I've used cheapie carpet in a boat, but didn't glue it down. I knew it would trash out pretty fast, so I painted the floor real well, then put the carpet down with a few screws in the corners.<br /><br />It never blew out going down the road or on the water, and in the off season, I pulled it out, rolled it up, and threw it in a little storage building out in the back yard. It worked great, keeping the carpet out of the weather extended its lifespan for many years. <br /><br /> If it got a bunch of fish 'goo' on it, I'd throw it over the fence, hose it off, let it dry, and go from there.Figure if I can get a couple years out of it, (only use the boat a few times a year) I'd be happy. [/QB]
I just used them cheapie trim screws about a inch long, with the little 1/2 donut looking washer on them. They go through the 1/2 inch or so of carpet, and grab the 1/2 inch or so of plywood floor.<br /><br />I don't think it was more than 6 or 8 to hold the carpet, and it worked well.<br /><br />In the off season---- sometimes extending to a couple of years,,, with the carpet stored off the boat, it didn't trap moisture and try to rot the floor.<br /><br />The floor 'breathed', and has lasted since the 80's with no soft spots, on the first boat I did that way. <br /> <br /><br />Other carpet & re-decking (with 'outdoor CDX plywood')jobs I've done since and left in the boat, have come & gone. But the removable one on the green pressure treated plywood and removable carpet is still doing fine almost 20 years down the road.Originally posted by PeteHarris:<br /> small investment in the snappy tooly thing to put snaps in the carpet....
Originally posted by bubbakat:<br /> I used it in a boat I redid last summer and it is still holding up great.<br />The only thing I did different is I put it down with the jell type contact cement. The type that is flammable it will last longer under wet conditions.