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

[David Brady]

Thanks Pete, that's helpful information.

David Brady
'02 LXi, NC

-----Original Message-----

From: Pete Masterson

Sent: Jun 10, 2009 8:27 PM

To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Does Changing from Carpet to Wooden Floor affect the noise level?

The OEM flooring was carpet, foam rubber pad, 3/4" plywood, then sheet steel.



The flooring I purchased was individual planks, I used an (overpriced) adhesive as recommended by the vendor and they also recommended putting 1/4" cork "underlayment" on top of the plywood. The area near the galley where I pulled up the tile had gotten a bit roughed up -- so I cut out the torn up sub floor and pieced in a new sheet -- then used a "leveling compound" on the bit of left over rough area (that I couldn't cut out) and over the new joints. Although the sub floor was pretty level, I was more comfortable with having the uniformity of the extra 1/4" cork.



It seems as if BB upgraded the underlayment/subfloor in the LXI compared to the '95. BIrch underlayment is commonly used under various flooring materials -- indeed, I have it under the vinyl in my home kitchen, etc...



Pete Masterson

95 WBDA 42'

On the road at West Yellowstone, MT -- leaving for St. Regis, MT tomorrow morning.



On Wednesday, June 10, 2009, at 08:32AM, "david brady" <"dmb993%40earthlink.net"> wrote:

>Pete,

>

>Was the cork subfloor something you added or was it part of the

>original BlueBird subfloor? I ask cause Ernie's installing a hardwood

>floor in my coach and BB sandwiched cork between 3/4" marine

>plywood and 1/2" birch subflooring on my LXi.

>

>Thanks,

>David Brady

>'02 LXi, NC

>

>Pete Masterson wrote:

>>

>>

>> I installed bamboo flooring from the front of my coach to the bedroom

>> door (I have a side-aisle around the bath). I installed it over a cork

>> sub-floor. Noise levels are about the same as when I had the carpet.

>> Smells a lot better, though!

>>

>> Pete Masterson

>> 95 WL wbda 42

>> On the road at West Yellowstone, MT.

>>

>> On Tuesday, June 09, 2009, at 08:30PM, "Curt Sprenger"

>> <"curtsprenger%40gmail.com" r%40gmail.com>> wrote:

>> >The carpet was removed in our coach. Bamboo flooring installed from the

>> >front of the bus through the salon and the kitchen area. No difference in

>> >noise that I can tell.

>> >

>> >Curt Sprenger

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>> >On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 8:15 PM, Jack and Liz Pearce

>> <"jacklizpearce%40gmail.com" ce%40gmail.com>

>> >> wrote:

>> >

>> >>

>> >>

>> >> Howdy.

>> >> Have you taken out the carpet from your Bird's living room and

>> replaced it

>> >> with a wooden floor? If so, what effect did this have on the noise

>> level

>> >> when traveling in your coach? Please write and let us know.

>> >>

>> >>

>> >> TIA,

>> >> Jack and Liz Pearce

>> >> Regards,

>> >> Jack and Liz Pearce

>> >> Fulltiming in a 1993 Wanderlodge WB40

>> >> D'Hanis, TX in the winter

>> >> Buena Vista, CO in the summer

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