Advice on carpeting the rear...

[robbie.cee]

I stuffed recycled bottle insulation in all the cavities in my old van.
Toasty. Although the stuff i extracted from inside rear doors was soaked around the edges ! Dont pack it too close to edges !
Was bone dry inside mind, so Well worth doing!

[RussC73]

Some nice pics there, good job big brush... Is that a factory headlining ?
The pro fitted pics also look very nice indeed

[Marcob]

That's entrance matting. Any carpet shop should do it. You might even get it in B&Q.

[obriencharlie123]

Doing a good Job big brush where did you buy that carpet ??

[bigbrush]

Hi, thanks for comments, headling i made out of 3,5 mm ply. made templates of edges with offcuts first, carpet is like veltrim i bought a big roll off ebay a while back have lined a movano out of it too, used veltrim in dark colour for bottom of doors and overcab, i have a removable bed which fits between both side racking just need time to finish it off. i know hi roof dont look as smart as low roof but suits my needs better.

[bigbrush]

Doing a good Job big brush where did you buy that carpet ??

I notice yr not that far away from me i live near llantrisant, will get windows done like yours next

[obriencharlie123]

I got my windows off a guy in Doncaster South Yorkshire I can get you a number of you won't he does supply or supply and fit where did you buy your carpet as it looks the same colour and material as the roof and I need to carpet all my roof front to back as the joint in the middle mess it up ?

[obriencharlie123]

I got my windows off a guy in Doncaster South Yorkshire I can get you a number of you won't he does supply or supply and fit where did you buy your carpet as it looks the same colour and material as the roof and I need to carpet all my roof front to back as the joint in the middle mess it up ?

[bigbrush]

I got my windows off a guy in Doncaster South Yorkshire I can get you a number of you won't he does supply or supply and fit where did you buy your carpet as it looks the same colour and material as the roof and I need to carpet all my roof front to back as the joint in the middle mess it up ?

The light grey carpet i had of a private seller on ebay they had it left over after doing a horse box, the dark one from seller upholstery-diy123 on ebay he got all colours, i had some windows for a renault trafic i converted and sold from van pimp they were quite good quality he is doing privicy openers for 150 supply only dont seam to bad. your van looks great.

[obriencharlie123]

Yeah Il try and get a pic of my openers tomorro if you won't and thanks for the info

[RussC73]

Well today i made a start to insulate the inside of my van, I ended up purchasing x4 rolls of the foil bubble and x3 rolls of the recycled plastic insulation, for the vapour barrier i also got a roll of polythene.

Work in progress...



Once all the insulation has been installed i will attach the foil bubble to the rear of the after market ply for an added layer.
had a measure up of the one piece ply board i removed from the side section and its actually larger than 8x4, anyone know where i can purchase the same 3.5mm ply to do the roof? would be ince if i could fix it into place in one section.

[bigbrush]

HI.
Doing a great job , exactly as i did mine, i stuck the bubble foil to back off plywood, the roof is wider than the 1200 mm ply thats why i had to do mine in sections.

[RussC73]

HI.
Doing a great job , exactly as i did mine, i stuck the bubble foil to back off plywood, the roof is wider than the 1200 mm ply thats why i had to do mine in sections.

Did you cut your 8x4 sheet to make 2 sections (with a join)?
Tomorrow i will finish this off, going to use 3M double sided tape to fix the foil bubble to the roof sections - may even double the layers.

[bigbrush]

HI.
Doing a great job , exactly as i did mine, i stuck the bubble foil to back off plywood, the roof is wider than the 1200 mm ply thats why i had to do mine in sections.

Did you cut your 8x4 sheet to make 2 sections (with a join)?
Tomorrow i will finish this off, going to use 3M double sided tape to fix the foil bubble to the roof sections - may even double the layers.

Yes done in 2 sections cut ply to rough size used hardboard from bottom as template cut bottom out put in place and marked top. good luck

[RussC73]

Unfortunately my van never came with the hardboard headlining so its going to be lots of measuring and cutting with the jigsaw