How To Line A Van Roof

Or a permanent bed area in the van.

How to line a van roof.

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. An empty cargo van provides the best blank canvas. A good supply of high tempeture spray glue such as trimfix. 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.

A van roof vent is a simple device. I wanted to keep the courtesy light so i ve left some space for it when cutting the roof panel. As such there are probably scrapes and scratches on the floor. We live in the pacific northwest and love to ski our goal is to drive the sprinter around ski resorts and camp out.

Ever wondered how the professionals ply line a van. Lets get into the materials you need to carpet line your van. It was easier than you might think to add a camper top. If you re going for the whole hog you can also insulate your floor.

1 take measurements and cut a piece of 5 5 mm plywood for the roof lining. Insulating the van roof and floor. Heres what you need. In fact in a good hard weekend s work the average handyman could go from truck to rv shell.

Now you know which method you are going to use. Watch this 9 minute how to do video to learn all the tricks from the van ply lining specialists vanax. 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. Unfortunately a van roof vent is often an overlooked accessory that does a big job of keeping tradesmen potentially safe and their vans more comfortable.

Before installing any insulation give it a good sweep. A fairly standard ford service truck van that used to belong to sears. It uses wind power from outside the vehicle to pull air from inside a vehicle to improve ventilation. 4 glue the camping mats to the roof using high temperature contact glue use the batons as support.

If you ve bought a van second hand it s likely that it s previously been used for lugging tools and equipment. Any unit you build can be fixed securely through the van. We needed to fix it but we weren t willing to pay much. The material list is similar for both methods of van lining.

The base vehicle may surprise you.