Van Interior Roof Insulation

The idea of a vapor barrier is to seal off the interior of the van and protect the walls and insulation from being exposed to any of the moisture that develops inside the van.

Van interior roof insulation.

Using foam board you should be able to fully insulate your van for about 150 to 250 we spent about 150 to insulate our standard wheelbase chevy express. For the van you should take a look at our mass noise liner the material is a 2 in 1 drop in in sound a heat barrier. And so on r value takes into account all three heat transfer mechanisms. It doesn t bend or curve to follow the ridges of your vehicle s interior meaning you might miss a few areas when insulating your van.

It is normally noted for example 6 5 per inch. The higher the r value the greater the insulating power. This same thing will happen on the side walls because the wall sections you build will not line up with existing wall ribs again giving you 100. You should be able to fully insulate your van with havelock wool sheep s wool insulation for about 300 to 600 including shipping depending on the size of your van.

You add insulation to a van for the same reasons you add it to a house to reduce the transfer of thermal and sound energy. Unfortunately most of these methods don t apply to vans as they have metal walls lots of single pane windows and lack large hvac systems. Selecting a transit van ceiling liner. Therefore you could have air pockets that collect moisture.

R value denotes the capacity of an insulating material to resist heat flow. Unless you want to stare up at insulation and roof beams you are going to want to install some type of ceiling in your van conversion. It means applying one inch thickness of the material will provide 6 5 r value. If you want to install insulated wall panels and doors you will also need to insulate the ceiling of your van.

Applying two inches will provide 13 0 r value. And since the first layer of the roof ceiling insulation was installed between cross ribs running furring strips the length of the van will give you 100 coverage over the entire roof. Many established methods for insulating traditional homes exist. In a perfect world no moisture would reach these spots and they d be a dry desert free from mold and rust.

In this how to guide we will detail step by step how we installed a simple ceiling in our camper van conversion. We hope you can take away some tips and ideas to help you with your campervan conversion ceiling.