Installing Insulation In An Enclosed Trailer

Installing Insulation In An Enclosed Trailer - DIY Conversion Camper

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2 жыл бұрын

Today starts the process of converting my enclosed trailer into an off grid camper. We start with insulating the walls and the ceiling. This was a relatively easy process, just time consuming and tedious. The insulation was just Menards cheapest foam board insulation. it was R3 in the walls and R7.5 in the ceiling. So not great but enough to hold some heat and make it a little more quiet. So far this is a super fun project, and I look forward to sharing the rest of it with you.

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@MrTyroneweaver 6 ай бұрын

thx, got some good ideas just from this video

@ambmh5535 6 ай бұрын

Glad I could help!! What are you working on?

@MrTyroneweaver 6 ай бұрын

cargo van

@izifaddag8221 Жыл бұрын

You got my attention. I built out a 12 x 6 V nose in 2019/20. I live in it full time and am making improvements CONSTANTLY. At the moment I am making a soffit for the ramp spring. This is also morphing into a wall and drawers. Then a window. Then a new drawer / bed slide for the truck. I feel your pain both with labor and money. The thing that caught my attention was the OSB. I have always felt that this was a bad material due to it falling apart like MDF or chipboard. However I built shelves in my kitchen with it and it is holding up. The AC sits on one shelf of OSB. My walls are the original incredibly shitty 3/8ths ply and covered with a 1/8" ply. My biggest problem with the walls was I did not stand off from the steel ribs. So they act like a conduit for cold and heat. If I had to do it again I would leave a gap over the steel frame or insulate it too.

@ambmh5535 Жыл бұрын

That's awesome! Your setup sounds dope. I never thought about that with leaving a gap over the steel, that's quite smart.

@izifaddag8221 Жыл бұрын

@@ambmh5535 I learned the hard way. A rip out and fix will be nearly impossible.

@TopNotchPropertyServiceLLC Жыл бұрын

Thanks for taking us along, this is such an awesome project looks like so much fun nice work man!

@ambmh5535 Жыл бұрын

Thanks a ton Dan! Glad you enjoyed it!

@richardhuffman58 Жыл бұрын

Great Job!!

@ambmh5535 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@richardvalitalo3670 Жыл бұрын

Nice fitting, I'll be doing the same but putting wiring inside for access with office conduit.

@izifaddag8221 Жыл бұрын

Yep. The video has progressed and I see you made the same mistake I made with the insulation. I did the exact same thing. If I do this again I will do as you did then a sheet of 1/2" insulation over the entire wall and then refit the wood. You will be sitting by the wall in the summer and it will have red hot spots and in the winter cold spots. All caused by the steel beams not being insulated and conducting the heat in or out. My wall gets hot to the touch.

@ambmh5535 Жыл бұрын

Damn, that's nuts!

@izifaddag8221 Жыл бұрын

@@ambmh5535 Its really annoying. The heat is worse I think. Each steel rib is a heat sink straight inside. Sort of like a single pane of glass window. The inside is the same temp as the outside.

@ambmh5535 Жыл бұрын

Ive only used it once in extreme heat, and I think because it's white, it didn't seem to bad. With the breeze from opening windows and being in the shade it was noticeably cooler when I'd get in.