Does Changing from Carpet to Wooden Floor affect the noise level?

[Bill Garamella]

Hello Jack and Liz,

I took the carpet out of of our 83 FC 35 and installed a 2# ft sq. .5" thick
rubber and foam (rubber side up) sub floor from SounDown <
http://www.soundown.com/AI.htm >.
On top of this, We installed Dupont Engineered floating floor which also has a
built in pad < http://www2.dupont.com/Laminate_Flooring...index.html>.

This product comes in many different styles and is rugged. You can whack it with
a hammer no problem. It also carries a 30 year warranty. We chose the "Henna
Hickory". Proper installation is the key. Anyway, we also installed 2"2# ft.
sq. fiberglass/lead sandwich insulation in the doghouse at the same time and it
all works well together resulting in a pretty quiet FC. I traveled about 7,000
miles in two different PTs this year and I dare say our FC is not noticeably
much louder. We can cary on a normal conversation at cruising speed (about 60
mph). It is however noticeably slower!

NH Bill
1983 FC "Casa Billisa"