Posted 2006-05-08 2:08 PM (#41453) Subject: Insulating a Gooseneck
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Posts: 87 Location: Lavaca, Alabama
With a lot of help from various websites I've found here, I have started to build a weekender package in my gooseneck trailer. I need someone to shed some light on one part of this process. How important is it to insulate the actual gooseneck part - the breastplate wall and the sleeping surface? It is now covered in carpet and the breastplate wall has bolts through it that attach a water tank to the front. There are also two large brush trays that are welded onto the breastplate wall that I would like to keep because they provide a ladder up into the bed. If I put insulation down, can I put it over the existing carpet? I have everything insulated but this area, and I'm not sure if it is worth pulling up the carpet. Any ideas?
Posted 2006-05-08 2:20 PM (#41456 - in reply to #41453) Subject: RE: Insulating a Gooseneck
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Posts: 182
we never did with ours. The carpet kinda of insulates and the mattress insulates you from the neck. The carpeted area never feels hot or cold to me. But when the trailer wasn't insulated I could feel the difference in the walls and cieling. We had insulated the walls before the cieling and I had stayed in there that a way a couple of times and you could tell the cold and heat was coming from the cieling. After insulating the ceiling then I didnt feel any hot areas, or cold areas. Pics of mine can seen at http://www.debknudson.freewebspace.com/photo2.html
Insulating a Gooseneck
