Replacing carpeted flooring with HydroTruf?

[Rakkasan]

Your carpet looks a lot better then mine did too.

[spyder]

WOW!! That is pretty bad. It looks alright like that. My gaps are fine but when I add the two covers back I'm going to try and bolt the two together and make them into one solid piece. If you ever wanted to recover I'd do that so as to possibly eliminate to gap. Maybe

Thats a good idea. Be cautious of the gap in the gas tank that holds the 2 pieces in place. That seems to screw with my alignment as well.

[bergermaister]

If that were my floor I'd be peeling the carpet off the edges and adding a strip of something to the floor panel(s) for more length, then pull the carpet back over and reglue. Something to fill the spaces from under the carpet and make those gaps vanish.

[Rakkasan]

Half way done. I'll get some better final pics when it's complete.
For those of you wanting the do this it's a lot easier than it looks. The best thing is if you think of it as carpet and fold the turf around all the edges like the carpet is. There's no real need for perfect cuts because they'll be hidden under or between something. The only perfect cuts are where you'll have to join two pieces togeather. Because of the turf doesn't come long enough for the whole floor I'll have to have three seams.

[parrothd]

Looking good..

[valleywine]

Looks great. I just finished mine last week. Did you use the soft or stiff material? I didn't know there were two versions when I ordered the hydroturf, but I guess there is.

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[parrothd]

They even sell 1/4in to 2in(?)under padding to make it even softer..

[Rakkasan]

Looks great. I just finished mine last week. Did you use the soft or stiff material? I didn't know there were two versions when I ordered the hydroturf, but I guess there is.

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I'm using the Molded Diamond on mine because from all the reading I did from the jet ski guys the molded is the strongest. I guess some guys with the cut Diamond had the replace about every season or two but the molded stuff lasted several years. I hope I'm not as ruff on my floor as they are.

There are different soft vs stiff material but from what I understand the soft stuff is like the kind that goes on surfboard and isn't suited for flooring.

[Rakkasan]

They even sell 1/4in to 2in(?)under padding to make it even softer..

I didn't even think about adding padding. I think it feels soft enough without it though.

[Rakkasan]

Done. Pretty much