Re: Short time lurker with questions
Ok, next step, sound dampening. I bought 100 square feet of aluminum/butyl sound dampener on ebay. My gosh is that stuff heavy. The first 50 sq. ft. roll covered the passenger side and almost all of the drivers side. The second roll finished the drivers side, a little bit of the roof and both rear doors. I think I went overboard on the rear doors, applying the mat to everything I could get to on the inner side of the outer door skin. Then fiberglass insulation and finally another coat of sound mat on the inner part of the door. Now when I close the rear door there is more of a "thunk" rather than the cheap loose sheet metal sound it had before. You can tell you are swinging more mass now. I need to buy another 50 square foot roll to finish the ceiling and side doors.
I'm going to really kick it the next few days, as I plan on using it next Thursday when I go back to work on nights. I figure sleeping in the van during the day should be warmer with temps in the 30's and a good test of the insulation already installed as well as where I need to improve.
Should have the floor insulated and plywood floor down. The roll over sofa should arrive early next week. I bought 8 sheets of 1/2" aluminum faced foam board. Hope to get the rear auxilliary heater plumbed in.
Still to come .... I ordered a frame mount propane tank to supply the 12,000 btu furnace and bought a fantastic fan and a 30 amp ac distribution box with integral 45 amp converter and 12 volt distribution panel.
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