Unca_T
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Greetings fellow spirits on this grand adventure called, 'Life'.
These are photo's, and links to two videos and the original blog post on
insulating our van which we have lovingly called, 'Woody'.
First off I realize that lots of folks can’t watch the video so I posted some
photos and tried to keep them to 1 mg or lower. I hope that works okay.
We did buy heavy R value insulation and made sure that there was no
formaldehyde in it. We went with the biggest we could afford.
Link to part two vid.
The foam board stuff was two inches thick (I think) and easy to cut and
shape, but it makes a nasty squeaky sound and a hell of a mess as you'll
see. I found it difficult to measure all of the shapes in our van and struggled
to remember what Mrs. Kleppe, my 7th grade math teacher, taught me about
measuring arches. In the end I just kept cutting and shoving pieces into
the hole till it was filled not very clever or interesting but hopefully effective.
From that point I took out the fiberglass stuff and started cramming it into
every little crevice I could find. I reminded myself of a bird preparing a nest
for a hoped for lady-friend and babies.
Using a straight edge, a measuring tape, and my Swiss Army knife I did all of
the cutting for everything. I'm pretty sure I'll need to sharpen that knife now.
We have a 2001 Chevy Express 1500 with two TV's and a big sub speaker in the
back. I took the TV's out and am keeping the speaker if I can. The TV's were
mounted to a smallish black plastic square which is stuck to the ceiling. I tried to
take it out but the bolts were stripped so I thought I'd cut it out with my rotary tool.
I was not successful in cutting it off. That cut goes all the way through, but it still
wouldn't move. Yes, I even tried to break it. Cut through like that it still held my weight.
I just went around the whole thing. I hate being beat by a plastic square.
Before
After
You know when you look at other peoples insulation it looks so sweet and nice. Everything
fits just right, and they don't have any duct tape holding it in. I totally thought this would
be the easiest part, and it turned out not to be. Oh well. Next is the wiring.
Here's the final video of the insulation.
and here is for the full blog post on this.
http://trevormarty.blogspot.com/2016/12/insulating-van-and-snow.html
We wish you all the best in everything you do.
Peace, Love, and Doritto's
The Marty's
These are photo's, and links to two videos and the original blog post on
insulating our van which we have lovingly called, 'Woody'.
First off I realize that lots of folks can’t watch the video so I posted some
photos and tried to keep them to 1 mg or lower. I hope that works okay.
We did buy heavy R value insulation and made sure that there was no
formaldehyde in it. We went with the biggest we could afford.
Link to part two vid.
The foam board stuff was two inches thick (I think) and easy to cut and
shape, but it makes a nasty squeaky sound and a hell of a mess as you'll
see. I found it difficult to measure all of the shapes in our van and struggled
to remember what Mrs. Kleppe, my 7th grade math teacher, taught me about
measuring arches. In the end I just kept cutting and shoving pieces into
the hole till it was filled not very clever or interesting but hopefully effective.
From that point I took out the fiberglass stuff and started cramming it into
every little crevice I could find. I reminded myself of a bird preparing a nest
for a hoped for lady-friend and babies.
Using a straight edge, a measuring tape, and my Swiss Army knife I did all of
the cutting for everything. I'm pretty sure I'll need to sharpen that knife now.
We have a 2001 Chevy Express 1500 with two TV's and a big sub speaker in the
back. I took the TV's out and am keeping the speaker if I can. The TV's were
mounted to a smallish black plastic square which is stuck to the ceiling. I tried to
take it out but the bolts were stripped so I thought I'd cut it out with my rotary tool.
I was not successful in cutting it off. That cut goes all the way through, but it still
wouldn't move. Yes, I even tried to break it. Cut through like that it still held my weight.
I just went around the whole thing. I hate being beat by a plastic square.
Before
After
You know when you look at other peoples insulation it looks so sweet and nice. Everything
fits just right, and they don't have any duct tape holding it in. I totally thought this would
be the easiest part, and it turned out not to be. Oh well. Next is the wiring.
Here's the final video of the insulation.
and here is for the full blog post on this.
http://trevormarty.blogspot.com/2016/12/insulating-van-and-snow.html
We wish you all the best in everything you do.
Peace, Love, and Doritto's
The Marty's
