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Ideas on insulating a houseboat

Mrs. Goodwrench

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I know this is way from a garage problem, but houseboat people don't seem to care much about insulation so I found myself here.

I need to try to create temporary insulation to lay on the un insulated fiberglass flat roof of a houseboat our son lives in. The Prodex product looked like a good candidate until I thought about it, and just intuitively you can see it can't do what it claims. Ideally, the insulation would lie on top of the roof like a big blanket, perhaps held in place by duct tape, be rodent proof, removable and re-useable. The houseboat is docked under a roof at a roofed marina. I was impressed by the post by Leap91 in 2012 and I'm hopping to get any workable ideas.
In a way, I guess this is a garage problem because it'll end up stored there come spring.
Thanks
 
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Bondo

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Ayuh,.... I've got a houseboat, but the insulation is 'tween the ceilin', 'n deck above,....

Generally speakin', houseboats ain't built for life below 32°,.....
 
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Ohmthis

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I have to agree with bondo, houseboats aren't very good living places when really cold. I had a houseboat that was insulated. The water cools the bilge down and makes it really hard to keep heated.
 
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