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I've been building my van out and have been having a lot of trouble with getting foam board to conform to the slight curvature of the walls of my van. I've got a Promaster 2500 136WB. I tried using 1" polyiso board, cut to fit the spaces between the ribs of my van with spray adhesive but I just...

It is white. OK. Sounds like polyiso all around, no concerns about any sort of foil. Thanks guys.

So with anything less than a 1-2" air gap, foil as a reflector does nothing significant?

You mean put the foil side on the side facing inward rather than outward? I was thinking the foil would go towards the wall, with a 3-4mm air gap between wall and foil. I didn't realize the foam could function *as* the air gap. I've already got a bunch of magnets so the cost isn't much of an...

I should mention that I am also planning to cover this all up with further sheets of polyiso and then plywood. This is just for between the ribs.

I am (re)starting my insulation shortly.  I understand that reflectix or foil of any kind as a radiant heat barrier needs to have a little bit of space between it and the wall for it to work. I'm thinking about getting some of the foil-backed polyiso board and cutting it to match the spaces...

I agree that this should probably be split since it seems to have changed topics. That said, my Thetford 565e just arrived. :)

If I want to run a pipe from the small exhaust pipe on the generator to the rear of the van, what can I do to avoid this? I I can't just run some flex pipe from the exhaust to the back?

Johnny B and HighDesertRanger, thank you both for the suggestions. I will follow them. With regard to the snorkel exhaust, would it be more prudent to buy something like in that link? While I am budget conscious, safety is absolutely primary. If I have to spend an extra hundred or two to make...

I've been thinking about the same problem. Initially I wanted to do one of the Thetford cassette toilets, but they're a bit pricey. I might settle for 5 gallon bucket for emergencies as many do, but I want my partner to travel with me and every time she looks into the van she gives me the gimlet...

I just watched your video. I love how you did your AC and electrical system. If I had space for a garage like that and the skills to do it, I might well do something similar.

Now, had I the expertise:

Johnny B: Exactly what I was thinking about. Basically what your pictures show, with the entire wall to the outside replaced by a grille and fan to get plenty of ventilation. I have a friend who is much better at this sort of thing than me who is going to build the box. We're planning to use...

For some reason I stopped getting notifications on this thread so I thought people had just stopped responding. Then I came back and found all of this. Thanks for all the information. Solar is great and I hope to add it to my van at some point, but I am restricted by budget at the moment so...

Danny, when I say air-tight, I mean relative to the interior, but vented outside. I'm currently planning a metal grille for outside the van with a fan pulling outside air in for ventilation, cooling, and to feed air to the generator. The inside must not leak as I do not wish to suffocate. ::)...

DannyB, didn't you do a tour of your van with Bob? I think I watched that video. I loved what you did with it. I thought your AC approach was very creative. I thought about putting an AC out the back, but I didn't want it exposed and I don't have space for an extra section like you've got...

Thank you Wolfess. I really like your idea about moving the fill cap. One aspect that made me a little nervous was having to open the box inside the van to fill it. I'll have to look into how hard that would be. As to safety, none of this type of generator seems to be made for installation and...

Thanks for the advice guys. I'm not going to be full-timing so much as traveling a lot and I often won't be able to follow the weather. In point of fact, some of the events I'm going to attend are in hot places at hot times of year so avoiding the heat would defeat the purpose for me...

You mean buy the through-wall unit or buy the rooftop unit?

Thank you for the response. I've thought about a slider, but I'm thinking a through wall unit would be better because they lack the need for side vents. It wouldn't have to move. Such units are only a touch more expensive than equivalently powered window units, at least so the Internet says. I'm...