Boat Carpet Vs Vinyl

If you ve been in the pontoon boating community for at least 3 years you might have witnessed the ascend as a boat flooring material.

Boat carpet vs vinyl.

You can get the flooring in a variety of styles colors and thickness depending on your preference. From the ease of maintaining it to lessened worry of underdeck rotting vinyl flooring is the perfect investment for your boat. Only problem on instaling carpet is they come 6 feet or 12 feet wide. I then stopped at lowes and got a few samples of marine carpet.

When it comes to pontoon boat flooring you have an important decision to make. What it really comes down to is whether you prefer the practicality which vinyl offers or the luxurious comfort which a nice soft carpet provides. All vinyl fabrics has a wide range of marine vinyl fabric in multiple styles and color options. Much better for the boat then carpet especially with plywood flooring.

That decision is whether you decide to go for carpet or vinyl for your pontoons flooring. One pontoon had the marine vinyl installed. My boat is 7 feet wide. Carpet just holds moisture to the wood.

Boat carpet is no longer the top choice in boat flooring. It makes me want to the carpet for the decks and tuff coat for the floor and console. When you get your vinyl laid go back and seal your perimeter with some 3m 4200. It looked good but could easily see how slick it could become.

Seen vinyl shrink as much as an inch on all sides. The advantages of vinyl far outweigh those of carpet. The vinyl flooring has many benefits to offer such as cost efficiency. Say hello to the new class of boat flooring options including vinyl woven synthetic more.