the template. If it's cirrect I will go that way! 

Nice.....what year are u?

luvinlife

Mine is a 2006, but their stock template is 2007. It looks identical but I need to research a little more to determine if it really will fit. 

06Rinker270

@luvinlife which way did you go with the carpet?  

luvinlife

I went with the berber because the Aqua weave was double the price.  I have not yet installed it. It is a lighter color than I exoected. In retrospect I am second guessing not going Aqua weave because a little rain gets in when it rains hard.  The berber will take a while to dry. Aqua weave probably better when wet 

06Rinker270

yea the carpet does hold in some water, just went through that myself and had to steam clean it. Thanks for the input.  Send a pic of it installed when you do.  

Dream_Inn

Patrick, just FYI, I use my pressure washer to clean my carpet.  Works very well & I do it every year.  Just watch getting it too close for too long.  Don't want to fray it at all. 

06Rinker270

reason #500 I need to buy a power washer.  Also need it to get rid of the carpet backing that is a nightmare.  Thanks John. 

Liberty44140

I just finished binding and installing snaps on my woven vinyl/weave carpet. Came out pretty nice....

06Rinker270

wow that looks wonderful!  You had to install the snaps yourself? 

Liberty44140

I did it all myself. Bought the roll of material, patterned, cut, sewed binding, installed snaps. 

Dream_Inn

@liberty44140 That looks really great!  You should be proud of a wonderful job!

reneechris14

You should let me see if that fits in my boat.lol.looks great and half the price for sure.

Liberty44140

Thanks guys - I really am psyched about it. I had a long list of winter projects. Some worked well, some didn't, this was a nice win I have $260 in to materials, I got a deal on the roll of carpet last fall so a realistic materials budget would be $375. Plus I had to buy a $110 binding attachment for my mom's industrial sewing machine. For anyone who can sew - the sailrite online videos show you exactly how to do this from patterning to binding to snaps. I watched the heck out of their videos this winter! 

diggin2day1

@Liberty44140 - That looks amazing!!! Care to share with us where you bought that carpet material from? .... inquiring minds want to know!!

Liberty44140

No problem, it's called boatcarpetsales. They have the material on eBay. The material is infinity woven vinyl and this place seems to have end rolls. Retail on the material is $90 a foot but they seem to have it for $30-$40 a foot. 

J3ff

Looks amazing... wonder if anyone makes that material pre made for our boats..

diggin2day1

Just checked eBay and they sell it in rolls of 8.5'x10' and 8.5'x12'... Lay it on floor, lay old carpet on top of it and trace it.... cut it out and bring to carpet store for binding(most of us don't have mothers with industrial sewing machines!!!! Lol).... install snaps and VOILA!!! Think I might be doing this. 

reneechris14

Me to and I do have mom's industrial machine in my basement.I did black carpet on my 270.