Micro Camper Daily Driver Build

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Re: Micro Camper Daily Driver Build

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Thats because i have no life right now, i have litterally had one day off this past month :lol:
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This is great. Made any further progress? Would love to know a ballpark of how time and money went into the the carpeting, insulation, and soundproofing.
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baddywithacaddy wrote: Thu May 02, 2024 3:08 am This is great. Made any further progress? Would love to know a ballpark of how time and money went into the the carpeting, insulation, and soundproofing.

Here are some of the costs. Though total for all the various bits on the whole van is now at £1500. The little things start to add up quickly!
Sound deadening and insulation kit for small vans from Dodomat was £150
Plastic bottle insulation B&Q £22
Carpet and adhesive was £80 local van converters
Windows with one slider fitted £480
Curtains shore vans full set £85

Still have half the sound deadening and insulation kit. Will use some on the floor.

The thing with sound deadening bitumen sheets is that they are heavy. You could cover every piece of metal with the stuff, which some people do but the jury is out on the effectiveness of doing that rather than putting a patch in the middle of the larger panels.

The van is noticeably quieter and a big part of that is covering the holes in the sides that transmit the noise through the panels and the carpet that absorbs the reverberation. At the moment most of the noise is coming from the floor but is only noticeable at speed on the motorway. So be interesting to see what difference a ply floor makes. Not planning on covering the floor with bitumen sheets as it's corrugated and so the sound is already lower frequency but insulation material should absorb much of it with the ply.

Got some electrics and furniture to make next.
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Thanks for the curtain inspiration! Just checked Shore Vans and they have exactly what I’m looking for
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In case anyone is wondering you can get a 8' x 4' sheet in a Maxi. Just drive carefully with the sheet next to your head as you drive.

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Card template on the sheet of ply. You can get the whole floor on one sheet if you are happy with the ply in two parts

The time taken doing the card template was worth it. Floor fitted first time.

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I went with 9mm ply. I am aiming to keep the build weight to a reasonable level and 9mm as it turns out seems right with the amount of ridges in the floor and size of van. I'm also cutting the latch points out as they will be used to hold the furniture to the floor.
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Right side door card. Seeing as there will be a bed on this side of the van the bottom half of the door will be covered so have made one large storage area which is big enough for a set of jump leads.
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First weekend camping in the van. Clearly not finished as a camper yet.
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But its getting there!
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I have come to the conclusion that to get anything to the way I want it I will have to do things twice.

Was not happy with how the floor finished at the boot threshold and wanted to hide the vinyl floor under it when that is laid. Also wanted the lashing points to be above the flooring and use them to hold the floor down. The reasons will be apparent when the furniture is in.
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With the new floor in I had to trim the threshold strip down. This was easier than I thought. I have a little 12v Bosch circular saw and just ran that along the edge. If you look closely you will see the cut is made and on the ribs are holding it on. These were trimmed back with a knife.
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This tidies the floor at the back and means I will be able to run the vinyl floor under the treashold strip when fitted.
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Bought some 20mm aluminium right angle from Screwfix for £11 for 2x 1 MTR lengths. Need to screw down once the vinyl is fitted. Really pleased with how it finishes this part if the floor.
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Start of the furniture work.

Made up some 20x20mm battens that I could quickly assemble into a frame.
The intention was to get to the right height of the window edge where the worktop will sit and work out where the unit will come to around the lashing points.
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Card templated the worktop and cut a first version from the previous floor plywood and dropped the sink in.

Will show some closer pics of the sink later as the sink is a bit of a hack from an eBay seller.
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Re: Micro Camper Daily Driver Build

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Turning out well this!
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