Replacing carpet "ceiling"

[oceangirl]

Jay, beautiful job!
Can you please provide a list of the tools you used to get the carpet off?
Thanks,
Erika

[BirdBrain333]

Dear Erica, On our Pacific Seacraft 37 that carpet was REALLY glued on. I first took down the overhead which allowed me to get to the very top edge of the carpet where there was about 1/2" to 1" of carpet without glue. I used an old crochet hook to "grab" the top edge of the carpet and pull it down to where I could get a pair of vice-grips firmly clamped on and then started pulling. After about 20 min of bracing my feet on the bulkheads and pulling, yanking, and uttering things I care not to repeat here, I realized a different approach was needed. So out came the Fein Multimaster with its scraper blade. I also had an old, very dull, metal cutting saw blade with, after cutting off some stubborn stainless bolts, has only nubbins of teeth left. Still with vicegrips to help pulling, I simply "sheared" the monkey fur off the hull with the multimaster. It was MUCH easier but still enough labor to work up a sweat in 35F temps. Then out came the Makita right angle grinder to take off what I could of the quite tenacious glue. This, I"m sorry to report, put a nice layer of sticky "dust" throughout most of the boat! There must be a better way to get the glue off but I sure don't know it.

I'll attache two pictures, one of the "shearing" and the other demonstrating the joys of grinding......


So which boat is getting the makeover? Hope this helps,

Jay

PSC 37 # 171, Kenlanu

[oceangirl]

Thanks Jay! Looks like we get to buy another tool (goody!). Brian doesnt know that the PS34 carpet's days are numbered...but they are. Maybe a gift wrapped Fein Multimaster with respirator and snowman suit could start the ball rolling. My boat (CD30) has the slats and I love em.
Thanks again,
Erika

[BirdBrain333]

Well, it sounds like you have your Valentine's Day presents all picked out! Lucky guy!

Jay

PSC 37, Kenlanyu

[oceangirl]

Valentines day was to be a new head but maybe this would be more romantic

Did you glass your strakes? Sorry if this is explained somewhere, I was wondering how people are attaching the strakes. I replaced a headliner on a catamaran that had this gawd awful carpet. I ripped out the carpet, wire brushed the remaining old glue off and sanded the areas where the strakes were to be glued. Once the strakes were in place i painted the whole thing and installed 3m bubble wrap looking insulation between the strakes (reflextix-cool stuff) This is going to be my approach for the vberth, you see any problems I might be missing?

Thanks for the input and the valentines day gift ideas
Erika

[BirdBrain333]

Yes, the ribs were first tacked in place with hot melt glue and then glassed in with two layers of 6 oz cloth and epoxy. Then insulated with a couple of ensolite camping pads spray painted black. The advantage of the hotmelt glue is that you can reposition the ribs to make sure they are all fair in the fore and aft dimension.

A yucky job that looks GREAT when done.

Jay

PSC 37, Kenlanu

[scratchee]

I know I'm digging this thread out of a watery grave, but I'm considering a project pretty much identical to this for my Cal 2-27. Reading the comments so far, I'm curious about the use of insulation between the hull and the wood strips. Is this a matter of temperature control in the cabin, does it reduce condensation, is it for sound baffling? Does it matter if my boat is a fair weather day sailer / weekender only? What's the purpose?

Thanks to anyone who can provide some insight.

[Faster]

Reducing condensation is the usual result of insulating underneath a planked ceiling, but even leaving the air gap between hull and planking can help achieve that.

We used closed cell foam (bought at a camping store.. those small roll up tent/sleeping pads and glued in place between the strakes/ribs. It's worked well for us.

[scratchee]

Thanks Faster!