Speaking of teak grates?

[james bartch]

Aloha to All

I am looking to install teak grates in the cockpit and head areas. anyone have reccommendations on a good supplier or have any experience in assembling the kits that you see on line. it that worth a try?

please reply,

have i told you folks what a great help this site has been lately? well its been great to have the referencees.

Island Muse – deep in the throws of messing around with boats’

jb

[Tor]

Speaking of grates in general, has anyone come up with a non-teak shower grate, something easier to keep clean than wood?

Tor
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[john stevenson]

James,
If you've had experience with Teak (or other material) cockpit grates and prefer them to a bare cockpit sole, then just disregard my opinionated comments below.

I normally sail bare-footed and I find any kind of grate in the cockpit uncomfortable.  When I purchased Sarah the PO had installed plastic grates in the cockpit.  I hated them and hated the difficulty they added to cleaning the cockpit.  After a few months I removed the grates and gave them to a friend.  He put them in his cockpit, then a year later they were gone.  I never asked what he did with them.  Those plastic grates might be what Tor is looking for, but I don't remember the make.  They were about 1' square tiles that snapped together.  You could trim the outer tiles with standard wood-working tools.

John

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Speaking of grates in general, has anyone come up with a non-teak shower grate, something easier to keep clean than wood?

Tor
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http://www.SilverHeels.us
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[RichCarter]

My previous boat had teak grates in the cockpit. No thanks. Dirt gets under there and is hard to keep clean. They’re also a pain to maintain. I’m planning to lay down a teak deck in the cockpit using the west system; just the cockpit sole and bridge deck. That’s about 25 sq feet.

http://www.westsystem.com/ss/installing-a-teak-deck-on-zatara/

I plan to use weights to hold the pieces down rather than screws. The area is much smaller than a full deck and the pieces don’t need to be bent to follow a curve.

Rich

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[john stevenson]

Rich,
A number of years ago on a different boat, I used the West System approach to cover a cockpit hatch with teak.  Although I didn't need the screws for clamping, I found it the easiest way to maintain consistent spacing between the teak strips.  With my very limited wood working skills I needed all the help I could get.

John

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My previous boat had teak grates in the cockpit.  No thanks.  Dirt gets under there and is hard to keep clean.  They're also a pain to maintain.  I'm planning to lay down a teak deck in the cockpit using the west system; just the cockpit sole and bridge deck.  That's about 25 sq feet.
 
http://www.westsystem.com/ss/installing-a-teak-deck-on-zatara/
 
I plan to use weights to hold the pieces down rather than screws.  The area is much smaller than a full deck and the pieces don't need to be bent to follow a curve.
 
Rich

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[RichCarter]

John
I’m reluctant to cut holes in the cockpit sole. Even though they are supposed to get filled with epoxy when you are done, I don’t trust it. I’m planning to set in tile spacers. These are plastic things used to space floor tiles when you lay a floor. I’ll see how it works out. I may stock up on enough fasteners in case it doesn’t work out.

Thanks for the tip
Regards
Rich

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[RichCarter]

In case anyone else might want to try something similar, I purchased raw teak stock from a local lumber yard a couple of years ago and cut the stock down for a teak cabin sole using a table saw. I paid about $10/bd-ft. Its a little more expensive now, about $14. Most marine retailers sell teak boards, but its insanely overpriced.

Cut 1/4 inch thick, I got three square feet of flooring for each board foot. There’s some loss, so you need to plan about 25% more than what you compute. I recently purchased enough material to do the cockpit sole for about $150. You need a decent table saw and a sharp blade to cut teak.

Rich

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