Campervan sound deadening and insulation

So once you have found your perfect Renault Trafic, Vauxhall Vivaro or Nissan Primastar its time to show it so love and the first place to start whether your just going to use it as a day van or a fully converted campervan is with the insulation.

The worst part is normally stripping all the interior and cleaning all the panels but its well worth doing this thoroughly as you will get a much better finish and shouldn’t have any issues with glue not sticking to dusty surfaces.

A lot of these vans have a bulkhead in so now is the time to remove that if you are going to be doing without it to allow a better flow from front to rear. Work your way around the bulkhead removing the torx bolts which will leave you with some rivets on the floor which a hammer and chisel should deal with, then a short bit of jenga if your own your own trying to manoeuvre the bulkhead out of the van.

With the van clean I start with self adhesive foam to act as sound deadening and prevent condensation, I place this over all flat panels and in any easily assessable holes, this quickly gets rid of the echo in the van and just at this stage makes it a lot more pleasant to drive around.

I then use recycled plastic bottle insulation to fill out all the gaps and use a small amount of spray adhesive to hold it in place as I am going. You can also fill any of the holes with this.

The last layer is bubble foil and duct tape to seal in all the insulation creating a vapour barrier and not letting any moisture get in behind.

The roof I tend to do with two layers of the self adhesive foam with bubble foil over the top this means you can retain as much headroom as possible.

Another thing to think about here is rather than filling the two upper back panels with insulation you could also double self adhesive foam insulate them and carpet over giving nearly 6ft width wise for a bed to go between.