Windsurfing / camping van conversion

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Feb 11, 2004 | 07:27 PM

matloik

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Windsurfing / camping van conversion

Being the excited new owner of a 2001 E350 (cargo), I'm about to embark on the journey of doing a van conversion on it. It will become my windsurfing/camping RV. I will be having a conversion outfit put in a couple of windows (it has no side windows at present); do the floor, walls and ceiling; put in some lighting; install PDLs; and a 50" wide sofabed. The floor will be black, low-pile marine carpet; the walls will be 1/2" closed cell foam + 1/8" wood + medium gray foss upholstery fabric. I will be doing some pre-wiring, and later adding aux power, cabinets, table, sound system, computer system and DVD ... and even later, propane a kitchen unit, and furnace. Anyone else on this forum do anything remotely similar? One question I have is whether I should stuff or inject some insulation into the wall and door crevices for added soundproofing and insulation? Any other recommendations also appreciated.

-mat

Feb 14, 2004 | 12:34 AM

Alan P

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I've been looking at insulations like this one:

http://www.superhvac.com/astrofoil/help/

that have foil faces on 2 sides. There are a bunch of different
types of core materials. HVAC supply stores might have something cheap in bulk rolls.

http://www.quietride.com/article.html
has some pics of this type material.

1/8" sounds a little thin for plywood but might be OK if you found some high quality panels.

Alan P