Rain Noise

Has anyone found a solution to minimize the roof noise when it rains?

[commodor47]

DenandSue found an easy way to dampen the sound by placing a fairly thick blanket on the roof. Haven't tried it - but seems like it would help reduce the rain noise.

Dick

Ear Plugs.

[Bill]

Actually, I love the rain noise. This may be because when I was a kid, my folks had a cabin on a lake in Maine, and the sound of rain on the roof put me to sleep on many nights. It was kind of a soothing white-noise sort of thing. So it's all in perception, I guess.

Bill

I agree with Bill. Living in rain deprived SoCal, the beating of rain on the roof is music to us. Now if it rained for a week or so I probably would be looking for a blanket...

[countrygirl]

I agree with Bill and Scott. We love the sound and if it raining will go sit in it just to hear it.

[Wavery]

RAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!! What's that??????? What does it sound like????

I'm another Bill who loves the rain noise. We were on a trip out West in 2007 and were in some major thunderstorms a couple of nights. The wife wasn't crazy about that but the TM was stable and snug even in the worst storm.

While I generally like the sound of rain (and will often open windows at home to hear it better), the aluminum roof skin on the TM seems to amplify sounds of rain & falling tree detritus in a very staccato fashion. We just got back from a trip where we were parked under some pine & oak trees. Lemme tell ya, acorns from 50 feet up will wake you every time ! Same with the rain.

I was thinking about the possibility of getting some white EPDM rubber roofing material and gluing sheets of it on top of the aluminum roof skin. I would think it should deaden the impact of rain / falling stuff.

Any opinions?

Steve

[mcgyver210]

It has rained on all of our trips & I can say I have slept the best when it is raining but what do I know Im not even bothered by the AC running.