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JV II

JV II

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Aside from dealers, does anyone know of anyone in the northeast who installs teak decking? Still thinking a lot about NuTeak, but considering real teak.
 
We put the seadeck fake teak in ours this summer. I really like how soft it feels on your feet.
 
I would try and get testimonials on these products I stood on a "manufactured " teak cockpit covering in August and damn near burned my feet , I needed to have my boat shoes on, I admit its beautiful but the real teak has got to be much cooler "expensive" .also. Just my .02c
 
I would recomend that you also take a look at PlasDECK (www.ttcustommarine) it is welded together differently than some others out there, which is why we chose it. And, yes it does get a bit hot in the summer but mostly we wear deck shoes or flip flops and cool the swim platform down with water from the shower if it's too hot. We have real teak in our cabin and it obviously looks a bit better but it takes much more looking after too:)
 
Plasdeck also makes Cool Teak which comes in many colors and is not as hot in the sun.
 
JV,

I would think not twice, but 3-4 times before getting involved with real teak. It's a maintenance nightmare. Talk to people that have them. In order to preserve the new look it requires constant hard work. If you don't have time or patients you'll have to hire a 3rd party and it's going to cost you. For this reason alone we see tons of boats/yachts with real teak just sitting as-is looking greyish, even if clean.

As Ken pointed out, there are different products out there and if you choose slightly lighter colors it's not going to be so hot.

I have the darker color (I still not sure if it's NueTeak or FlexTeak, when I tried identify it at one of the boat shows they couldn't match it and said it's some kind of premium grade). But, as others said mine does get hot on very hot sunny days. You either need to keep it wet or ware flipflops or whatever foot ware you like. After having this floor for several years it's has never been an issue for us. Just remember one thing, you live in Northeast and the number of those hot days is limited and for the rest of the time you'll just enjoy the great looking and maintenance free floor.

I personally would never go for real teak.
 
LOL JVII..... Looks like you're getting lots of advice - unfortunately none of it related to your original question! Let's see how many pages this builds to before someone actually answers your question - "Who does teak installation in the Northeast?" I could recommend someone in northern Michigan, but that won't be any more helpful to you than all of the posts above have been!
 
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tc410 said:
LOL JVII..... Looks like you're getting lots of advice - unfortunately none of it related to your original question! Let's see how many pages this builds to before someone actually answers your question - "Who does teak installation in the Northeast?" I could recommend someone in northern Michigan, but that won't be any more helpful to you than all of the posts above have been!
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Hey:) I answered his question by giving him ttcustommarine's web site which clearly states: If you're not feeling ambitious enough to tackle the installation project on your own then simply give us a call. We do custom installations along the entire East Coast and will consider projects nationwide We have done projects as small as a jet ski all the way up to 100'+ yachts. By reading the web site he will aquire more info than anyone on here knows. Travis, the owner will call and tell him everything he needs to know personally too.
 
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Thanks everyone. All good. I did get a PM with a lead for real teak in the northeast too. Looking at ttcustommarine now.
 
Alex F said:
JV,

I would think not twice, but 3-4 times before getting involved with real teak. It's a maintenance nightmare. Talk to people that have them. In order to preserve the new look it requires constant hard work. If you don't have time or patients you'll have to hire a 3rd party and it's going to cost you. For this reason alone we see tons of boats/yachts with real teak just sitting as-is looking greyish, even if clean.

As Ken pointed out, there are different products out there and if you choose slightly lighter colors it's not going to be so hot.

I have the darker color (I still not sure if it's NueTeak or FlexTeak, when I tried identify it at one of the boat shows they couldn't match it and said it's some kind of premium grade). But, as others said mine does get hot on very hot sunny days. You either need to keep it wet or ware flipflops or whatever foot ware you like. After having this floor for several years it's has never been an issue for us. Just remember one thing, you live in Northeast and the number of those hot days is limited and for the rest of the time you'll just enjoy the great looking and maintenance free floor.

I personally would never go for real teak.
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Have to agree about the real teak and we have it in our cabin. It's not too bad to take care of inside but every drop of water which is spilled onto it makes a mark. The previous owner of our boat had not oiled it at all and it looked ugly. Since we have owned it, I wash it and oil it regularly and it looks beautiful, mostly:) But it's much easier to keep looking good inside than outside. I think you will find Travis (ask for him personally) very good to deal with and their product is as good as it gets for synthetic.
 
Well, I thought 3-4 times about real teak and took all the advice of the members posting here. I have seen the real teak and it looks and feels absolutely great. I have been a huge fan of NuTeak for years and always wanted it on my boats. I looked at Flexiteak and recently Plasdeck. I compared every option and weighed all of the advantages and disadvantages. I searched for installers, compared prices, and have seen all of these products on boats and hundreds of photographs. Long story short, I have the Plasdeck installer on my boat as we speak. We're doing the upper and lower cockpit, swim platform, and all heads. All areas will get full borders on all edges and hatch openings. It should be done in a month.
 
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Excellent choice!
 
Here are some shots of the templating process from yesterday. It took 6 hours. Fabrication will be going on at the shop over the next two weeks and then installation in 3 weeks. That will require getting in the water under the swim platform and removing, the helm seat, all snaps and deck hardware. It should be a full day project.
https://www.dropbox.com/sc/3spq29ifx46q1g5/-D38GPChvX
 
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Here's a couple of photos of the project:
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You'll love it. We're very pleased with the plasdeck in our 260, and Travis is great to work with
 
Finishing up. The only thing left to do is to glue down the lower cockpit.
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Wow! Beautiful,,, and a beautiful boat. I was thinking of doing the head and platform let us know your feelings after a trial!!
 
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