Under Foot Insulation / Carpeting

[The Grumpy Triker]

Sorry folks been offline for a day or two - many thanks for all on the above 

Hadn't considered carpet tiles but a good option for removal and cleaning/replacement, big thick underlay is a must it seems, especially as found big gaps around the flooring to wall boards.

The only concern is I also have some bouncy boarding areas, it seems that the edging to the floor boards were not always matched up to the support beams, so it has some flexible edges....bouncy not sponges thankfully, so do not appear to be rotting, unlike the boarding on the inside of the bow.

Cheers again all, will take a look around later today.

[Richard10002]

I like Cloud 9 Cumulus underlay to be lovely underfoot, or their later version which I think is called Charleston.

[ditchcrawler]

One of the problems is that boats have low level ventilation so cold air is always falling into the bottom 18" of the hull and the heat is leaving via the mushroom vents. NOTE this is not a suggestion to seal up ventilation, just pointing out one of the reasons, its not all cold from the canal.

[Top cat]

We use cheap "disposable" carpet and expect to change it every 2-3 years, its a fairly dark fleck that doesn't  show the dirt. But we put it down over a thick undelay which cost more than the carpet

T C

[Humblespud]

We bought our boat with carpets fitted, they were 7/8 years old but ok except we preferred a hard easily sweepable floor. So we laid vinyl interlocking boards, in grey, on top of the carpet which then acted as an underlay/insulation. Seems to work fine so far, two winters...