Substitute for Dri-Deck

rogerbum · Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2005 10:51 pm Post subject: Substitute for Dri-Deck

All,

I was at Home Depot on Thurs and spotted a material very similar to Dri-Deck - 12" x 12" pieces of rubber flooring (black only) that interlock like dri-deck. $10/ 10 tiles or about 1/5 the price of dri-deck. For those doing a new floor or looking for drier feet in the cockpit, this is a good deal.

Also, I bought a mat at Lowes that fits almost perfectly between the tanks on a CD 22'. Black rubber mat about 1/2 " thick with a honey-comb like material. A little over $3 for the mat and all I needed to do was trim about 1/8" off both sides to get a perfect fit. Will keep the cooler in place nicely.

Roger on the SeaDNA

(1 edit to correct THREE wine Cocktail

induced typos that made the original post almost uninterpretable.... Laughing

!)

rogerbum · Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 4:37 pm Post subject:

I bought some of these tiles last night and installed them in the cockpit early this AM. They are called "Multy Tiles" (yes that's the way they spelled it). Ten 12" x 12" tiles in a box for $10 - sold in the flooring area of the Bothell Home Depot. They are about 2/3 as thick as Dri-Deck tiles and only come in one color. However, they have a nice parquet like pattern, interlock as tightly as dri deck and cost about 1/5 as much dri deck.

Prior to buying these I had 3 x 4 squares of blue dri-deck when I realy should have bought 4 x 5.5. The price of the dri-deck put me off so I never really had the floor as covered as I would like. With the Multy-tiles, I was able to redo the entire cockpit floor for $30 which is less than the cost of buying the additional dri-deck I really needed. Also, I was left with enough tiles to do a 2'x4' piece that I put down as a front door mat at home. I'll post a pic this evening.

eieioh · Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 11:15 am Post subject:

Here's a link to info on Multy Tiles.

http://www.northwestrubber.com/tiles.html

Sundog · Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 3:02 pm Post subject:

Question, does the rubber leave marks on everything, I have some that I bought at Lowes that the black of the rubber gets on my boots and than ends up on everything?

Joe (Sundog)

rogerbum · Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 5:05 pm Post subject:

These mats are actually PVC (vinyl) so I don't think you'll have a problem with black transfering from them to anything.

Sundog · Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 5:14 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the reply, I think I will pick some up.

Joe

CAVU · Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 5:24 pm Post subject:

Roger,
Can you give us a report on how these soften in the sun? The Dri-dek brand got so soft when they warmed up I didn't care for it in the cockpit. Another thing I really didn't like about them is when they were cold(hard) and wet I had it slip under my feet while I was leaned over the gunnel. My foot didn't slip but the whole cockpit floor piece shifted a few inches to the opposite side. No harm was done but I could just see myself taking a header in the drink sometime. I still have and like the Dri-dek in the cabin but I removed it from the cockpit and replaced it with a home-made floor. I would be very interested in your evaluation of this new stuff when you have had more experience with it.

Captains Cat · Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 5:31 pm Post subject:

I've got dri-deck that's 10+ years old. I don't like the feeling of it under bare feet, maybe I'm too tender. I put a piece of cheap indoor outdoor carpeting on top of it, soft, drains, dries, shakes out when it gets dirty!

I admit, I don't get fish blood on it (not that I'm not a great fisherman Crook

) but I don't fish from this boat.

Charlie

rogerbum · Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 6:35 pm Post subject: