hein
Van Guru
Ceiling is done. It appears I'm working from the top down. I guess that works. The floor gets dirty, strewn with debris and I"m always dropping tools and screws. The Rhino liner is great for that. We haven't even decided what we want for the final floor cover.
I cannot take credit for panels themselves. They were done by Van Specialties and were in the van when we bought it. I removed them to add speakers, the air conditioner, run wiring, and upgrade the insulation. I moved a few of the LED lights, added individual switches and put connectors in the leads running back to the panel. As mentioned previously, we also sealed the wood on the back of each panel with polyurethane.
The panels were easy to remove and replace so I like/approve the way they were done originally. I did get some new flat black trim screws and went up a size where the backing strips attached to the body. That snugged everything up nicely.
I finished insulating the top portion of the side walls and now moving to the areas where the windows would be in a passenger van. The build up in these large areas will be:
van sheet metal / air space / EZcool / Thinsulate / Reflectix / upholstered 1/8" ply interior panel
Insulation stash. EZCool (top left), Reflectix (bottom left), 3M Thinsulate and sheets of minicell foam.
EZCool is similar to Reflectix. I'm sure there are differences but they are about the same thickness. I'm using both
Due to the rain I've started accessing the van from the rear door and not using the sliding door. It's so much easier/quieter going in and out:
"swing-click" instead of "rooooooooooooolllll-SLAM"
Our living space will be in the front so it will be nice to enter the van from the rear and not lose as much conditioned air out through the slider.
I cannot take credit for panels themselves. They were done by Van Specialties and were in the van when we bought it. I removed them to add speakers, the air conditioner, run wiring, and upgrade the insulation. I moved a few of the LED lights, added individual switches and put connectors in the leads running back to the panel. As mentioned previously, we also sealed the wood on the back of each panel with polyurethane.
The panels were easy to remove and replace so I like/approve the way they were done originally. I did get some new flat black trim screws and went up a size where the backing strips attached to the body. That snugged everything up nicely.
I finished insulating the top portion of the side walls and now moving to the areas where the windows would be in a passenger van. The build up in these large areas will be:
van sheet metal / air space / EZcool / Thinsulate / Reflectix / upholstered 1/8" ply interior panel
Insulation stash. EZCool (top left), Reflectix (bottom left), 3M Thinsulate and sheets of minicell foam.
EZCool is similar to Reflectix. I'm sure there are differences but they are about the same thickness. I'm using both
Due to the rain I've started accessing the van from the rear door and not using the sliding door. It's so much easier/quieter going in and out:
"swing-click" instead of "rooooooooooooolllll-SLAM"
Our living space will be in the front so it will be nice to enter the van from the rear and not lose as much conditioned air out through the slider.
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