The art of insulation

Insulation is a vast subject. I decided to go with the pink rigid foam, as it is easy to apply with glue, with a fairly good R value of 5, and it is also resistant to mildew. This decision did not come easily. There is so much information out there, and not always the correct info either… I think I am doing the right thing, at least I am hoping. I really won’t know for a couple of years of having the van experience all sorts of climate changes.

I am also hoping that this will not end up squeaking.

Holding up the styrofoam until the glue dries

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I am still undecided about how to fill in the difficult cavities that are too small for the rigid foam. I think I will need to resort to spray foam. When I tried to use some against a van panel from the can, it just dripped down, it did not adhere what so ever. Back to the drawing board, now I am going to research online again, to see if there is a way to make it stick!!!

These are some of the cavities I am referring to.

I did decided though that I would try and save as much space as possible. So I decided to cut out some more styrofoam and create some cubby holes, maybe even hidden ones…

What can I say, I love this cubby holes…

Just a note here. I applied spray foam on the edges after the first layer of rigid foam was glued. I regret doing this, because I am adding another layer of rigid foam on top to increase the R value, which means I now have to scrape off the majority of the spray foam so that the pink rigid foam board can stick well to the underlayer. The next time I would wait for both layers to be glued, then I would fill in the gaps with the spray foam. Live and learn…