Cheoy Lee Refit.

The mattress was removed and a template of the bed was made











We took the template to Houston Mattress Mfg to have a custom mattress made. The new mattress has a memory foam top and is a temporpedic type base. It's bigger than a queen and other than the taper it is nearly a full size king. We use king size linens and pillows.


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Then we started the rebuild


The previously mirrored was was painted yellow


started building shelves and cabinets








New mattress arrives. It is a tight fit


Especially trying to get it downstairs


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Yep, I'll go with the non-skid rather then teak ....... Yes, we all know the appeal and tradition of teak but for those of us that have cleaned it - give me non-skid ..........

So, we starting putting things back together.


This is a standard vanity counter top from the boat depot. It was rectangular but due to proximity to the head we needed to round out a corner of make sufficient room to sit. No problem, using a sawzall the corner was cut. But the base material was a white chalky porcelain. So the entire edge was taped off and sprayed with Awlgrip. Yup, that's right, that edge is Awlgrip paint. Who wouldathunkit.


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In a previous life I had laid a custom made tartan/plaid carpet in my den in the house. I had kept the off cuts for about 15 years for reasons that probably say something about my sanity, or lack of it. Anyway, given the theme of 'Scot Free' I decided to haul it out and see what I could do with it.






Trying to get the pattern to match was a trial given I only had a few pieces to work with. Using the original carpet as a template I managed to put it together with only a few square inches left over.


Starting to come together.






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I have a video if the completed area but haven't figured out to upload it to TF yet. So while I'm figuring that out, we will move on to another project.


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Great job!

Pretty cool .........

It was not in my plan to do anything with the salon floor. It has a cream colored sculptured carpet that was probably expensive to install. I had steam cleaned it after I got the boat and trout it looked good. Next to it was the galley with marble tile floor. Then it led into the pilot house which has the cork floor. Hmmm.

On a whim I pulled out all the furniture and vacuumed the area. I didn't like the look of it.






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Thanks guys. It's fun re-creating this.



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So I pulled it all out and, surprise, surprise,





There was a nice, good condition parquet floor below. It would look good refinished.

But I am not a huge fan of parquet. What to do? Refinish it? Lay new carpet?


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Nope. Rip it out.





Well look at that. A hatch right on top of the engines. With a walk in ER I hadn't noticed this before. It was well cover with parquet and carpet.






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I went to see my new friends at Houston Hardwoods. They showed me 1/2" marine ply faced with teak and holly. $179 per sheet. Sounds good. Load up my truck boys!





Four days later it was laid down.




You can see how the hatch is now framed and can be removed easily.




And it now flows into the galley.


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First coat of varnish made it pop.





Seven more coats..... We'll see for yourself.










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Floor looks great. How did you fasten the plywood? Glue only? Glue and nails?

Screws and epoxy.


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Wow, that floor is amazing!

Floors look great!

Ted

Looks fantastic so far, can't wait to see more! Great job!

Greetings,
Mr. Mc. Looks marvelous. Was the hidden floor hatch a factory install do you think?

Thanks all. So far so good....


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Greetings Mr RT. That is a good question for which I don't have an answer. I would guess it's factory original because I believe the boat came with the parquet floor.


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That floor looks awesome. Great job!

The next project I am going to show you is the galley refit. Although everything in the galley was working it was definitely dated. It had a 18 cf whirlpool refrigerator/freezers so well as a countertop fridge, a 0.9 cuft microwave and a princess three burner electric stove with oven. The countertops were corian. There was a large deficit of cabinet space. My biggest pet peeve is the double stainless sink couldn't hold any of my larger pots so washing them was a chore. I like to cook and since I didn't have any women on board to tell me how they would lay it all out, I got to do it myself as I pleased.

I bought all new appliances which consisted of a Summit 12 cuft refrigerator/freezer, a summit four burner ceramic stove top and a Samsung 2.0 cuft convection microwave. The new fridge required less space that the whirlpool, it is taller but less wide and features that make it more energy efficient. With the convection microwave, it's big enough to cook a good size turkey so I no longer need an oven. The below counter top fridge was removed.


Fridge removed


Here you can see big fridge, small fridge, microwave and countertop before removal.


The other half of the galley with stove and sink. Not much prep space.


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sink and stove.


Small fridge


Stove and oven. This was removed and brought to Boaters Resale in Kemah where it sold within a week.


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Stove out and removing backsplash.


Both fridges removed. Getting the big one out was a real project. Had to remove doors and tip it just so.


Stove gone


Cabinets gone.


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Started the rebuild with new partial bulkhead and plywood countertops




Here you can see the spaces for the new fridge and microwave as well as new doors for the space that will become a pots and pans storage cabinet.


New microwave mounting area with space left over for a small cabinet.


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Meanwhile, in the location of the old stove, a new cabinet with cutlery drawer. The cabinet will become the pantry with two slide out shelves


Test fit of microwave.


Seems to fit well.


Coming together well door for upper cabinet fitted. Interior of cabinet spaces all painted white.


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The fridge is going to be a tight fit.


Not so easy. The doors contain electrical wiring with only a little play. Somebody had to hold them while two other maneuvered the fridge


Almost there


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Done. It fits perfectly.


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