Insulating high top

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Hi All

I've been sound deadening and insulating Daisy and have a question regarding the high top insulation.  I've put up sporadic deadening and then added 7mm thermoliner in the centre channel as I didn't want to try and do whole roof.  Does it make sense to use foil tape to do the rest before carpeting?

Thanks in advance, there's more pics on my website if you're interested...

[rollercoaster]

I did the whole roof on mine, its still silver bits..
thinking to wood panel it inside now.
 

[cobblers]

I wouldn't bother with the silver tape under the carpet, it provides almost zero thermal barrier alone and is only really useful to seal gaps in other insulation. It's reflective so it would technically slightly help with radiated heat, but it's negligible and it's just another layer of stuff under the carpet that might cause creases etc.

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Thanks for the responses folks, I may get a single roll to tidy up my lines and joins for carpeting and call it a day.

[rollercoaster]

One reason for panelling rather than covering..
was that I was suspicious of the glue on the insulation.
My idea is to mix some panelling and covering.
Also I need attachments at places, tie downs..
to stop things sliding off the upstairs.

Yours is a Sheldon top too?

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Yeah mine's a Sheldon, I nearly swapped it out for a space roof but we like the headroom.  Not sure what your tie downs are for, can you elaborate?  I still intend on putting a bed back up there for my daughter instead of framing it out if that's what you mean, I also have a hideous cross beam I need to hide

[OwenP]

I get the need for tie downs. You can shoot stuff off the back shelf if you hit the the brakes hard as a dent in my fire barrel etc. proves. I didn't want to stop the back half of the high top being available to be used as a sleeping space or restrict what can go up there with cupboard doors or similar so I got a cargo net off Amazon for about £15 which attaches with loops at the top and bottom of the sides. That works pretty well as long as it's not trying to hold anything heavy back and you can take it off easily.

Strangely I don't have a cargo net for the front part of the high top but nothing has yet fallen out under heavy acceleration.

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was that I was suspicious of the glue on the insulation.

Daisy has been sitting in the drive for a while whilst I've been trying to resolve leaking doors and clutch issues, I've noticed some of the insulation drooping so I'm beginning to second guess putting it up there.  On the flip side, I've been carpeting interior ply panels and that glue is pretty sticky, maybe it will hold it if it all decided to fall off at once  

[multisi]

Any glue that is used needs to be high temperature resistant.

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Yeah have used high temp glue, it may have more to do with a ragged piece of foam on the insulation, I may cut it out and re-fit. I did notice how much more the tailgate panel drooped until it had all it's trim clips in after it had been carpeted.  Hence revisiting this post and thought process.

Cheers for your responses / engagement btw, appreciate the friendly advice.