Boat Carpet replacement

[Chris Barlage]

Anyone know or used a good place to get the carpet replaced in your boat. I want to have the carpet replaced and the doors replaced as they are getting a little soft. Also, how much should I expect this to cost. I have a 17 ft crestliner sc.

[herm]

Be interested to see what people suggest. I looked into this a few years ago and best I found seemed to be Anchor Marine in Delano. They were willing to do the work over winter and store my boat there. Carpet estimate for my 1775 Skeeter was north of $2,000, if I remember. I passed due to budget issues.

[Chris Barlage]

I did call anchor and they are just way to expensive to do the job. On the phone they quoted 4-6 k for the job. I know there is a lot of labor involved but 6 k is way out of line. I was expecting between 2 and 3k.

[NEANGLER]

Has anyone ever done the rhino lining type stuff instead of carpet? i thought about doning this since it would be easier to clean and wear a lot better than carpet.

[hydro]

Try Shipwreck Marine in Princeton. They may be a little more reasonable than a Lake Minnetonka focused business.

[TrollnDrift]

One of my friends has a factory vinyl floor, it is great! Easy to clean and has been durable, I would think a bedliner type product would be just as nice.

[liebs]

Have you looked into doing this yourself? I re-carpeted by fathers 1978 Sylvan a couple of years ago. I actually added a casting deck and changed out the seats at the same time. I'm not sure how your boat is set up but it wasn't too hard to do the Sylvan. It would be much cheaper.

[MuskieJunkie]

There was a guy on c listtt that was advertising he did it.

It is very labor intensive, I've never done it but most guys that do say they'll never do it again once they've finished the task. It's sad but many boats have gone to the boat yard in the sky because of soft floors.

[walleyefisher10]

I did my ranger bass boat and it wasn't that bad at all. You can buy the carpet at menards. Its that same stuff that a marine dealer is going to sell you.

[herm]

I should have added that when I researched this I also looked into DIY. It's WAY cheaper, but a couple guys I checked with said it takes a lot of time to do it right. (Sounded like removing the old stuff was actually harder than installing new.) I also looked online and read similar reports.

Given my limited skills as a craftsman, I estimated it would take me 40-plus hours and I might not like my own results. I opted to put things off until structural issues force the work. Or until I get a heated garage where I can work on it in the "off-season," those 3 weeks between ice-fishing and open water.

Walleyefisher, how long did it take you? Thanks.

[JosMN]

I did mine 3 or so years ago, lots of work, side walls and everything. I replaced all the wood which made it easier because getting all of the carpet and glue residue off the old can be a pain in the A. And being one board had a soft spot, I just wanted piece of mind with all new. I'm guessing it was a 25-30 hr job and a few cases, got the marine carpet online for around $250.

[Chris Barlage]

It's sad but many boats have gone to the boat yard in the sky because of soft floors.

Yup, after gathering a few quotes, and 5,000 being the lowest, that is what is going to happen when mine gets to bad. I will just replace a door or 2 if I need to but when it gets to bad it will be time for a new boat. I paid 10 for it and to pay 5 to have the carpet and a few doors replaced is just stupid. One more reason to go new next time around I guess. I never would have guess it to cost so much.

[MuskieJunkie]

Depending on how old it is you'll be able to get some money for it selling it with the soft floor. Plenty of guys out there are willing to take on the project, of course price is everything.

[magicstix]

I've recently been looking at redoing my boat also and rough estimates for materials has been any where from $1200-$1600, depending on quality and what you want to do. If you wanted to be inexpensive you could just slap down some new wood and carpet fromm Menrds for $500. This doesn't include labor time and unforseen problems during the rebuild. If you can find someone to do a quality job with quality materials for 2K I'd think that'd be a steal.

[aanderud]

Call Scott Crawford in Buffalo. He did my crestliner 1850 sportfish this spring for much less than the $5k you guys are talking. MUCH less. He did a good job on it too. Reinforced some areas that were narrow on the wood by adding aluminum to strengthen things here and there. Rebuilt my consoles. Really nice craftsmanship.

You can find him on linked in or PM me for his contact info. He had an ad in hsolist earlier in the year but he said he was getting so many bookings that he was going to take the ad down since he was filled up. Might not get in until winter.

[gofishingtom]

aandrud..tried to pm you about contact info for the guy in buffalo but it said you were not accepting pm's would be interested in his contact info as im looking to get my pro-v recarpeted email me at loehning5@gmail or send me a pm

thanks

Tom

[Esox_Magnum]

Doing mine in my Skeeter. Will have under 500 invested when done and will look like new. Not bad for a 1991 boat....

[magicstix]

I should clarify that I'm doing same as Josmn and replacing all the sides and floor boards. I figure if some are bad the others must not be any better. Also replacing steering box because it's showing some wear and some electrical updating too. I only want to do this job once.