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Salon rehab

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My wife and I are liveaboards and our major '09 winter project will be to redo the salon which could be a simple as refinishing the wood and installing new carpet or much more complicated. For example, I'm considering removing all of the paneling and then improving on the electrical (e.g. adding more receptacles), moving other wiring such as CATV and speaker wires into the cavity and insulating the walls. Are there any opinions or suggestions, pro or con, that any of you would like to share about removing the paneling and doing these other things?

Michael Ewing
Southern Comfort, 1977 Hatteras 58YF
 
Very often you can route new wiring if you use something like a wire/metal snake from access opening to another opening. For example, making a hole in paneling for a new receptacle gives you a chance to snake in stiff wiring to another point, taping on whatever wiring you want and pulling it through.

Removing paneling can be very time consuming and if the paneling is in good shape now, except for finish, keep in mind that just a mistake or two can easily splinter/break the plywood veneer surface during removal. In general I'd be hesitant to remove paneling willy nilly; on the other hand, removing a panel here and there for insulation or other access might make work much more convenient.

Needless to say, fix all the wiring and woodwork first, install new carpets last to avoid unnecessary wear,tear,dirt and stains on the new carpeting.
 
suggestion... If you are in for the long haul_ now is the time to ditch the carpet and install real flooring. We pulled all the carpet and put down "Allure" flooring in the whole boat other that the galley and its been the best change we've made. We have a nice area rug in the salon on top of the floor...adds a nice soft/warm touch. Oh, we are full time live aboards too.
 
And you might try a "trial" of wood flooring in the galley area...small area, and get an idea if you REALLY like that option...in the galley, its likely that a rug, especially if padding is under, will help quiet generator noise a bit...all wood flooring can create a bit of an echo so an area rug is often useful for dampening sounds.
 
Just did exactly what you are talking about. Put new teak plywood on all the walls in the salon new headliner with teak batons running beam to beam and new carpet couldnt be happier. I would not use wood flooring. It dings up easy, always dusty and no sound proofing. In the galley I went with a rubber coin flooring and it has been excellent and ALWAYS gets compliments.
 
Hey, why stop there, put in warm floors too. As for insulation, look at concrete barrier insulation for radiant flooring. The foil is protected by bubble wrap. (ask me how good that works :) )
 
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