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What are some good suggestions for replacing the boat floor?

Sam009

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I want to install a new flooring for my boat, but I don't know how to choose. I have compared three brands, namely SeaDek, GatorStep, and Hzkaicun. They all use EVA as the raw material. SeaDek is mainly involved in products that are not just boat flooring, but also many other products. GatorStep offers the service of customizing boat flooring. Hzkaicun also provides the service of customizing boat flooring, and its price is the cheapest. Do you have any suggestions? Thank you!
 
I want to install a new flooring for my boat, but I don't know how to choose. I have compared three brands, namely SeaDek, GatorStep, and Hzkaicun. They all use EVA as the raw material. SeaDek is mainly involved in products that are not just boat flooring, but also many other products. GatorStep offers the service of customizing boat flooring. Hzkaicun also provides the service of customizing boat flooring, and its price is the cheapest. Do you have any suggestions? Thank you!

Any that are custom cut will be spendy. What I can point to from my investigations before doing my own, is that the thickness seems to be the primary indicator of comfort. Your link to the Hzkaicun only shows them offering a "hardness" for the material. That's simply a reflection of the thickness, so why not list that, instead of some nebulous measurement - this gives me reason for suspicion, as well as the keyboard-swipe-company-name. If I were to guess, I'd say the products they're offering are 3-4mm thick for the harder stuff, and 5-6mm for the softer stuff.

My boat came with 3 or 4mm on the swim platform, and it was better than nothing, but the SeaDek I installed was 5 or 6mm, and that's a noticeable difference underfoot. SeaDek lists their thickness. I bought from Amazon, and did it myself. It's not difficult, it just takes time. From the sound of it, none of these companies are going to have something precut for your needs, so if you can find a standard pattern, you could easily do this yourself - at which point I'd recommend SeaDek. No matter who you go with, darker colors seem to be prone to the potential for issues, if not outright problems. From what I've heard, GatorStep is less expensive, but that was for stock kits, if I remember correctly.

In my area, I can get GatorStep and SeaDek done for custom, but the guy I know who's personally done installs for a marine dealership up the river said he tries to steer fishing boats toward the GatorStep, and pleasure boats to the SeaDek. The reason he gave was the amount of give, and that the cushioning is nice on a fishing boat, but this stuff is used for better traction, with cushioning as a side benefit, and the reverse holds for pleasure boats. Neither material is bad, for traction or cushioning, so I believe it falls to the thickness of the material defining what you're looking to accomplish, more than anything else. All things being equal to you, it should turn into a color/style, and then cost issue.

Personally, I'd steer clear of the alphabet soup named product. The other two brands are well-known and respected by many on the forums here, so there's some feedback. HZo687u may be great, and a well-known brand - elsewhere - but yours is the first I've heard of this company, and the concern to me would be getting any replacement material if something gets damaged down the line. I can still buy the same SeaDek, for instance, that I bought a few years ago. Will that remain the case forever? Doubtful, but I know SeaDek has been around long enough that there's a good chance for success in replacing things.

SeaDek can be customized as well, so I wouldn't assess them a penalty for that, you'd just have to figure out the process, or find an installer / fabricator for the job
 
Any that are custom cut will be spendy. What I can point to from my investigations before doing my own, is that the thickness seems to be the primary indicator of comfort. Your link to the Hzkaicun only shows them offering a "hardness" for the material. That's simply a reflection of the thickness, so why not list that, instead of some nebulous measurement - this gives me reason for suspicion, as well as the keyboard-swipe-company-name. If I were to guess, I'd say the products they're offering are 3-4mm thick for the harder stuff, and 5-6mm for the softer stuff.

My boat came with 3 or 4mm on the swim platform, and it was better than nothing, but the SeaDek I installed was 5 or 6mm, and that's a noticeable difference underfoot. SeaDek lists their thickness. I bought from Amazon, and did it myself. It's not difficult, it just takes time. From the sound of it, none of these companies are going to have something precut for your needs, so if you can find a standard pattern, you could easily do this yourself - at which point I'd recommend SeaDek. No matter who you go with, darker colors seem to be prone to the potential for issues, if not outright problems. From what I've heard, GatorStep is less expensive, but that was for stock kits, if I remember correctly.

In my area, I can get GatorStep and SeaDek done for custom, but the guy I know who's personally done installs for a marine dealership up the river said he tries to steer fishing boats toward the GatorStep, and pleasure boats to the SeaDek. The reason he gave was the amount of give, and that the cushioning is nice on a fishing boat, but this stuff is used for better traction, with cushioning as a side benefit, and the reverse holds for pleasure boats. Neither material is bad, for traction or cushioning, so I believe it falls to the thickness of the material defining what you're looking to accomplish, more than anything else. All things being equal to you, it should turn into a color/style, and then cost issue.

Personally, I'd steer clear of the alphabet soup named product. The other two brands are well-known and respected by many on the forums here, so there's some feedback. HZo687u may be great, and a well-known brand - elsewhere - but yours is the first I've heard of this company, and the concern to me would be getting any replacement material if something gets damaged down the line. I can still buy the same SeaDek, for instance, that I bought a few years ago. Will that remain the case forever? Doubtful, but I know SeaDek has been around long enough that there's a good chance for success in replacing things.

SeaDek can be customized as well, so I wouldn't assess them a penalty for that, you'd just have to figure out the process, or find an installer / fabricator for the job
Thank you so much for your reply. I've decided to purchase GatorStep for my Supra and Hzkaicun for my Seadoo respectively.
 
Any that are custom cut will be spendy. What I can point to from my investigations before doing my own, is that the thickness seems to be the primary indicator of comfort. Your link to the Hzkaicun only shows them offering a "hardness" for the material. That's simply a reflection of the thickness, so why not list that, instead of some nebulous measurement - this gives me reason for suspicion, as well as the keyboard-swipe-company-name. If I were to guess, I'd say the products they're offering are 3-4mm thick for the harder stuff, and 5-6mm for the softer stuff.

My boat came with 3 or 4mm on the swim platform, and it was better than nothing, but the SeaDek I installed was 5 or 6mm, and that's a noticeable difference underfoot. SeaDek lists their thickness. I bought from Amazon, and did it myself. It's not difficult, it just takes time. From the sound of it, none of these companies are going to have something precut for your needs, so if you can find a standard pattern, you could easily do this yourself - at which point I'd recommend SeaDek. No matter who you go with, darker colors seem to be prone to the potential for issues, if not outright problems. From what I've heard, GatorStep is less expensive, but that was for stock kits, if I remember correctly.

In my area, I can get GatorStep and SeaDek done for custom, but the guy I know who's personally done installs for a marine dealership up the river said he tries to steer fishing boats toward the GatorStep, and pleasure boats to the SeaDek. The reason he gave was the amount of give, and that the cushioning is nice on a fishing boat, but this stuff is used for better traction, with cushioning as a side benefit, and the reverse holds for pleasure boats. Neither material is bad, for traction or cushioning, so I believe it falls to the thickness of the material defining what you're looking to accomplish, more than anything else. All things being equal to you, it should turn into a color/style, and then cost issue.

Personally, I'd steer clear of the alphabet soup named product. The other two brands are well-known and respected by many on the forums here, so there's some feedback. HZo687u may be great, and a well-known brand - elsewhere - but yours is the first I've heard of this company, and the concern to me would be getting any replacement material if something gets damaged down the line. I can still buy the same SeaDek, for instance, that I bought a few years ago. Will that remain the case forever? Doubtful, but I know SeaDek has been around long enough that there's a good chance for success in replacing things.

SeaDek can be customized as well, so I wouldn't assess them a penalty for that, you'd just have to figure out the process, or find an installer / fabricator for the job

Curious to why the darker colors are prone to issues, and what issues? My boat has the standard slate gray, but I've contemplated switching to a darker brown in the future to tame the staining from the Wisconsin River.
 
Curious to why the darker colors are prone to issues, and what issues? My boat has the standard slate gray, but I've contemplated switching to a darker brown in the future to tame the staining from the Wisconsin River.

They may have solved them, or at least lessened them, but definitely reports were out there about them not adhering properly, and if I recall, Jet Boat Pilot had something regarding warranty work on... The mocha? I'm guessing it was the material reaction to heat and sun with extended or constant sun exposure.

Like I said, it may be addressed now, but that's always stuck in the back of my mind. I also believe it wasn't tied to the snap-in flooring, just the adhesive backed stuff, but I'm old and addled, I'd definitely do some research to verify what I'm saying and see what's been updated to fix it
 
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