Sleeper insulation

I used some cheap stuff from Lowes. It was a bubble like foil insulation in a roll. I’m well satisfied with the results. It wasn’t always easy to find where some of the self tapping screws went back in.

 

The carpet is easy, I vacuum regularly and do a shampoo every summer. It is a tight woven commercial grade prominent I got from a neighbor who sells flooring. Its wearing great so far.

 

The sleeper has inch thick padded felt like material and we just put the insulation on the back of the panels, we didn't get 100% of the sleeper area but most of it. Didn't do the cab. We did the floor in both sleeper and cab

 

I read this post... then miraculously Facebook put this up in my feed... lmao.

looks interested. Considering most vans don’t have insulation from factory. I trained working dogs on the side and I have an insulated van and it was better than my truck.

this stuff looks interesting. easy to install and not too expansive. 4-6 wait on shipping. Wonder what this and a dynamat style material would be like together.

Van Insulation - #VanLife - Havelock Wool | Wool Insulation

 

What I used on some of the custom sleepers that are aluminum and poorly insulated, starts with spray on ceramic insulation, which stops the sweating and seals the panels, then put either a polyisocyanurate or expanded styrene then over that a layer of coroplast then reflectix and the original sleeper panels.

sounds like a lot, but this really insulates the sleeper and works for the roof and floor.

I also used this on my old rv, ripped out all the fiberglass mat and replaced it with that combination, it was always warm in the winter without the heaters running all the time.

My cousin and I experimented with closed cell spray foam on one sleeper (110” apartment) but you can not control the thickness and is messy. The ceramic spray can be brushed on or sprayed on, and is easy to clean up.

 

You owe it to yourself to check this stuff out Pavrom. All of these high end #vanlife conversions are using it. I'm not sure what it costs but I hear really good things about it.

 

Yeah, I 'd want to double up that sound proofing as I am a noise sensitive person too. Maybe, it should become a project of my own. I wonder if you buy a brand new, you can spec a truck with an extra layer.... BTW, I hate Carrier APUs and Carrier Reefers.

 

I’m wondering how a combo of ceramic coating and that would would be like.

 

One thing I know is that if you look in some arctic spec trucks they'll have a thin reflective insulation layer that can make a big difference.