Looking for suggestions on Salon Flooring

[EKM]

My new to be boat is a 2000 420AC with snap in carpet in the salon. It needs to be removed for any engine room access.

The salon has three hatches that run from port to stb and another hatch for the gen and another hatch for the ac unit. Needless to say, most of the floor is hatches.

So two options
Replace in kind and see if I can get a opening for the engine room (center access panel - the two outboard ones are for more major repairs like heat exchangers or pumps)
Second option is vinyl or wood flooring...can be floating flooring with glued access panels. Trying to see what this option would look like if anyone has tried this out.

Open to suggestions on to make it look new again!
Thanks,
Ed

 

[ERiXN]

I’m working with SeaDek on faux teak for my boat. They had a template for my boat which I paid a nominal fee for (a few mods needed because “Sally or Josh” put a few holes for tables, etc. in slightly different locations, so ver happy I dry fit the template after removing snaps for good fit).

I’m done with carpet and went through your thought process myself. After seeing SeaDek on a good number of boats at boat shows I decided to go that direction. AquaMarine has similar product (cheaper), but I found them unfriendly to deal with, they wouldn’t send me a template until I placed an order, and wouldn’t respond to questions I had about differences of their product vs SeaDek. Odd, since it’s a competitive product and I’d love to buy on price if it’s justifiable.

I’m not a fan of floating vinyl or wood. Perhaps I just am not savvy enough to know what’s available in the market though. SeaDek and AquaMarine are glue down sections with adhesive on their backs so not messy to install. SeaRay (I believe, but could be wrong) uses SeaDek on some of their boats out of the factory.

Good luck!

 

[Stee6043]

I'd go with the vinyl planks myself. I've seen a lot of folks on this site that have had some really, really sharp installs done. There is a product called "Allure" (if I recall correctly) that you can buy from Home Depot that is pretty ideal for this project. It will not behave badly with water and is thin enough to be easy to work with. Trimming the access panels may be the most challenging part of your project but it's definitely doable.

Cabin flooring is a ways down my list of projects (other than new canvas runners) but when I do decide to do it I will be going vinyl.

 

[superwa]

I went for snapincarpet.com for mine, which was about a fourth of the price compared to seadek. So far so good, and nothing to glue. Here is a pic.

 

[EKM]

I had a flooring guy out to the boat and he also cleans carpets....the carpets were a mess and he said he could clean then. Much to my surprise, they came out like new! Postpone this project for another year!