Dog House Latches

These old dog-house latches were brutal on my ankles- The circular metal part scraped my leg every time I would get in or out of the passenger seat ... 


... I insisted on a different mechanism. 
We had the butterfly latches on our last rig- so I went searching for something similar.

This is the smaller part of what we came up with-

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We will add a few more to keep it secure.

Dog House Carpeting Stages

We started out with this-


-And then proceeded to these two stages -


To finally get to this!

...And Then There Was....

At first there was carpet...


...and then there was none!


...as in no carpet on the doghouse.  The cover has had the carpet removed and the hatch cover has been prepped.

DogHouse Insulation Project

I thought the engine noise was too loud on our maiden voyage so one thing the Dear Husband did this week was to insulate the doghouse.
He purchased a roll of CSI Heat & Sound Insulation along with can of high temperature spray on glue.

He removed the original foil that was held on by the screws of the doghouse latches and added the thicker insulation. He then also re-installed the old foil on top of the new foil.

You can see the difference in the thicknesses of the two products in the photos below.


I am looking forward to quieter ride!