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Once I’d fitted all the thermal liner I then moved onto my second layer of insulation – the recycled plastic loft insulation– I researched a few places, the cheapest option ended up being from B&Q, with an R value of 2.25 m2k/w. There’s a similar product that Dodo Insulation do but this is almost double the price and in my opinion looks the same.
When installed in your vehicle Dodo Super Liner will act as a thermal insulating layer to help stabilise vehicle cabin temperatures throughout the year.When treating a typical van or camper you must use a number of different products to achieve an excellent final result. Many camper van projects start life with very limited luxury, however the interior can be improved dramatically with the application of good sound deadening and insulation. The Dodo Mat Super linercame as a 6-metre roll, measuring 500 mm wide, therefore covering a total of 3 metre squared. I’d roughly in my head thought it would be enough, but in reality it came up a little short for my van. In hindsight, my van measures 2.5-metres x 1.3 metres so I failed on the maths there! The wheel arches, I decided to go with 100% coverage, although they don’t look that big they took 5.5 sheets each, so 11 in total. And finally the ceiling was comprised of 5 long panels, with a divided in the middle, so 10 panels in total. I used a full sheets on the 4 wide panels
This self adhesive high quality liner can maintain shape under pressure yet be flexible enough to trim easily in many areas of the vehicle. It is water and high temperature resistant and flame retardant to UK vehicle standards. The instructions within the box suggest up to 50% of each panel is covered and for areas that have more noise, for example, the wheel arches they have 100% coverage. I adopted this suggestion (sort of). We recommend a simple easy to follow "2 stage process", applying a panel deadening product first, followed by quality insulation over the top. Stage 1 - Sides, roof and doors Since you may already have the tools for the job, or you’re able to borrow them here’s the breakdown of the sound deadening and insulation materials and the tools. Dodo Super Liner is an affordable, self-adhesive flexible foam liner that is perfect for vehicle heat and sound insulation when applied over sound deadening. The unique Dodo closed-cell foam formulation has been designed to give superb thermal insulation and acoustic absorption in a low 6mm (1/4″) profile.It’s worth getting good scissors for this job, I bought these large heavy duty scissors and they’ve turned out very handy. I made a couple of cardboard templates for awkward sections, but the rest I just filled the gaps with all the off cuts. It’s not a perfect finish but as regards to sound deadening it worked! Campervan Insulation Do you need insulation in your van? I’d read that it was best to fit the super liner width ways as it’s easier to fit over the bumps in the floor instead of doing length ways. This was good advice, I could see how doing length ways would be really awkward.
Use a special formulation closed cell foam with excellent thermal and acoustic properties. Ideal to reduce noise, insulate the vehicle and to isolate barriers and trim panels. I’ll break down my insulation into the three main areas I fitted it to – the side panels and doors, the floor and the ceiling. Ceiling insulation Here I’ll explain which insulation I used for each part of my campervan, mission, to keep ‘Dennis’ lovely and warm 🙂 Campervan Sound Deadening For the stage 2 product we recommend having a measure up to determine the correct amount needed. We suggest applying this like a blanket, covering 100% of the main panels. Quantity will vary most for this layer depending on van windows, pop-tops etc.For the ceiling of my Vauxhall Vivaro Mk3 I used approximately 2.5-metres of thermal linerinsulation, less because I was filling the panels in the ceiling and not covering the entire area. Total = 2.5 m2 I also kept all the odds and ends so I could use every bit of the thermal liner on any odd places once I’d done the large sections. Foam spray looks like it would be great, getting in every single small gap but after watching a few YouTube videos I decided it was not for me, in fact, many people do opt for a professional foam spray job because it’s really that messy. Here is what I used to insulate my van walls, floor and ceiling. I’ll do a breakdown of what I used for each part of the van but here’s the overall list. For the ceiling insulation I used the Dodo Mat thermal liner,I used a tape measureto work out the size I needed for each panel and cut this with my heavy duty scissors. The van has a metal divider in the middle so the strips were roughly 1.25 metres long by 40 cm wide so an easy size to work with
How Much Does A Campervan Conversion Cost? (Vauxhall Vivaro Mk3 LWB) How much did the sound deadening cost? When installed in your vehicle Dodo Super Liner will act as a thermal insulating layer to help stabilise vehicle cabin temperatures through the year. Initially, I planned to secure this with spray adhesivebut after filling a few gaps it wasn’t necessary as it held in place as it was. Loft insulation made from recycled plastic bottles How much insulation did I use for the side panels and doors? Where possible, I tried to use full pieces of thermal liner for the panels, which was fine for the upper (nicely shaped panels) but this became completely impossible for the lower door panels and lower side panels. In these instance, I measured out the shape with a tape measure but often ended up cutting the piece in half or thirds to be able to manoeuvre it into place.But first let’s talk about sound deadening and whether you need it? Sound deadening on my wheel arch Do you need sound deadening? I put one full sheet on every single panel inside the van, minus the two panels that I’d since had windows fitted in. For the wall panels, this was 4 on the side panels, 4 on the side doors and 1 on the barn doors, so a total of 9 sheets used.
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