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Subject:Re: Sound Deadening-Would BITUTHENE roofing underlayment work?
From:Alistair Bell
Date:Thu, 25 Mar 2004 12:06:08 -0800

A few years ago I did the inside walls of my Westy with a polyethylene
backed, self adhesive bitumen based roofing product. I don't recall the
trade name (I may have posted it in the archives).

It was less than 1/8" thick but you could lay on as many layers as you
wanted. A roll (like roofing felt) cost me Ca$80.

Didn't make any effort to totally cover body panels.

It worked well for sound absorption.

Alistair

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'82 Westy -> diesel converted to gas in '94
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on 25/3/04 11:45 am, Brian Butler wrote:

> I'm not a builder, but I've seen builders use a
> product called BITUTHENE (pronounced bitch-a-thane)
> for a roofing underlayment, over concrete in
> foundations, and other places.
> Does anyone out there know if this stuff might work
> for the sound deadening? I know Bituthene has various
> products, all somewhat similar.
> Seems like it might be cheaper too?
> Thoughts????
>
> Brian Butler

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