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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: reachandshine on September 27, 2009, 08:26:19 am

Title: Van frost protection
Post by: reachandshine on September 27, 2009, 08:26:19 am
Any tried or thought of putting insulation behind ply lining panels of van, wondered if this would give any protection from frost?
Title: Re: Van frost protection
Post by: d s windowcleaning on September 27, 2009, 11:26:07 am
yes ive got insulation behind the lining and it makes so much diffrance never had a problem with frost since doing this .
Title: Re: Van frost protection
Post by: free2flow on September 27, 2009, 02:15:07 pm
What type of insulation do you use?
Title: Re: Van frost protection
Post by: Nathanael Jones on September 27, 2009, 02:55:40 pm
I've got insulation on the roof too,.. 2" rigid foam with foil on each side. It's awkward to cut to size & fit but it does make a huge difference.
Title: Re: Van frost protection
Post by: Window Washers on September 27, 2009, 02:59:37 pm
I have it in one of my vans and really does not make much difference at all because I didnt do the roof ::)
I am thinking of lifting all pipe work off the floor soon and see if this helps at all, lost about 10 hours last year due to frozen system pipes
Title: Re: Van frost protection
Post by: d s windowcleaning on September 27, 2009, 11:15:20 pm
What type of insulation do you use?
ive used loft insulation which i think as done a great job , what really needs to be looked at is what part of the country you come from as some get worse weather than others .
what you got to lose by insulating your van anyway the price of insulation is cheap so give it a go you aint going to lose out .
Title: Re: Van frost protection
Post by: C.C.S. on September 27, 2009, 11:18:25 pm
i'd really like to see some photos of that vans that have been insulated.should be interesting
Title: Re: Van frost protection
Post by: d s windowcleaning on September 27, 2009, 11:35:23 pm
i'd really like to see some photos of that vans that have been insulated.should be interesting
i would like to show you photos but i really dont fancy taking my plylining off .
its a bit like doing cavity wall insulation , with the van wall being the brick and the ply being the block then filling in between with your insulation .
 AS THAT NOW MADE IT INTRESTING FOR YOU CO CLEANING SERVICES ?
Title: Re: Van frost protection
Post by: weetot on September 28, 2009, 07:39:28 pm
I put a load of 2nd hand asbestos in mine. found it in a skip.

It stopped the system freezin' but i got one hell of a cough now that i can't get rid of!

Any suggestions?
Title: Re: Van frost protection
Post by: dd on September 28, 2009, 07:57:04 pm
Use any remaining off-cuts to insulate your lunchbox. This will also give you peace of mind in protecting your lunch if your van catches fire.
Title: Re: Van frost protection
Post by: weetot on September 28, 2009, 08:53:28 pm
Use any remaining off-cuts to insulate your lunchbox. This will also give you peace of mind in protecting your lunch if your van catches fire.

 ;D ;D
Title: Re: Van frost protection
Post by: hennessy window cl on September 28, 2009, 08:57:44 pm
make a will fast or even better chuck that asbestos out of the van ;D
Title: Re: Van frost protection
Post by: weetot on September 28, 2009, 09:15:09 pm
Have made will, and tried to set van on fire, but it won't light! >:( ;D
Title: Re: Van frost protection
Post by: tony talbot on September 28, 2009, 10:27:56 pm
instead of doing the whole van what about just doing all the static pipes just for the winter
Title: Re: Van frost protection
Post by: matt on September 28, 2009, 10:41:06 pm
What type of insulation do you use?
ive used loft insulation which i think as done a great job , what really needs to be looked at is what part of the country you come from as some get worse weather than others .
what you got to lose by insulating your van anyway the price of insulation is cheap so give it a go you aint going to lose out .

only downside to the loft insulation is the moisture gets trapped behind it and will rot the van

the best is the polystyrene as air can flow around and polystyrene doesnt absorb moisture
Title: Re: Van frost protection
Post by: matt on September 28, 2009, 10:42:25 pm
a few of the DIY self-build campervan'ers drill a series of holes and squirt expanding foam in