Thermo Mats

Post by **SteveW** » 13 Jun 2006, 14:39

Do any of you guys in the Herts area have any of these JK thermo mats?
If so any chance of borrowing a set for the weekend? JK are out of stock untill next week.

Cheers Steve

Post by **SteveW** » 14 Jun 2006, 13:29

That will be a no then?

Post by **jen** » 14 Jun 2006, 16:18

Go to B&Q - buy a roll of underfloor insulation for laminate flooring. Cut to size, gaffer tape the edges. If you can get them use suckers to fasten it to the window, or velcro around the windows, or make them so that loop over the tops of windows/doors - there were four of us in a row at Bustypes with underlay thermo mats......

Post by **SteveW** » 15 Jun 2006, 07:34

Jen
Thanks for the info. I may just give it a go.
I think I have seen the suckers in a garden centre for putting bubble wrap on the glass of green houses.

Thanks Steve

Post by **Opium** » 30 Jun 2006, 20:57

If you used Duck Tape in silver instead of gaffer tape, could look quite good! think I'll be giving that a go myself!

Post by **Ivorblueun** » 02 Jul 2006, 14:24

you can get cheapo packs of hooks with suckers remove the wire hooks and get an eyelet kit and fit to your matts push backs of the suckers thru the holes and bobs your mothers brother

Post by **markpark** » 02 Jul 2006, 19:48

Tip from BVF - don't use double sided tape to fasten your underlay mats to the windows as you spend two hours with a bottle of white spirit removing the adhesive!!!!

Post by **Horza** » 02 Jul 2006, 22:16

If you used Duck Tape in silver instead of gaffer tape,

Eh?

Post by **ol bluey** » 03 Jul 2006, 11:09

im on my second van now using the b&q stuff

found a roll of stuff thats really good, about £6 a roll, need 2 rolls to do whole van including having to cut 2 pieces for screen then stick them together

Post by **stevel** » 04 Jul 2006, 08:37

Horza wrote:
If you used Duck Tape in silver instead of gaffer tape,

Eh?

"Duck Tape" is a brand name for an expensive retail version of gaffer tape. Another common name for Gaffer tape is Duct tape (as in Heating and Ventilation Ducts).....so Duck tape. Gerrit

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BTW can you get these screens to fit so they're reasonably light proof ? I wouldn't mind chucking my tatty old curtains away completely and using these but waking at the crack of sunrise probably wouldn't go down too well.

Steve

Post by **ol bluey** » 04 Jul 2006, 12:57

stevel wrote: BTW can you get these screens to fit so they're reasonably light proof ? I wouldn't mind chucking my tatty old curtains away completely and using these but waking at the crack of sunrise probably wouldn't go down too well.

Steve

depends what sort you get, the first stuff i used was pretty good but the latest stuff i found seems to have thicker foil on and is alot darker

Post by **jen** » 04 Jul 2006, 18:59

My roll was 15 quid, and was enough for double thickness with a good bit of spare round all the edges (although I've only one window and rear screen in the back). It's PITCH black in there with them on, kids slept in till 9am.....it was great.....

Post by **littlemissbugging** » 19 Sep 2006, 09:24

I might give this a go...any tips?

Maria
-x-

Post by **sixsprings** » 19 Sep 2006, 17:06

jen wrote:kids slept in till 9am.....it was great.....

littlemissbugging wrote:I might give this a go...any tips?

yeah, i'd really like to how this happens

Post by **BrokenSlider** » 11 Oct 2006, 20:07

Sounds very Blue Peter

I think our JK thermos were a good buy but they don't half cause alot of condensation

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