Windows!!!!

I had already bought the windows a couple of weeks ago. I had a nervy journey home in Sidney (my car), every bump etc. Anyway, booked them in for fitting on Thursday. Took teabag down on Weds night and picked him back up with windows on Thursday! Need to go back at some point because you can see the glue when up close, so Kevin (the guy who did it) said it would be best to seal them off with some some silicon in a week or so.

Pics!

I also managed to get the rest of the wall insulation in:

Also made a start on sorting the floor duct out. This will house conduit which I'm going to be running gas pipe/water pipe and possible electric through.

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Insulation everywhere and an aching back..

Hi all... well I've had a very busy week. I've managed to put in 3 hours every night and also a good few hours over the weekend. My body is aching from head to toe but I managed to get a lot done!

Here's the progress:

The Floor
Managed to get the floor insulation done and sealed over the week. Glued all the celotex into place using stixall and some expanding foam where the ribs caused a large gap between floor and celotex. Used expanding foam to fill all the gaps around the celotex and evened it off once it had all set. Then went round the entire floor and covered any joins with aluminium tape. This creates a vapour barrier, so no water should be able to get through! Pics..

Filling the gaps with expanding foam and levelling off

 Creating a vapour barrier with aluminium tape

The Floor

The Walls
So then it was time to move to the walls. I can only do some of the sections as some of them will require holes cutting in the van first. The walls turned out to be a right pain. It's like a giant jigsaw puzzle and you have to cut things exactly right to fit all the gaps etc.

Dad had the loft insulated recently and the guys left a couple of rolls of rockwool type insulation up there. So I nicked a roll to use in the van. I went around stuffing all the hard to reach places with rockwool and created a rockwool frame for the celotex. This should hopefully keep the van nice and cozy!

Once I had glued the celotex into place I went round all the edges with fire rated expanding foam. wait until it had set and levelled it off. Then Kim.. yes KIM.. went round and sealed all the joins off with aluminium tape. There was no wine in sight.. I was just as shocked as you are reading this. Pics..

That gap on the right needs filling..

 Cutting the celotex..

Has to be accurate!

Will it fit?

Admiring ones measuring skills...

The Doors

What a pain in the rear end these are!! I used a similar process to the walls but then realised they are uneven... everywhere!! I therefore used a combination of rockwool, celotex, expanding foam and alu tape to get the job done..

Still got more insulation to do, so that's tomorrow nights job!

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The Floor!!

Ok, so here's what I've been up to..

Now that I've prepared the floor by fibre glassing holes, sikaflexing the screw holes and dealing with surface rust, it's time to make a start!
I bought some 25mm x 50mm battens for the floor. I'm going to be using 25mm thick celotex style insulation, hence the thickness of wood to match.

I spent a fair time measuring out where everything was going to go and laid some masking tape to mark everything out. I then cut and placed the battens in places I would need to screw the furniture down into. Once everything was measured and cut etc, I stuck the battens down with Stixall, then taped them down and put my free weights on them to hold them in place whilst they sealant set:

Once they had firmly stuck down (couple of days cause it's so bloody cold!). It was time to get the insulation in.

I went and got some 25mm celotex style insulation and cut it to size with a stanley knife to fit all the gaps between the battens. I haven't stuck these down yet. That is tomorrows job! Any gaps will be filled with expanding foam and then aluminium tape around all the joins to create a vapour barrier.

Here's progress so far:

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