Insulate And Carpet Van

We used the kiravans easyliner 4 way stretch carpet in wheat to get a nice warm but light look to the van.

Insulate and carpet van.

We re coming out with an even more detailed post on all aspects of van insulation soon so stay tuned. 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. I leave the floor insulation that comes with the van as that adds to the insulation. That gives great insulation and sound proofing.

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. This photo was taken during the conversion without ez cool installed. Note that there was condensation everywhere outside on the van on the ground etc. It means all the frames inside the van had no insulation on them.

It looks a lot cleaner has a nicer finish and also helps to further insulate the van and reduce condensation build up while cooking and sleeping. It was a cold and damp morning 37f and we were heating the van with the webasto heater 55f. In addition to that we also made reflective insulating. Foam board works for insulating van floors as long as it s between framing members with rigid flooring over top so it won t get broken down under the weight of furniture equipment and walking i believe that mass loaded vinyl is a much better option on floors.

As far as costs we spent about 150 on the insulation 2 sheets of 3 4 polyiso 4 cans of spray foam 1 roll of fiberglass 1 roll of reflectix and 2 cans of spray adhesive. We decided that rather than paneling the van walls with wood we would carpet it to get a better finish and make it seem warmer.