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Hello, I'm looking for advice. I'm laying a new floor throughout my 57 ft NB. I’ve just ripped up all my floor so I can lay a new one, I’m down to my subfloor which looks in pretty good condition. I’m going for an engineered, tongue and groove, parquet in a herringbone pattern (sample in pic). The manufacturer recommends gluing it down with a flexible glue. I don’t want to glue it directly onto my subfloor because if it ever needs ripping up for an emergency or otherwise, that would mean destroying both the finished floor AND the subfloor and that’s would be a real nightmare. So, I’m thinking to put down a second subfloor - a thinner layer of marine ply to glue my finished floor onto. Should I put a layer of insulation or something between the 2 subfloors? If so what? When I ripped up my floor there was insulation between the layers and I noticed there was moisture trapped between so I’m unsure it’s a good idea. The floor I ripped up had out of use underfloor heating + t&g + insulation + laminate on top though so it was a bit of mess. Maybe just a thin layer of insulation would be good? Tia
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Hi! We've just bough a 58 foot boat and are 3 days in! We are wanting to put down parquet flooring, but having ripped up the carpet and we've got somewhat wonky flooring with a mixture of chipboard and ply. Ply is looking good....chipboard not so good in certain areas. We're replacing some bits of the chipboard, but don't want have to do all of it, and leave in the stuff that's still good. As to laying down new flooring on a bit of an uneven base, is the only option to lay down ply across the whole boat and put the new flooring on top of that? Any suggestions much appreciated!
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Hi all, So, we're looking for some more storage space and a generally nicer looking layout regarding our engine room. At the moment, we have a trad layout with the engine room to the rear and the bed before that. I'm hoping to build a simple frame out of wooden beams, then covered with plywood. I'm removing the door to the engine room and looking to build steps up to it next to the bed. My main questions are: What size beams do I need? I'm hoping to have to avoid pillars, purely due to the lack of metalwork experience to be able to brace the pillars. The beams will span the full width of the boat (Standard narrowboat width) Is the frame I'm proposing study enough? I'm hoping the two main beams spanning the width of the boat will be the main structure, the beams running lengthways will be held by the main beams using something like this This is the "Before & After" plans I have, apologies if they are a bit crap: Before: After: Photos of the metal tabs running down each side of the engine room that I'm looking to use:
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Just thinking ahead to the next couple of jobs - one is to maybe decorate up to the gunnels (inside) so could be paint, wallpaper, (with or without that polystyrene stuff under it), or carpet. Flooring I had thought laminate, but I've been hearing a lot about vinyl/lino lately. Wondering what others have and especially pro's and cons regarding damp/moisture etc. For example, would carpet keep the walls warm and mould free or would it be like a sponge? Would it make any real difference to the boats thermal efficiency? Would something like vinyl flooring stop the underside from breathing perhaps? I'm all about the practicality, as all these various coverings come in a wide range of colours and styles anyway.
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I saw a very interesting looking thing in Homebase yesterday. Thick black rubber sheeting, which I estimate was 1cm deep and 1m 2. Reduced from £20 to £13. It was very dense and probably weighed a good few kilos - it was difficult to estimate as it wibbled around in my hands (6kg?). I thought it could be excellent for laying on the stern deck and/or over the engine hatch. My only concern being if it would trap water in/under it. But it would be grippy and reduce sound a fair bit I think. I believe it was called Home Gym matting. Well, that's it really, just wanted to let people know as it seemed useful for something! Or perhaps someone has used it already? I think it would be too heavy to stick upside down (ie under the deck floor). Usually I see a kind of hole patterned stuff that people use on their decks.
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