Step one involves leveling out your camper van floor with insulation.
Van insulation and carpeting.
This is because an effective vapor barrier will prevent the humid air inside your van from reaching the cold material metal of your van walls and building condensation.
It pays to think ahead at every step of a van build.
Many vans have ribs on the floor so you will fill the gaps between the ribs with rigid foam insulation.
Reflectix insulation is a reflective bubble wrap insulation that provides a slight conductive benefit and also creates a radiant barrier.
On the other hand fiberglass insulation does absorb moisture.
The r value of reflectix isn t the greatest but it s better than nothing and it doesn t cut much height out of the van.
A lot of van lifers futz around and fill in these spaces with little pieces of foam or insulation but these natural gaps make the floor the perfect place to use reflectix insulation.
We will insulate your van with a high quality insulation equivalent to 50mm king span.
Bring your van into us where we will discuss your individual needs we have been in the industry for nine years and have a good knowledge of customers requirements.
We offer a carpet lining and insulation service this starts from a price of 600 00.
Its benefits include being easy to install easy to find and cheap to use.
Our first step is to apply a foil lining to the panels in order to reflect heat back into the van and also to repel vapour.
You should be able to fully insulate your van with havelock wool sheep s wool insulation for about 300 to 600 including shipping depending on the size of your van.
If a vapor barrier is placed directly up against the van wall moisture can still form in the insulation of your walls unless they are completely sealed.
This polyiso insulation is 1 inch thick with an r value of 6.
We used reflectix to insulate the floor.
Rmax rigid foam insulation use a rigid foam board insulation such as polyiso on your van s walls and ceiling floor optional.
Insulating the floor.
This way we have somewhere to run the wiring behind the walls ceiling.
3m spray glue use spray glue on both the insulation and the body of your van before sticking it in place.
The insulation will also help with sound deadening so if your van doesn t have ribs you will still see some benefit from adding a layer of insulation to the floor.
Fiberglass insulation fiberglass insulation is popular when insulating homes and many van dwellers use this type of insulation as well.
Insulating your van will not only keep you warm but it will prevent condensation from collecting on metal surfaces which there are a lot of in a panel van and causing rust.
It looks a lot cleaner has a nicer finish and also helps to further insulate the van and reduce condensation build up while cooking and sleeping.
