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Subject:Re: Brown Bread/B-quiet/Dynamat
From:Robert Fisher
Date:Sat, 22 Jan 2005 14:03:32 -0800

So for those concerned about adding weight, what would you say this roll (or
the part you used) weighed?

Cya,
Robert

----- Original Message -----
From: "Alistair Bell" <albell@UVIC.CA>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2005 8:56 AM
Subject: Re: Brown Bread/B-quiet/Dynamat

> What Shawn describes is exactley what I used on my van 4 years ago.
> Cost around Ca$80/roll (approx 3 ft wide roll, one roll more than
> enough to do the van, even using 4 layers in places).
>
>
> Alistair
>
>
> '82 westy, diesel converted to gas in '94
> http://www.members.shaw.ca/albell/
>
> On 22-Jan-05, at 8:13 AM, Shawn Wright wrote:
>
>> It is used in this area around window frames, especially on new houses
>> with stucco,
>> where water penetration in our wet climate is an issue (search on
>> "leaky condos in
>> BC" for more gruesome details). The stuff I've seen is a thick black
>> rubber mat (1/16
>> to 1/8" thick) , with a peel off plastic on one side revealing
>> adhesive, and a light blue
>> plastic coating on the exposed side. My neighbour also used it where
>> the concrete
>> porch is poured up against the rim joists. I don't recall the name,
>> but maybe this
>> description will help locate it. About one in 5 houses on my street
>> used it during
>> construction in the past 2 years. I think it may be the same stuff
>> used as roofing "ice
>> guard" in climates prone to such problems.