Info on getting v berth reupholstered

[NH Tooner]

Anyone know what I might expect to pay to get a v birth reupholstered on a 1986 270da, complete with foam?

 

[Rick K]

I'm not sure what someone would charge you, but foam can get very pricey - and expect to pay full list price for the material, upwards of $20 a yard. I found a lady locally who does furniture upholstery. If it's for a boat, you're on your own, and have to bring her all the materials. So, up to yourautotrim.com, where 3" foam is $49.99 for a 3"x25"x106" piece. Bought 3 and some material at Joann Fabrics. All I gotta do now is just take her everything, and she'll go to work on it. If I pop all the staples out, mark all the old foamn pieces, etc., she'll do the whole thing for $250, with my materials. $350 if I just drop everything off. I suppose she doesn't wanna mess around popping a zillion staples out of the old stuff. I got lucky, but my point is if you call around your area, you might be able to find an upholsterer who'll do the same thing. I can't see a regular upholsterer charging you any more than $500-600 for everything.

 

[GrandMaster]

I got a quote a couple years ago to have the berth in my 290 redone and it was like $1,500 for just fabric, no new foam.

Instead I bought some new marine grade vinyl from a fabric shop for $100 and had a woman I work with who sews everything redo them. Since she had never done anything like it before I told her to just let me know what she wanted for her effort when she was done. She was happy with $100. And for $200 vs. $1,500 so was I.

 

[rkuwada]

I'm currently replacing all of my upholstery (inside and out) on my 1984 245 Sundancer. The cost of good arine vinyl on the west coast is about $30 a yard. The vinyl alone for my boat was $600. You can save a lot by pulling the hundreds of staples out yourself. My foam is still in great condition so I saved a lot there. I'm waiting for the labor costs (upholstery guy is a friend) yet and will post pictures when it's done. Good luck, Bob

 

[NH Tooner]

So with new foam, new wood and sunbrella material, 1500 might not be a bad price?

 

[northern]

On our 28 footer in 2000 we paid 1200 including new foam

 

[Rick K]

I'm not sure what someone would charge you, but foam can get very pricey - and expect to pay full list price for the material, upwards of $20 a yard. I found a lady locally who does furniture upholstery. If it's for a boat, you're on your own, and have to bring her all the materials. So, up to yourautotrim.com, where 3" foam is $49.99 for a 3"x25"x106" piece. Bought 3 and some material at Joann Fabrics. All I gotta do now is just take her everything, and she'll go to work on it. If I pop all the staples out, mark all the old foamn pieces, etc., she'll do the whole thing for $250, with my materials. $350 if I just drop everything off. I suppose she doesn't wanna mess around popping a zillion staples out of the old stuff. I got lucky, but my point is if you call around your area, you might be able to find an upholsterer who'll do the same thing. I can't see a regular upholsterer charging you any more than $500-600 for everything.

I should've mentioned that my cushions are just material wrapped over the foam then stapled to a plywood base. Then there's these little button things with long thread on them that go thru the foam, thru a small driilled hole in the plywood base. They're pulled a bit, then stapled to the plywood. Others here may have a regular cushion, and those would be a bit more pricey. I could almost do the project myself, but me and upholstery just can't get along...