Insulating a tin top

[Porthlevenbongo]

Does anybody have a guide or advice on insulating a tintop bongo. There seems to be so much differing advice on what materials to use.

thanks

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Insulating where?

[Porthlevenbongo]

doors, side panels, floor and roof.

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Most heat loss is through the windows - I have internal silver screens for windscreen, rearscreen and cab windows,it should also be quite easy to make up some for behind the side window screens.

[Diplomat]

Hardly worth the bother of the upheaval involved. It's a lot better insulated than any panel van and many cars.

I use foam cut from camping mats with one side silvered (facing inwards) in the side windows. These are permanent in both offside rear side windows, which I never need to look out of, permanent in the rearmost nearside window and fitted when sleeping to the sliding door window, which I often need to look out of. More pieces of said foam push into the two front door windows when sleeping and in the front and rear windscreens I use a different type of self supporting screen with silver on the inside and black on the outside. The widows are the main source of heat loss, shame to lose all that free heat stored in the mid engine.

It probably wouldn't be difficult to lower the roof card and fix polystyrene tiles behind it but I've never felt cold enough to bother and never had condensation dripping inside the cabin like I did years ago in a Ford Thames van.

Best bet is to use good quality duvet bedding, one on top and another underneath. On my own I enclose myself clamshell style in a double duvet.


Frank