Who has wood floors in there cabin?

mnm99

mnm99

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2004 340 SeaRay Sundancer
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Twin 8.1 Merc
I'm in the process of a possible new(used) purchase of a 2003 340 Dancer. The interior carpet has to be replaced. My wife was thinking wood floors in the cabin. A friend of mine said they get real slippery. What's your input on this?
Does anyone have some pictures or how hard it was it install?

Thanks
 
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I tore my carpets up last spring. Some say that's the hardest part because of the glue. Mine came right up in one piece except for a few small areas. Those areas took me about a half hour each to clean up and prep. I've heard of guys taking days and having a real tough time. Guess depends on how glue happy they were. But I decided to use allure flooring from home depot(there's alot of synthetic flooring or there but allure is the only solid "plastic" with no material that will absorb water and swell) and small amounts of flooring glue (forgot the name) with trim work and all it took me 2 full days to lay it. Out of all the pieces I layed I think 4 were full pieces (lots of angels and bends and curves that took a majority of the time) total cost was just under 400 and completely transformed the look of the boat. As for being slippery. First nobody goes in the cabin wet. There's no need for it. Second the only other reason the floor gets wet is after you shower. We simply lay a towel down in front of the bathroom door and that towel basically takes up the entire floor and when we're done changing we hang it. But even so the floor is slightly textured and even wet with bare feet it's not to bad.
 
Also used allure flooring. Once I got all the glue removed I had to deal with some dips in the surface that would transfer through flooring so I used bondo to level the low spots.On the sides where I had to bend the flooring I used some CA glue to bond the seams.No more soggy carpet.
 
My boat came with wood floors in the cabin. Never had an issue with the floor being slippery.
 
my 370 Venture came with wood floors everywhere except bedroom in cabin and they perform awesome. not slippery at all.
 
I installed a manufactured floating or glue down Armstrong wood about 3 years ago. We love it and would never have carpet in my cabin again

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We have real teak in ours never had any slipping issues either.


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They all look nice. How are you keeping together the hatches? Are you gluing the boards together?
 
My hatches currently just sit there but I am going to add blind hinges that lock open at 90 degrees. Hopefully this Winter! Yes, the flooring is glued down.
 
I did a partial wood floor covering only the area near the galley. I cut the carpet in an arc and trimmed the wood to fit. The hatch is a inlay rosette with a pull in the center.

Because of height issues, I used a thinner pre finished maple tongue and groove. The finish is supposed to be an aluminum oxide (the same as sapphire) and is not slippery at all even though it is near the steps in and entrance way.

You can see it here:
http://www.370sundancer.com/By Year/1998/Rubber Duckee/files/page3-1032-full.html

Gene
 
Hope to mine soon.

I have some 3/4" x 2" unfinished oak left over from another job... is that too thick to use?
 
Old thread but it seems like the right place. I have an 86 390. And I'm tearing up the carpeting; it's old and looks crappy. I want to replace it with 3/4" x 2 1/2" tongue and groove oak flooring. However, I'm worried about people slipping on an oak floor. I have the stuff at home and my wife has slipped twice just walking across the floor. I understand there are additives for polyurethane to prevent slipping. Does anyone have experience with real wood floors and such additives?
And I am aware of the various plasteak alternatives, but I'm not interested in those at the moment.
 
Looking at this upgrade. I wouldn’t use 3/4” hardwood. I did most of my house, and it’s great

but I would use one of the laminate or synthetic products because of the high humidity that boats have
 
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dvx216 said:
Also used allure flooring. Once I got all the glue removed I had to deal with some dips in the surface that would transfer through flooring so I used bondo to level the low spots.On the sides where I had to bend the flooring I used some CA glue to bond the seams.No more soggy carpet.
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Same process for me as well on our 280. Carpet took about 1/2 hr to remove but had major dips. Bondo worked great. Allure (which I glued down as well) looks super after 2 years ad works well even with wet feet.
 
My boat came with laminate wood floors. It can slippery. never had a problem/injury.
 
Boy this is an old post in my current boat we had a 1/2' plywood sub floor installed to level everything up then went with white antique holly by Plasteak .
 
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