How To Line A Van Roof

Lets get into the materials you need to carpet line your van.

How to line a van roof.

It uses wind power from outside the vehicle to pull air from inside a vehicle to improve ventilation. Insulating the van roof and floor. The base vehicle may surprise you. Any unit you build can be fixed securely through the van.

I was restricted by the fact that the van was a low roof model so i wanted to minimise the amount of headroom that i lost by insulating the floor. An empty cargo van provides the best blank canvas. Before installing any insulation give it a good sweep. Watch this 9 minute how to do video to learn all the tricks from the van ply lining specialists vanax.

A van roof vent is a simple device. We needed to fix it but we weren t willing to pay much. If you re going for the whole hog you can also insulate your floor. Ever wondered how the professionals ply line a van.

How to insulate a camper van. A good supply of high tempeture spray glue such as trimfix. A fairly standard ford service truck van that used to belong to sears. Here s how we fixed it with an evening s worth of work basic tools and some cheap materials from our local auto parts store.

With this in mind the batons i used for the floor were roughly 50mm x 25mm in otherwords the floor was raised by about an inch. As such there are probably scrapes and scratches on the floor. If you ve bought a van second hand it s likely that it s previously been used for lugging tools and equipment. It was easier than you might think to add a camper top.

4 glue the camping mats to the roof using high temperature contact glue use the batons as support. 1 take measurements and cut a piece of 5 5 mm plywood for the roof lining. We just bought a new mercedes sprinter van 2013 144 with high roof and are starting the conversion towards a winterized camper. Now you know which method you are going to use.

The van sported big rust spots around the rain gutters and roof and it had started leaking too. We live in the pacific northwest and love to ski our goal is to drive the sprinter around ski resorts and camp out. The material list is similar for both methods of van lining. Or a permanent bed area in the van.

Heres what you need.