Spray foam insulation in a campervan conversion yellow spray foam.
Sprinter van spray foam insulation.
You ll be looking at several hundred dollars if you choose this method.
Example of spray foam insulation.
But spray foam kits are rather expensive foaming your entire van would cost upwards of 400.
Let s start with the most efficient method.
What works for a house should work for a van as well right.
Yellow spray foam has an excellent r value of 6 5.
When they re mixed in the spray nozzle they make a sticky foam.
A full walk through of how to insulate your van with spray foam.
There are many companies that will spray your van for you.
Spray foam insulation has the highest r value per inch at r 7 and when installed correctly forms an impermeable vapor barrier that can shield your van s metal walls from condensation.
Not in a sprinter but you get the.
Purchase a few cans of 3m 90 spray adhesive spray it on both the van wall and the insulation.
Yellow spray foam can be expensive.
There are other factors as well that determine the cost including if the van is brought to our shop and the amount of spray foam installed.
The van walls and ceiling are coated in anything from 1 2 to 2 of foam.
It is resistant to water so you will have no moisture buildup and it will not mold.
Spray foam typically starts life as two liquids.
This is true but using spray foam insulation in a van is a bit more tricky and also a lot more messy than the other methods.
The white side goes against van and the black scrim faces out.
Spray foam is perhaps the most effective form of insulation and can get in all the nooks and crannies but is permanent and can be tricky to apply with big consequences if you mess it up.
In the lower cavities it needs spray adhesive to hold it to the walls.
It also works as a sound dampener.
In the upper wall cavities of a sprinter anyway the thinsulate stays put without glue.