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

[Dorn Hetzel]

Bill,

Can you provide more details about the fiberglass/lead sandwich
doghouse insulation?

I'm getting ready to pull my radiator to replace all the belts and
hoses behind it, and it seems like it
might be a good time to insulate the doghouse since all the old
insulation is rotted out.

Regards,

Dorn Hetzel
77FC35
Hogansville, GA

On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 1:16 AM, Bill Garamella wrote:
>
>
> 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"
>
>