Hi. I have the original bunks (not fitted) and they will need some serious attention anyway. I am looking at fitting a solid style bed up top I was thinking of some aluminium type angle iron along the sides (does that make it angle ali) then boards. I am after some ideas for the board, to keep the weight down. ie: foam sandwiched between 2 thin sheets of ply, a corrugated type product that i can't find. It would be more for an infant / baby. Cab bunk would of been an option if it wasn't for the Saab seats. Thanks in advance
sounds ok to me... just remember that you would need to have some sort of side/guard to it, to stop the little one falling out
my devon came with a solid bed in it. the PO had rivited support struts side to side across the van, few inches above the windows i think. then there was 2 mdf boards on top screwed on. then a thin bit of ply underneath, covered. to hide the struts. it didnt look to bad. but i wanted to be able to stand up.
Cheers. I was thinking of separate boards, maybe 3. I was then thinking cargo style net (small holes) to stop someone landing on me in the night. Is there a light board that is strong enough?? What are used in other conversions for a solid bed ?
Thinking about this - boat decks are similar using foam cored fibreglass or foam ribs fibreglassed under ply sheet - foam acts as a spacer and the fibreglass takes the tension - you are making a lightweight bridge. The boatbuilders use Nomex honeycomb or end grain balsa ( grain goes vertical if board horizontal) as an alternative spacer. Think using marine ply rather the whitish Marmitee firewood in b&q. I bought some as a floor in my boat. The b&q sort was £20 a sheet for shuttering ply. The cheap marine ply was £40 a sheet and te good stuff was £80 a shheet. This comes with no holes and solid wood. None of the others do. That was for an 8 foot by 4 foot sheet.
I've seen cab bunks use with Porsche seats The owner narrowed the canvas, and used an extra pole behind the seats in the original position then put two straps from this to the bunk So it had a pole each side of the seat back fixed to each other with a strap Hope that makes sense
Hi , i did a bit of googling (for on line suppliers and came up with Fibreglass core material and other fibreglass bits and pieces http://www.ecfibreglasssupplies.co.uk/c-454-core-materials.aspx And Robbins Timber for quality plywood.http://www.robbins.co.uk
