I need a little insight on how much space to allow for room dividers( 3/4 plywood cdx)fixed in place at bottom and a U channel on the other anchored sides?
I was planning on aprox. 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch Our bus is a mci 8.
All information is welcomed
THANK YOU
MC8 TIN TENT (Dwayne)
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My dividers are fixed to the floor ,walls and ceiling,no U channel.
Our room dividers are all 3/4 inch plywood anchored to the floor, ceiling and side walls, no channel, our side walls are all 3/4 inch plywood also thats screwed to the metal uprights in the wall, seems to be very solid with no noticeable flexing at all. One thing we did was to line the edges of all the plywood including the sidewall pieces with 1/8 inch felt to reduce the chance of squeaking or rub noises if there were any flex points. We also lined the metal uprights in the sidewalls with the same felt where the plywood was screwed to it, maybe overkill but didn't take long to do and the cost was minimal.
My walls are tight between ceiling and floor (glued and screwed top, bottom and side) and no apparent movement seen even on some pretty rugged roads. Only movement I've had was in the front half of the bus where I had ply to cover the roof curve and act as curtain pelmets -- two strips joined together with biscuits and glue totalling about 16'. Because of difference in expansion of the ply and the metal structure of the body, the join in the middle pulled apart about 1/16" on one side and pulled away from the overhead cupboard on the other side.
EDNJ and CODY
Thanks for the tip,my panels will be secured on all sides,and the felt on the edges is a great idea Thanks again Dwayne
Its what you learn after you think you know it all !!! THATS IMPORTANT!! :D
The felt is a good idea but really a waste of time as I just screwed to the metal and my bus does not make a sound other than the diamond plate I used for door panels that aren't in tight enough. They rattle and drive me crazy.
The felt probably was a waste of time but I had a large roll of it and at that time I was used to the noises my older "sticks and staples" motorhome made so I was trying to do a better job than the factory had done on my older one. As it turned out we ended up with an very quiet interior on the road, I've been accused of overkill on many of my projects but most of them have worked out quite well. One overkill project that comes to mind is my insistance at new tires at the five year mark, I got all new tires and my brother-in-law whined until I let him have the set I had taken off, they looked like new but one of them blew out after about 3000 miles and tore up his floor in that area, I told him I didn't trust them anymore, thats why I got new ones but he 's one of those that has to learn the hard way sometimes.