Floor & Ceiling

Greg & Lars working on the Floor

The frp looks great and only a few pieces popped off the curvy parts of the walls in the extreme cold last week. The temperature has not gotten much higher, and it snowed all weekend but those errant pieces of frp have been firmly screwed back on. It's was time to move on to the floor and ceiling. The plywood floor is being replaced and then we will lay linoleum over the top of the plywood. The plywood was nailed down with several hundred galvanized flathead nails. Nailing the plywood took a long time but got done, with many thanks to Lars, who has been helping out the last few weeks.

The flooring is vinyl backed vinyl: a linoleum that is recommended for use in marine and other wet areas.
Unfortunately , when were all ready to lay the flooring we discovered the adhesive had frozen and when it thawed was was semi solid and useless. A quick trip to the flooring store and we had another 3 gallons of good stuff and were ready. A flooring expert friend who now drives a cab told us to lay the lino over the openings to the bilge areas and then cut them out. This worked fairly well except that the weight of the lino was pulling it down and away from the walls, so we had to cut them while the adhesive was still wet. It was a little messy but seems ok. all in the floor laying went well but was hard work.I hope the carpet on the ceiling is a little easier, although I doubt it.We are thinking of turning the boat over  and treating it as flooring...

This roof carpet has to go..