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

[Ernie Ekberg]

WE just did an insulation job for Eric' 84 FC in his doghouse. Received that material from Stephen Birtles. Ernie Ekberg 83PT40 Wanderlodge Weatherford, Tx http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/erni...gandrepair --- On Wed, 6/10/09, Dorn Hetzel wrote: From: Dorn Hetzel Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Does Changing from Carpet to Wooden Floor affect the noise level? To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, June 10, 2009, 5:56 AM 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<billgaramella@ yahoo.com> 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/ en_US/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" > >