Van Floor Insulation

We insulated and built much of our van in the dead of winter so we have direct experience of what the inside of our van was like before and after insulating.

Van floor insulation.

Ford vs chevy pc vs mac transit vs sprinter van insulation can be just as controversial. Reflectix insulation is a reflective bubble wrap insulation that provides a slight conductive benefit and also creates a radiant barrier. And if you use rigid foam board insulation polyiso or xps it s entirely possible to fully insulate a van for less than 100. The three layers are bubble wrap fiberglass insulation and vapor barrier.

Our fiat ducato got more quiet and. Proper insulation is very important for all season van dwelling. There are many ways to insulate a van some ways are better than others. The van insulation is basically 1 inch of spray polyurethane in walls and ceiling and 1 inch of rigid polyiso foam board in the floor we also use reflectex plugs in the windows at night.

Its benefits include being easy to install easy to find and cheap to use. Our van has a center aisle that runs full length with bunks aft on either side so there is exposed floor from front to back. Van insulation oh the subject of much debate. This polyiso insulation is 1 inch thick with an r value of 6.

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. The most time consuming part of the insulation for the van was to work on the walls. I cut big sheets of mlv and taped them together to coat the whole flat van floor then taped on additional pieces to cover the wheel wells. Once the paint had cured and we had applied the sound deadening we then measured and cut the wooden battens and foam boards to fit and rested them in place spacing roughly 30cm apart note.

This polyiso insulation is 1 inch thick with an r value of 6. The first layer the bubble wrap is to cut off the cold coming from the outside metal panel. Rmax rigid foam insulation use a rigid foam board insulation such as polyiso on your van s walls and ceiling floor optional. Floor insulation laying the mlv below the floor insulation also made more sense for connecting the wheel well and wall insulation to the floor insulation.

Fiberglass insulation is popular when insulating homes and many van dwellers use this type of insulation as well. Our van floor is not flat it has high and low ridges we made sure they all sat at the same depth ridge to ensure a level floor. And we re super happy with the results.