General question on timeline
Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2021 6:56 am
I just have a general question on how long all this takes, i know it can vary, but just coming up with some ideas to see if I want to tackle this project or not. I'm fairly handy, was building homes during summers since basically 14 now mid 40's. and can tackle easy to easy medium small engine, vehicle projects armed with ideas, youtube videos and some time so I feel fairly confident I can pull this off without a huge learning curve. Removing hardware and laying down flooring, smooth, level etc I can handle.
anyway. For those of you that have removed all the rails, seats, helm etc and put down new flooring, what kind of time frame were you looking at? Right now i'm just planning on taking off seats to get the backs redone. If I can just remove the backs, then that's all i'm doing. I did the cushions myself with a silicone fabric last winter and they turned out pretty nicely.
But it's in storage at the marina so I'm not sure how it's all going to come apart and won't be able to look at it until they pull them out, probably in 3-4 weeks yet. But if I have to remove the entire seat base, then I figure I may as well remove it all and take the carpet off and put down a nicer woven vinyl as well. The decking feels really solid all the way around and I just looked at the exposed stuff I could see from underneath last summer and it looked to be in great shape. But you never know until you dig into it.
This is a starter boat, have had a couple seasons, don't mind putting in a bit more money to keep it looking nicer and and then upgrading in another season or 2. So, what kind of time frames are we talking about to remove seats, railings, controls?
Carpet removal, fill holes, smooth etc? The floor looks like it goes down easy enough and have done all manner of flooring from sheet vinyl to 24x24 ceramic tiles, wood and carpet. That I know I can pick a day and have it done.
and then general time frame to put controls, seats, rails etc back on?
weekends will be the biggest time I can invest, but will have 1-3 hours on weeknights I can do. Is this a couple weekends type project? or an over the winter type project? I don't mind missing April for being out and doing some fishing and cool cruises, but once May hits, I don't want my pontoon in my yard
anyway. For those of you that have removed all the rails, seats, helm etc and put down new flooring, what kind of time frame were you looking at? Right now i'm just planning on taking off seats to get the backs redone. If I can just remove the backs, then that's all i'm doing. I did the cushions myself with a silicone fabric last winter and they turned out pretty nicely.
But it's in storage at the marina so I'm not sure how it's all going to come apart and won't be able to look at it until they pull them out, probably in 3-4 weeks yet. But if I have to remove the entire seat base, then I figure I may as well remove it all and take the carpet off and put down a nicer woven vinyl as well. The decking feels really solid all the way around and I just looked at the exposed stuff I could see from underneath last summer and it looked to be in great shape. But you never know until you dig into it.
This is a starter boat, have had a couple seasons, don't mind putting in a bit more money to keep it looking nicer and and then upgrading in another season or 2. So, what kind of time frames are we talking about to remove seats, railings, controls?
Carpet removal, fill holes, smooth etc? The floor looks like it goes down easy enough and have done all manner of flooring from sheet vinyl to 24x24 ceramic tiles, wood and carpet. That I know I can pick a day and have it done.
and then general time frame to put controls, seats, rails etc back on?
weekends will be the biggest time I can invest, but will have 1-3 hours on weeknights I can do. Is this a couple weekends type project? or an over the winter type project? I don't mind missing April for being out and doing some fishing and cool cruises, but once May hits, I don't want my pontoon in my yard