V-Berth: Fit New Headliner

Fitting headliner in the V-Berth is very fiddly indeed. The shape of the ceiling is such that there are lots of awkward corners to shape the wood around - and the best way I found of doing it was to make a lot of small panels. This, of course, means lots of joins and these were covered in a plastic strip and screwed into place.

The material used was PolyPly supplied by Plymaster but phone ahead, they don't always have stock but they are happy to order it if you phone a few days ahead. 

A certain amount of fiddling around the funny-shaped walls and various bits of hardware.

The bits that required a slightly different finishing approach were at the aft end where the headliner meets the wood, and around the forward hatch. Both were finished with white plastic angle, the latter sealed with sealant to stop any water from getting above the headliner.

The replacement headliner was a lot thinner than the original so I needed to put spacers in a few places so that there were not gaps where it met existing timbers and trims.

Lots of panels mean lots of joins to cover but, with care, it all came out in the end.
This turned out to be a time-consuming but satisfactory job. It really does look good now.