Fish House Flooring

I’ve been firing off lots of questions lately so here goes another lol.

This spring I’m gutting/re-insulating my (EDIT 2014)grey wolf wheelhouse and figured while I’m in there I may as well redo the flooring. Currently has carpet, which I really don’t mind, but wouldn’t be opposed with the rubber coin or vinyl plank either. Couple questions I have are:

1) Whats everyone’s flooring preference?

2) For those of you who have laid the rubber floor, did you use any adhesive or just utilize the hole covers/table mounts to keep things in place?

3) If the carpet is a complete B to pull, would anyone see any issues laying flooring right over the top?

1. Lots of options with rubber or vinyl. Carpet would be my last choice.
2. Depends what you use
3. If you are going to gut it may as well gut it.

I’d go with the rubber. Seems that the carpet always stays damp on the bottom due to condensation with the cold subfloor, much less when it gets wet from top. Fish house is naturally humid with the open holes.

After having both, ive come to the conclusion if you insist on having carpet, just run a remnant down the center. That way you can take it out to clean or just change color! Once you take the remnant off the rubber floor, you’ll see it’s likely damp underneath.

Definitely go rubber.
But why are you gutting a 24, seems way to new for that

Rubber will dry out much much faster than laminate

Are the walls not spray foamed? Definitely not carpet! We have a vinyl flooring and put a water hog floor mat down at the door and have runners to put down if needed. Get that carpet out, don’t lay over it.

Bearcat89 wrote:

But why are you getting a 24, seems way to new for that

Thats what I was thinking

He stated the word “my” which should mean that he currently owns it.

A 2024? Seems a bit odd for this type of renovation to a model this new. Are you seeing frost on the inside in certain areas or feel a slight draft somewhere?

I would go with rubber. Most definitely do not apply a new floor over the existing carpet.

Bearcat89 wrote:

Definitely go rubber.
But why are you getting a 24, seems way to new for that

Edited to fix the year, the house is a 2014.

OG Net_Man wrote:

He stated the word “my” which should mean that he currently owns it.

A 2024? Seems a bit odd for this type of renovation to a model this new. Are you seeing frost on the inside in certain areas or feel a slight draft somewhere?

I would go with rubber. Most definitely do not apply a new floor over the existing carpet.

Spell correct made gutting in to getting. I realize it is his.

The other option I’m considering is one of the roll-on garage floor epoxy coatings, which would probably be the easiest and most durable once I get the carpet up.

Well, that all makes more sense.

waldo9190 wrote:

The other option I’m considering is one of the roll-on garage floor epoxy coatings, which would probably be the easiest and most durable once I get the carpet up.

I’d look into the epoxy idea a bit before pulling that trigger. Will the epoxy stay pliable enough to handle the temp swings, or the expansion difference between itself and the subfloor? Plus the flex of the house itself.

I’d hate to finish it off, then find it start flaking/chipping away.

Vinyl Tiles (LVT) with grout would be worth looking into.

Put in a ceiling fan and carpet dries very fast. Mine looks like the day I put it in and I built the house in 2012. I’m a carpet guy in a house you spend any weekends or nights in. I wouldn’t do epoxy.

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I am not a vinyl expert but the vinyl floor in my boat is very, very slippery with snow on my shoes/boots.

Eelpoutguy wrote:

Vinyl Tiles (LVT) with grout would be worth looking into.

If it’s anything like my floor I laid in the house, that would be the worst to walk on with wet boots. Be a real neck breaker.