I put one full sheet on every single panel inside the van, minus the two panels that I’d since had windows fitted in. For the wall panels, this was 4 on the side panels, 4 on the side doors and 1 on the barn doors, so a total of 9 sheets used. Here I’ll explain which insulation I used for each part of my campervan, mission, to keep ‘Dennis’ lovely and warm 🙂 Campervan Sound Deadening For the ceiling insulation I used the Dodo Mat thermal liner,I used a tape measureto work out the size I needed for each panel and cut this with my heavy duty scissors. The van has a metal divider in the middle so the strips were roughly 1.25 metres long by 40 cm wide so an easy size to work with

My van is a medium sized van, long-wheel based, approximately 2.5 m long by 1.4 m wide and 1.4 m high, to help you visualise and compare to your van. Your van is essentially a metal box! Metal conducts both heat and cold, therefore when it’s cold outside your van will mirror the temperature. I started staying in my van during March in the UK, I had temperatures of minus 6 at night, maybe colder and I can confirm that insulation made a HUGE difference. I woke up one morning with ice inside my van on the exposed metal sections, but the insulated areas were a normal temperature to touch by hand. What did I use to insulate my van?I started with the thermal liner which came on a 10-metre roll and I used a tape measureto roughly work out the size I needed for each panel and cut this with my heavy duty scissors. Once I had a smaller piece to work with I found the best technique was pushing the thermal liner into the curved corners, bending it down then cutting to create the shape. Again, this didn’t need to be perfect but I was aiming for maximum coverage. I’ll break down my insulation into the three main areas I fitted it to – the side panels and doors, the floor and the ceiling. Ceiling insulation I’d read that it was best to fit the super liner width ways as it’s easier to fit over the bumps in the floor instead of doing length ways. This was good advice, I could see how doing length ways would be really awkward. Recommended products for this stage: 2 x Dodo Super Liner Rolls or 2 x Dodo Dead Mat Duo Rolls Optional Stage 3 - Floor Once I’d fitted all the thermal liner I then moved onto my second layer of insulation – the recycled plastic loft insulation– I researched a few places, the cheapest option ended up being from B&Q, with an R value of 2.25 m2k/w. There’s a similar product that Dodo Insulation do but this is almost double the price and in my opinion looks the same.

Foam spray looks like it would be great, getting in every single small gap but after watching a few YouTube videos I decided it was not for me, in fact, many people do opt for a professional foam spray job because it’s really that messy. Dodo Super Liner is an affordable, self-adhesive flexible foam liner that is perfect for vehicle heat and sound insulation when applied over sound deadening. The unique Dodo closed cell foam formulation has been designed to give superb thermal insulation and acoustic absorption in a 12mm (1/2") profile. One of my first jobs on Dennis (my van) was my insulation, firstly, that’s because how it works with a van and secondly, I wanted to do a few trips away and since it was still winter/early spring in the UK I wanted to be warm. The instructions within the box suggest up to 50% of each panel is covered and for areas that have more noise, for example, the wheel arches they have 100% coverage. I adopted this suggestion (sort of).The wheel arches, I decided to go with 100% coverage, although they don’t look that big they took 5.5 sheets each, so 11 in total. And finally the ceiling was comprised of 5 long panels, with a divided in the middle, so 10 panels in total. I used a full sheets on the 4 wide panels There’s an abundance of information about the best insulation for campervans out there, so a lot of my choices were based researching what was right for me, based on my skill level for fitting and also my budget available.

Here’s my complete list for adding the sound deadening sheets plus fitting the wall, ceiling and floor insulation

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When installed in your vehicle Dodo Super Liner will act as a thermal insulating layer to help stabilise vehicle cabin temperatures through the year. Since you may already have the tools for the job, or you’re able to borrow them here’s the breakdown of the sound deadening and insulation materials and the tools. To fill all the gaps/panels in my van I used two and a half rolls of loft insulation, each roll covers 2.22 m2. I bought two rolls and I had a friend that had some spare which is why I only needed to buy two. Total = 5.5 m2