insulation - start

I started to insulate the vito with the rear doors. I used this product, £13 a roll at B&Q this autumn. It's made of recycled plastic bottle,, very soft to touch and non irritant. I thought plastic bottle won't retain moisture, it there's some leak or condensation inside the panels. The insulation is glued to the panel with spray glue.



The original panels were damaged. I used them as patterns to cut new panels in 3mm plywood. they were covered in flowery vinyl.



The ceiling is insulated with a layer of reflective bublewrap blanket. It is glued to the roof panel with contact spray adhesive. This will live an air gap between the reflective blanket and the full length vito dualiner ceiling, which is 1cm thick, made of some dense foam.



Every gap in the metalwork is filled with insulation:



Wooden battens are glued to the top rear panels with sika 221. The longer battens are kept in place while the sika cures with a dab of instant hot glue.



The smaller battens were held in place with a strap:



So far, so good. The velcro holding the ceiling isn't working so well with the reflective blanket thickness. I'll have to find a better way to hold it in place.