Teak flooring

[sbw1]

Real teak is wood. Wood is maintenance. However, if cared for properly it is just like any other boat chore. Deep cleaning at least twice per season. Light cleaning and oil monthly. Real teak does not get too warm under foot. It is a VERY dense wood and therefore is heavy. You may want to find out how much weight both products are going to add and how each will effect fuel consumption.

Teak down below is a lot less work than carpeting. The upcharge for solid teak and holly over a plywood with teak veneer is about $1500 on a midsized boat. The extra money is money well spent. If you have an accident, you can steam out a dent or sand out a scratch. We vacuum once a week and wipe up spills with a damp rag. The floor looks brand new after 4 seasons and lots of hours of use. The finish is an oil based poly that rquires no maitenance other that what I described.

 

[Peter D]

During this past winter we did a retro-fit on the interior of our 310. The flooring is a prefinished hardwood and the maple strips were cut to size pre-finished and glued in place.
The key to the whole flooring was getting the underlayment insatalled correctly. Thus providing a solid level surface to work from.
The original white laminate cabinets were also being covered with a cherry veneer and were removed from the boat at the time the floor was being installed. This made is somewhat easier, but is was still tight working quaters.

 

[sbw1]

Really dressed your boat up. Nice job.

 

[EKM]

Nice Job...can you provide more detail on underlayment used and installation process/materials used for finished floor. How bad was the floor after the carpet was pulled up?

Thanks for the inspiration to install this type of floor. Can you pm some additional photos if you have them?

Ed

 

[dpmulvey]

I was thinking more of outside on the platform and in the cockpit.

 

[Pete]

I'm wondering about the maintenance involved between real teak, laminate and flexiteak. What's required of real teak to keep it looking nice and how does that compare to the others? Also, does real teak heat up (I realize it's not a huge issue and easy to solve with a little water, just curious) at all like Promocop mentioned the Flexiteek does.

Regards,
Jason

I have real teak in the cabin, cockpit and on the swimplatform and I think it is great!
maintenance in cabin and cockpit is almost none, just clean it with a wet cloth like a normal hard floor.
On the swimplatform I just clean it with a brush with water and soap then putting oil on it with a cloth
I do that to the platform twice every season (yes I have a short season, May-Sep and not as much sun as in FL)
A lot of boats that got teak on the deck does not do any maintenance at all, it will be gray but they like it like that.
I dont!
I had Flexiteek in my old boat and I think Flexiteek gives the closest feeling to teak walking on it.
The looks of Flexiteek is ok, it is easy to get rid of stains but Flexiteek is expensive
Any laminate looks great, as easy as teak to clean but will not feel the same walking on it

Please post som pics on your upgrades!
Here are my two threads about teak!
http://clubsearay.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6526
http://clubsearay.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6512

Just my Swedish 2 ore!
//Peter

 

[Chris R]

I found these guys while researching some "what if" upgrades to our boat http://www.teakdeckcompany.com/index.htm.