What do you have on the floor of your van?

The missus and I just got back from a week away in our Westy. Whilst away I saw a damp patch under the bed (the Ply wood which rests on the floor pan). I decided to remove the sink, cooker, and bed to find the root cause of this damp patch. Since owning the van I've never up-rooted the flooring. Yet to my horror there was 9mm ply wood underneath 6mm ply wood (in parts) underneath the lino(sp?).

I've sourced the cause of the damp patch, but I ask: do you have anything other van ply on your floor, or are there breathable alternatives?

 

Ive got chipboard in mine at the moment but will be replacing it with marine grade ply later on

 

I have 9mm of marine ply. under this I have some of the thin insulation for laminate flooring, the foil backed stuff. On top I have a very cool set of tiles from madmatz.

 

Marine ply and madmatz tiles

 

I've got my hands on a few sheets of 12mm marine ply, some of that thin laminate floor insulation & some wood effect vinyl snaffled from a job at work!

Gonna be fitting it all next week, yay!

Robo...

 

You have standard westy floor. Damp not caused by the floor, probably your rear 1/4light leaking - check out the stain on the ply card underneath it?

 

i filled all the existing bolt holes with fibreglass, sprayed the floor with hammerite, waxoyled it, chucked down some ikea laminate flooring underlay with 12mm ply then lino on top.

 

I have carpet between the ply and the lino, I guess on of the PO's wanted the chequer board lino and just laid it on the carpet that was there before. There's is little give in the floor that makes it soft under foot, but not as much as you would expect, I think its car type carpet not house carpet.

 

I put down 9mm ply, thin polystyrene underlay stuff and cheapest homebase laminate flooring.



Nick

 

9 mm medium density foam (similar to camping mat foam) with 8 mm diamond board on top and adhesive vinyly tiles on top of that.

 

Bubble insulation, ply
then for the 70s thing cork tiles

 

Hi Robo,

I just got a bit of aluminium angle from b and q and screwed it down along the exposed edge.

Nick

 

Mainly dog hair & sand, which covers the vinyl sheeting & marine ply :-[

 

Thermal insulation, 9mm ply and carpetrights cheapest at 3.49 sq metre )

 

same thermawrap,6mm ply and vinyl

 

Silver backed sleeping roll (cheap of ebay) glued down with spray fabric stuff, 6mm ply then bamboo tongue and groove. Realy tough If it gets too scrathed up sand down and re varnish (comes treated.
I'm eventually doing a bamboo beach hut theme so goes well.
Cheers
s

 

Ply on mdf slats,

RE the door edge this stuff is good gear, http://www.vanwurks.co.uk/stainless-steel-sliding-door-trim-for-volkswagen-t2-bay-window.html