On our CD28 hull #129 1977, our cabin sole is white glass with teak boards to bildge. We would like input on adding a wood floor over the present arangement. The wood work is now mahogney and we question what teak and holly would look like next to the darker wood. I am also concern with the angles on the floor, as you come up the compaion way on both sides the floor has inclines. My questions are do I leave this glass or make it also wood and how would you attach the new floor to old?
Thanks
Mel Vincent
S/V Caprice
CD 28
mawv@nbnet.nb.ca
cabin sole, teak & holly ???
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Bill Goldsmith
Re: cabin sole, teak & holly ???
Mel:
My CD27 has the teak and holly sole with wood surrounding it covering the glass floor. It looks very nice with the darker woodwork in the rest of the interior.
Mine definitely has the angles on the sides, covered with wood. My best guess is that the material is marine ply, screwed down to the glass, with recessed screws finished with bungs.
On my 27, the wood on the port side near the companionway has some movement to it, and it seems to have lifted about 1/8 inch. I suspect that the screw has pulled a bit. I plan to pull the bung, inject some epoxy into the old hole in the glass, redrill the hole, reattache the screw and redo the bung. Then refinish the whole sole. I think you can accomplish a similar installation from scratch.
The biggest part of the job will be fitting and cutting. You might want to try making a template out of brown paper or oaktag, then maybe make a trial piece out of 1/4" lauan (cheap) plywood as a test. Then when you are sure of the shape, cut the expensive stuff.
Of course you could also leave the floor glass--it's purely an aesthetics issue. I recall some prior contributor laid indoor/outdoor carpet in the main cabin!!!
Bill
goldy@bestweb.net
My CD27 has the teak and holly sole with wood surrounding it covering the glass floor. It looks very nice with the darker woodwork in the rest of the interior.
Mine definitely has the angles on the sides, covered with wood. My best guess is that the material is marine ply, screwed down to the glass, with recessed screws finished with bungs.
On my 27, the wood on the port side near the companionway has some movement to it, and it seems to have lifted about 1/8 inch. I suspect that the screw has pulled a bit. I plan to pull the bung, inject some epoxy into the old hole in the glass, redrill the hole, reattache the screw and redo the bung. Then refinish the whole sole. I think you can accomplish a similar installation from scratch.
The biggest part of the job will be fitting and cutting. You might want to try making a template out of brown paper or oaktag, then maybe make a trial piece out of 1/4" lauan (cheap) plywood as a test. Then when you are sure of the shape, cut the expensive stuff.
Of course you could also leave the floor glass--it's purely an aesthetics issue. I recall some prior contributor laid indoor/outdoor carpet in the main cabin!!!
Bill
Mel Vincent wrote: On our CD28 hull #129 1977, our cabin sole is white glass with teak boards to bildge. We would like input on adding a wood floor over the present arangement. The wood work is now mahogney and we question what teak and holly would look like next to the darker wood. I am also concern with the angles on the floor, as you come up the compaion way on both sides the floor has inclines. My questions are do I leave this glass or make it also wood and how would you attach the new floor to old?
Thanks
Mel Vincent
S/V Caprice
CD 28
goldy@bestweb.net