insulation

[chas1050]

what do i use to insulate the roof of my van and where do i get it

[jiffies]

I used thermowrap from B&Q for my pop top before relining it with new insulated headlining vinyl. The headlining vinyl had 4mm insulated foam backing. Looks great & seems to work.

[Cazz]

I also have used that silver foil bubble wrap stuff, covered in head lining carpet, it works very well. The temp in the roof cupboards which is not insulated is loads colder, makes a good coolbox though.

[chas1050]

im trying to find stick on stuff ?

[kevtherev]

use carpet glue...it comes in spray tins, hot weather might peel it off if it's not done right though

[Cazz]

We used a cheap version of no more nails, the one you put in the gun thing. We got one that could cope with movement.

We stuck the carpet onto the insulation with the proper spray glue, it's available from a supplier on the discount page. I'm on my phone, so it's awkward to look up the name.

If you use fabric glue or similar, it will melt in the heat and drop off. We found this out on a door card, it made a right mess. My feeling is that self adhesive insulation will not cope in the summer. I've never seen this product before, does it exist?

[boatbuilder]

Evostik 528, far better than any spray on contact adhesive.

[jamesandtheopenroad]

Just to check peeps, did u attach the thermowrap directly to the hightop skin, then the headlining directly to the thermowrap? This is another job on the list, but I thought I would need to insulate, board it, then headline - if I can get away without the boarding then happy days.

Also, where did the insulated vinyl headlining come from?

[Cazz]

We stuck ours insulation directly onto the fibre glass hightop and then stuck the carpet onto that. As our roof is an after market one, we had to also make our own cupboard doors, These have insulation on the inside and carpet on the outside. whether all that is correct i'm not sure, but it does the job and it's been there for over two years now. There is a big difference in temperature between the cupboards and the insulated part of the roof.

We bought our carpet from something Wood, I think. It's possibly the company listed under the members discount section. It's not an insulated carpet, but is thickish and really easy to work with. Some carpets ripple, stretch and are generally hard to get right.

If you need any photo's, just me know. (I'm on my phone and I can't add a thumbs up) so thumbs up.

[jiffies]

I insulated the tin top on the outside of the van with the thermal bubble wrap glued to the top with carpet glue . This is all hidden under the bed boards of My Viking roof. I then just used headlining carpet using spray adhesive that came with it. For the pop top I glued thermal foil using no more nails then stapled the foam backed insulated headlining vinyl. The staples are all around the outside are hidden from the inside by the tent canvas. I had to staple across the seams to fix it across the fibreglass, again the staples are hidden by the folds in the vinyl. Worked a treat

The thermal headlining vinyl was bought from ebay (Foam backed vinyl)
(I do know that the stuff I bought was rot resistant & was used more for marine applications than vehicles)
Cheers
Jiffies