Road Trip Van Conversion - Wall Insulation

Words
363
Reading
2 min
Listen
Play
8y

With the floor finished, it was time to move on to the walls! A deep breath and with rudimentary tools in hand, it was time to start. This stage was surely to transform and uplift the look and feel of my van conversion.
INSULATION BOARD AND SOME SIMPLE TOOLS.jpgI used a combination of foil faced insulation board for the flat areas and Earth wool slabs for the irregular surfaces and areas hard to reach.
EARTH WOOL INSULATION.jpgEach board had to be tailor made for each panel.Each board tailor made.jpg
Getting high on glue again, i used a combination of spray adhesive, a strong grab adhesive, foam glue and the odd patch of duct tape just to hold them in place. Bracing around 3 boards at a time per day (it was a long task).
GLUE AND STICKS SUPPORTING THE INSULATION BOARD.jpg
Meanwhile, 8 boards later, the robotic drone of autonomy was broken with a little visitor coming to see what was going on.
A small visiting creature.jpg
And in the break, some rudimentary workings out.

Some rudimentary working out.jpg
Ugh! Finally! 4 days of cutting n slicing, glueing and sticking!insulating the van.jpg
The Earthwool was conveniently situated at the bottom, with the harder, more efficient 50mm board above.
Combination of board and wool.jpg

A satisfying task, trimming off the foam glue. Great stuff to play with!
trimming off the foam glue.jpg
On to the Vapour Barrier! This time, using a foil faced bubble wrap, not only providing a good barrier, but added insulation and sound buffering.
The Satellite look.jpg

Taking on a new look and a fresher look. The walls were marked up for the locations of the underlying structural supports.
bubble wrap doors.jpg
The van now has taken on a new look, it feels like being in some kind of satellite!
insulation barrier finished.jpg
Overall, a relatively simple task, just time consuming! After a quick test drive to ensure its all still in place. I can say that this stage has silenced the van immensely to such an extent that sound suppression was not required, not to mention how warm it now is.
On to the next phase - Lining the walls.

The insulation properties: Board = 0.022 W/mK / EarthWool = 0.037 W/mK

PREPPER VETERANs VAN.jpg


The Complete Project so far:
My Latest Brainwave & Project
Assessing The Task
The Strip Out
Floor Preparation & Rust Treatment
Hole Plugging & Lock mending
Finalising The Floor Foundations
The Insulation Begins
Insulating The Floor

Road Trip Van Conversion - Wall Insulation | Ecency