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Location: Lake Country, Wisconsin | anybody have a rough estimation what it would cost to recarpet a boat?
I'm looking at an 18 ft Ranger bass boat... |
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| Depends on a few things:
- Are you tackling this project by yourself? Or hiring it out to be done for you?
Obviously if you're hiring it out to be done, labor charges will be the biggest expense.
Other than that:
- Depends on what type, brand, style of carpeting you'll buy. There's cheap stuff, mid-grade stuff and then high-end stuff
- Depends on the cost per square foot of carpeting.
- Depends on how many square feet of carpeting you'll need to take on a boat of your size.
- I'm assuming this Ranger you're looking at does not have any wood flooring since it's a glass boat, correct? If there would happen to be any wood flooring, as there is in other brands of boats, there might need to be some fresh, new, treated wood put down in addition to the carpeting.
- If you're hiring it out to be done and maybe to save a little on the labor costs, are you removing objects in advance, such as consoles, etc, to have access to the flooring? |
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Location: Lake Country, Wisconsin | I would definetely looking to hire somebody out and tackle the entire project, I was wondering how much damage one can expect for the whole process.. |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | I've seen quotes at $1000.00 to $1200.00. if you look at an independent you might be able to get the job done for around $800. |
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| Sworrall,
Can you recommend anybody in the price range you are talking? It is something I have wanted to do over the last couple of years. At that price I feel even if I was to sell my boat I could recover the cost.
Jeff |
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| If you live in northern illinois or southern wisconsin I have a great mechanic who did an awsome job on my boat carpet. His name is Gordi Miller and he runs a small shop in round lake beach 847-830-8061 this is near the fox chain. Gordi has done a lot of work for me, he does mostly high performance boats and is probably one of the best two stroke mechanics in the midwest and has very fair prices |
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