I am so stoked. My son-in-law installed the carpet in the C-27 tonight. All of the electrical is done cushions are in and leaks sealed, ready to launch.
He makes the carpet laying look easy, although he struggled initially with the tight quarters. The original carpet was held in place with snaps, but this has a stiff backing on it and does not appear to need anything to keep it from moving. Really helpful is the ability to just lift and pull back the carpet to get to the bilge. He suggest binding edges with Elmers glue but I have some fabric glue that sticks like crazy and is water proof. He said to just brush it on the edge to keep the weave from unraveling. He also did the starboard aft berth as well. I was able to find carpet at Lowes that was 15' wide. I asked for one yard but I know they always cut it wider. Just to be on the safer side I asked the cutter to cut it at least 40''. He accommodated with 48" and only charged me for 1 yd. This gave me enough to do the sole and aft berth.
I post some of the installation at youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuD7iNAsF3I
He makes the carpet laying look easy, although he struggled initially with the tight quarters. The original carpet was held in place with snaps, but this has a stiff backing on it and does not appear to need anything to keep it from moving. Really helpful is the ability to just lift and pull back the carpet to get to the bilge. He suggest binding edges with Elmers glue but I have some fabric glue that sticks like crazy and is water proof. He said to just brush it on the edge to keep the weave from unraveling. He also did the starboard aft berth as well. I was able to find carpet at Lowes that was 15' wide. I asked for one yard but I know they always cut it wider. Just to be on the safer side I asked the cutter to cut it at least 40''. He accommodated with 48" and only charged me for 1 yd. This gave me enough to do the sole and aft berth.
I post some of the installation at youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuD7iNAsF3I
