Carver 356 Galley Floor

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I have some water damage to the wood floor in the galley and want to replace the floor. Has anyone done this before and if so how difficult was it to remove the old flooring and what did you use to replace it with.

Thanks,

John
 
There has been discussions and pictures on this topic. Search Flooring at the bottom of this page in the search bar and it'll bring up a lot of posts. Good luck.
 
Do you have a picture of what your wood flooring looks like? If it is the same as what is in our Trojans then good luck. It was glued down in a manner that was never intended to be removed. There is some pics of what it looked like removing mine in the Trojan 440 thread.

I used a crowbar to pry pieces of it loose. Then I used a hammer and chisel on it and finally a sander. Then put a subfloor over it as I could not see filling it in with putty. The glue they used not just bonded with each service but went well into the pores or strands of the wood.
 
27,I am about to embark on that same project. The yard unplugged my boat last Fall and the batteries died over the 5 day I was gone and the freezer defrosted all over the floor. This is what I am going to try...I am going to treat it like a real wood floor and sand it down, re-stain and poly. I will start with the hatch piece and see how it goes. I used a belt sander on the piece this weekend and it stripped down nicely. If that approach fails or looks like crap, I was going to use a vinyl faux cherry wood product. VTBoater did his last year and it turned out well. I don't see why the old hardwood would have to be removed. Just install right over it if the material is low profile. There are no doors or clearances needed to be accounted for. Jmeirhofer am I missing something?
 
Carvervirgin, That is exactly what happened to mine. I knew there was going to be some defrost water and I laid a towel down before I left the boat, but there was so much more water than I expected, so the wet towel laid there for about two days and caused the floor to buckle. If I can get the buckled piece up, I will probably do as you suggested and go right over the existing wood with a vinyl maple plank (Allure from HD has been suggested). The only transition area is a threshhold between the forward cabin and the galley, everything else buts into a wall or step.
 
I do not see why a stick down flooring would not work if you have a smooth surface.
 
Mine did not buckle, thankfully. The finish bubbled on it. Large, oily bubbles. That is why I am hoping to strip and refinish. Let me know what you end up doing. thanks
 
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