The van came with carpeted ply panels and some insulation inside. After reading a lot of forum posts, I’d learned of the best ways to insulate and sound proof the rear of the van, so I decided to look behind the panels to see how it had been done.
What I saw, in my opinion, was pretty inefficient insulation. This may have been sufficient for some folks but I wanted it to be thermally sound for those nights I would inevitable be sleeping in it (eventually). In the photos below you will see the blue polystyrene boards and simple tape to hold them in place. The series of photos I have taken will show dismantling, cleaning, flashing and re-insulating.
Sound-proofing is done with roof flashing.
The insulation process is
- aluminium foil thermal roll
- kingspan 50mm (lower panels)
- 25mm (upper panels)
- more thermal foil
- any small gaps filled with recycled plastic bottle loft insulation
- all stuck down with aluminium foil tape
If this doesn’t make the van warm as toast, nothing will!
This was just one out of six panels. The offside rear, 2 barn doors, nearside rear and sliding door are next. Fingers crossed for some good weather!
PL