A Case of the Rattles

riversideroamer
riversideroamer Forum Participant Posts: 6
edited March 2016 in Caravan & Motorhome Chat #1

We are first time motor homers and have not yet ventured out overnight but have been for some drives to familiarise ourselves.  We have a whole series of annoying rattles, mainly from the cooker, does anyone have any tips for subduing these annoying noises.
 Everything is fine on the motorway but as some of the roads are in a pretty shocking state off the main roads it is a pretty noisy ride!

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  • Tinwheeler
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    edited March 2016 #2

    I know what you mean, RSR. Silencing the contents of a MH can be a work in progress. We silence the oven shelf by using large clothes pegs to hold it in place. The grill pan is the worse culprit and that never travels in place but is packed away elsewhere
    as is the M/wave turntable. Tea towels play a part in padding/wrapping items but, best of all, is the rubbery shelf lining material that stops things sliding around. Pieces of it can be used to separate any glass jars or similar items. High density foam can
    be used to hold crockery in place - just cut out appropriate slots for things to stand in. We stopped the shower door rattling with felt pads.

    The options are endless - let your imagination run wild!

    Enjoy your MH.

  • Phileas Fogg
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    edited March 2016 #3

    Felt pads on all of the cupboard doors, as above clothes pegs on oven shelves and we wrap the trays in non slip material.....it will rattle a lot less when it is loaded!

    Check your tyre pressures too hard encourages rattles as well.

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited March 2016 #4

    All three of us probably have a fair way to travel before we reach the good surface of a Motorway and even the A30 and A38 aren't ultra smooth in parts. Perhaps we get plenty of anti-rattle  practice near to home!

  • Tigi
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    edited March 2016 #5

    Its the negative side to motorhomes some rattles you can pad and some furniture rattles can be all but impossible to stop. As per previous post tyre pressure can play a major roll. Non slip rubber can be placed on shelves in the kitchen areas and various
    types of draft proofing seals can be effective. 

  • young thomas
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    edited March 2016 #6

    one of the most frustrating things is locating the exact source of the squeak/rattle....it would help to have the co-pilot spinding them out but tricky (and unsafe) when the van is in motion, which is when these little 'PITAs' are manifest....

  • QFour
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    edited March 2016 #7

    Velcro. The wooley bit. Great for most things that rattle. A roll lasts a long time. Cut to size.

  • young thomas
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    Its the negative side to motorhomes some rattles you can pad and some furniture rattles can be all but impossible to stop. As per previous post tyre pressure can play a major roll. Non slip rubber can be placed on shelves in the kitchen areas and various
    types of draft proofing seals can be effective. 

    agree all round here....

    i lined all my drawers (7 large drawers in the kitchen) with a sort of 'quilted, patterned' vinyl roll, from one of the 'factory outlet' stores and this provides great padding and sound deadening.....and the colour is 'mgt approved', too....

    i also had a some left over 'posh carpet underlay' (not felt.....) and cut this up to fit the floor of the garage and each of the five under floor storage compartments and the two wardrobes under the beds.

    this works well and adds extra insulation for warmth and sound...

    finally, for those annoying squeaks, where one surface is moving against another, try silicone spray and work it into the offending joint.....good stuff....

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  • young thomas
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    edited March 2016 #10

    Dare I say VB 4C air suspension Embarassed.  

    Not to sure about the use of silicone spray BB.  If you get it into the edge of some bonded materials it can cause them to delaminate.  

    ok, thanks for the that.....i must have got the tip from someone whose van only had solid wood furnishingsWink

  • Aspenshaw
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    edited March 2016 #11

    Rubberised non slip matting can be as cheap as £1 a roll or the thicker stuff, which we use as it is better at deadening sounds, is up to a £5 a roll. Lay along the floor of any shelf or locker - cut to shape. For the bees knees, have a look at the Dycem website. 

    Our pots, pans and oven shelves [removed from oven and stored separately] are separated by thick tea towels, cut and sewn to shape; the pans have sleaves. The cupboard where the pans live has the sides lined with bed matting from the local camping shop betweeen £5 and £8 a roll, cut to shape and stuck on with sticky sided tape [NOT carpet tape]. Bed matting is lighter than carpet and doesn't hold dust. Mugs are shaped so they have a bigger opening than base so when they are turned upside down on the shelf, they are better balanced. A silicone trivet sleave is wrapped around the mug - bought from Seaflo at a show for 50p each.

    The glass hob cover and hob are separated by a handtowel as this is thicker than a tea towel. Check the metal frame over the hob settles into its mountings without problem - we used blu-tack between the hob and frame to deaden rattles. Make sure your hob isn't moving in transit; if it is, get the dealer to fit it properly.

    We completely emptied our van and then went for a drive. We then reloaded our stuff and, doing the same drive, checked whether the rattles were the same. It helps identify whether the rattles are caused by what you pack [ours were not] or by the build.

    We use a lot of soft bags to hold items in cupboards. We check  anything we add to the van for its ability to rattle so, for example, choose soft rather than hard plastic items. We use collapsible silicon items in the kitchen [except the kettle].

    We turn on the radio!

     

  • steve874
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    edited March 2016 #12

    We use 2 pillows each with the bed, when we travel around we put one in each of the cupboards with likely rattles. Works fine

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