| Floor insulation question [message #352337] |
Sat, 22 February 2020 20:53  |
Green machine
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Hello again GMC braintrust!
Continuing along with my complete overhaul... I have painted the frame with por15 and have put the fuel tanks back in after a refresh. I will get to the black tank at some point. Tomorrow I will get the new fuel lines installed. I am getting close to being able to get new floors in and wondered what everyone is using as a replacement for the hard floor insulation from the factory. Mine busted all to bits pulling it all out and I'm not sure I would have reused it anyway. Looks like the old stuff was 1" and must've had some heat rating for the exhaust.
As always, any help is much appreciated.
Shawn Harris
North Vancouver,
Canada
1977 Palm Beach 403
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| Re: Floor insulation question [message #352467 is a reply to message #352422] |
Fri, 28 February 2020 06:24  |
Rich Kinas
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I'm redoing my floors as well and am planning on using Roxul minerla wool high temperatore unsulation density #8 green 1.5"x24"x48" is less than 20 bucks.
Rich
Rich Kinas
1976 Elaganza II
Orlando, FL
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| Re: Floor insulation question [message #352484 is a reply to message #352467] |
Fri, 28 February 2020 12:52 |
Green machine
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Rich Kinas wrote on Fri, 28 February 2020 06:24I'm redoing my floors as well and am planning on using Roxul minerla wool high temperatore unsulation density #8 green 1.5"x24"x48" is less than 20 bucks.
Rich
Well we will have a couple reviews then! Upon further investigation I found they actually have 1.25 " available on their website. I'm trying to find a retailer who will bring it in. You don't think 1.5" will be compressed too much?
Shawn
Shawn Harris
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1977 Palm Beach 403
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| Re: Floor insulation question [message #353806 is a reply to message #352337] |
Tue, 14 April 2020 22:28 |
Green machine
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Just a quick update...I ended up buying 2" and spitting down the middle. I'm glad i did because this stuff does not compress much at all! I used a 24" english bow saw with my wife ensuring i was staying straight on the far end. Easy as pie. Cuts like a dream. Mold proof, fire resistant and rigid. If there is a better product for this application, I would be surprised.
The pack comes with 6 sheets so 12 in half. I'll update if that does the whole floor. I suspect I'll need one or two extra sheets unfortunately. We shall see. Too much of a PITA to upload photos or I would.
Shawn Harris
North Vancouver,
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1977 Palm Beach 403
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| Re: [GMCnet] Floor insulation question [message #353930 is a reply to message #353806] |
Mon, 20 April 2020 05:55 |
Rich Kinas
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So you ended up with 1" thick slabs, just to make sure I am following you.
I am just trying ti finish up my front end rebuild to finally get onto the
floors. Do you think the 1 1/2 " would be too thick?
Thanks,
Rich
On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 11:28 PM Shawn Harris via Gmclist <
gmclist@list.gmcnet.org> wrote:
> Just a quick update...I ended up buying 2" and spitting down the middle.
> I'm glad i did because this stuff does not compress much at all! I used a
> 24"
> english bow saw with my wife ensuring i was staying straight on the far
> end. Easy as pie. Cuts like a dream. Mold proof, fire resistant and rigid.
> If
> there is a better product for this application, I would be surprised.
>
> The pack comes with 6 sheets so 12 in half. I'll update if that does the
> whole floor. I suspect I'll need one or two extra sheets unfortunately. We
> shall see. Too much of a PITA to upload photos or I would.
> --
> Shawn Harris
> North Vancouver,
> Canada
> 1977 Palm Beach 403
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