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Repairing vinyl flooring after a shrink wrap melt on it

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Is there any repair options for fixing shrink wrap that melted into the vinyl flooring on my 20 ‘ Bennington Pontoon boat? Any suggestions would be helpful.
 
First talk to your dealer. Find out if they can , if not ask if they can get a piece the size you need and check with a carpet installer.
If that fails call your insurance company. If it can't be repaired, and has to replaced ,that's very time consuming and expensive.
 
See if you can get a small piece of matching material. Perhaps from a dealer's non-current sample book?
Cut out a circle just large enough to cover the blemish. Place it over the blemish use as a guide to cut out the bad area. Put adhesive on patch and install where you removed the piece. The reason for a circle is that it will not be as visibly obvious as straight cut lines would be.
 
Bill N said:
Cut out a circle just large enough to cover the blemish. Place it over the blemish use as a guide to cut out the bad area.
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Bill N -- you have it but here is a little more detail.

Vinyl repair double cut technique: Free hand cut replacement material a few inches larger than the damaged area. Lay the replacement piece over the damaged area. Use a fresh blade in a utility knife and cut through both the replacement material and the original material at the same time. It really doesn't matter what shape you cut as long as it covers the damaged area. Remove the damaged section and the cut piece of replacement material will fit perfectly.
 
Who did the shrink wrap? Sounds like something they need to cover.
 
It is amazing what is in some of the contracts around my area for winterization and storage. Some of the contracts have you essentially waving all rights and they are responsible for virtually nothing. That assumes they hold you to the contract when it is their fault. Reading the fine print can be scary.
 
Pbakk said:
It is amazing what is in some of the contracts around my area for winterization and storage. Some of the contracts have you essentially waving all rights and they are responsible for virtually nothing. That assumes they hold you to the contract when it is their fault. Reading the fine print can be scary.
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But it really needs to be that way.
Let's say you own a building and are storing 100 boats inside of it. What's the worse that can happen? Total loss of 100 boats and the structure, that's what could happen. Can you imagine the what the premiums would be if you wanted to take on that responsibility? You simply couldn't math that one out. Furthermore, all of the boat owners should already have coverage in place. So...
 
Bill N said:
But it really needs to be that way.
Let's say you own a building and are storing 100 boats inside of it. What's the worse that can happen? Total loss of 100 boats and the structure, that's what could happen. Can you imagine the what the premiums would be if you wanted to take on that responsibility? You simply couldn't math that one out. Furthermore, all of the boat owners should already have coverage in place. So...
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A couple of years ago this happened where my boat is stored .One of my dealers storage building collapsed from the snow ,took out a lot of boats. I think ( I may be wrong since mine was not involved ) the dealers insurance covered the deductibles the owners insurance covered the balance. At the time of storage you must provide a copy of your insurance ,or you will be storing it else where.
 
I know a guy that was storing in one of his son's buddy's shed, so not commercial. A trickle charger started the fire. Here's the interesting part of the story. Prior to this he kept getting an insurance bill from "XYZ" whom he knew he didn't have insurance with, so he kept discarding the premium due notices without thinking anything about it. So after the fire he contacts his insurance agent and soon learns they moved his coverage to "XYZ".
Total lack of communication at it's worst.

Was interesting to listen to him. The fire inspector told him one of the biggest sources to garage fires are chargers. Mostly cordless tool battery chargers.
 
Now you got me thinking about the one I use on my car for the winter . ( NOCO GENIUS 5) . A friend of mine didnt pay their boat premium last spring . They were on vacation in Alabama for 2 months and the mail forwarding didnt work . Sure enough their boat started on fire ( I/O) 1st time out this season . They gave it to their son , worst case ,he can drop a new V8 in it . No damage to the boat itself .
 
We had power go out a month ago at the lake house. Someone a few miles away had hooked up there generator. They then left for the evening (Saturday into Saturday evening). Around 7 pm there was a huge explosion, rattled things for a couple miles. Apparently when the power got restored, it created some sort of surge and their generator caught on fire (electrical initially). However, they had the generator in their shed outside the home, and they had some propane tanks in the shed. Those exploded, and then debris caught the house on fire somehow. It was a whole thing. Not the same, but kinda along the lines of what you two are sharing.
 
Bill N said:
But it really needs to be that way.
Let's say you own a building and are storing 100 boats inside of it. What's the worse that can happen? Total loss of 100 boats and the structure, that's what could happen. Can you imagine the what the premiums would be if you wanted to take on that responsibility? You simply couldn't math that one out. Furthermore, all of the boat owners should already have coverage in place. So...
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I understand not covering the risk, especially catastrophic loss. However, some of the language is so wide ranging that it exempts them of risk of their own doing. I have watched a kid pull my boat out and drag the skeg on the concrete ramp out of the garage. They lowered the motor to get more boats squeezed in and forgot to raise it when pulling it out. I have had some bad experiences. I walk around my boat and take a video before dropping it off so I have some proof that any damage wasn’t on my end. May not hold up, but at least I can try.
 
That is why you are " supposed " to have disconnect on a portable generator .Id be curious to hear if insurance covered things if he didnt have a disconnect. There is no way a disconnect can fail, its human controlled . Now if he had a full size whole house generator and the transfer switch failed ,that is a different story .
I had a disconnect on my previous house . We've got a Generac with the correct transfer switch at this house .
 
Jack M said:
That is why you are " supposed " to have disconnect on a portable generator .Id be curious to hear if insurance covered things if he didnt have a disconnect. There is no way a disconnect can fail, its human controlled . Now if he had a full size whole house generator and the transfer switch failed ,that a different story .
I had a disconnect on my previous house . We've got a Generac with the correct transfer switch at this house .
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Nope…Just using a small portable generator. My understanding was no disconnect, just plugged into a power switch set up to bypass house fuse box and provide power directly to HVAC system when power was out. I’d be surprised if insurance doesn’t look to not cover it, but never heard anything further after the event.
 
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