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Engine Compartment Shielding

I have much appreciated the comments and help regarding replacement solutions for the above-engine compartment.

This fall and winter, I plan to implement Pierce Stewart's recommendation to use Hardiebacker board to create a noise dampening and fireproof environment above and around the engine compartment. However, my coach is currently in dry storage, where it is difficult to work, and a temporary fix is called for.

So I am soliciting opinions regarding the use of 1. Barymat in the roughly 2-inch deep "Box" above the engine; Barymat is a 1.25-inch thick sound-suppressor product, not fireproof.

I would then afix Heatshield Products 0.25-inch mat over the Barymat. Heatshield Products IS a fireproof mat for engine compartments. I would then seal around the edges of the box with silver tape.

Any suggestions, cautions, or critiques of this idea will be very much appreciated!
1989 Foretravel U300 Grand Villa
Build #3410