Flooring A Van

There are a lot of options when it comes to flooring in a camper van.

Flooring a van. Syncro supplies floor liners for all makes and models of van. Syncro floor liners come in aluminium tread plate or in 12 mm thick birch plywood with a rubber coated or marble look resin surface and protect your van s original floor while also providing a tough even surface for installing racking. Since it s a small space you can go with anything and it won t cost a fortune but everything does have a price. The flooring on a passenger van will be a slightly different because there are rails on the ground from where seats used to be.

But overall it will be a similar floor build as any other van. The options and procedures for installing camper van flooring and camper van floor insulation are vast and with so many different ways to do it things can get complicated. It looks amazing and there are tons of color options to choose from. Installing the floor was the very first step i took on my van build and it s a great place to start.

The raw sheets of plywood will be smaller than the floor of your van. Many van dwellers choose vinyl flooring because it s thin and waterproof. 1 use floor template to cut plywood subfloor. Here is a great video explaining how to install a stock floor to adjust for the rails along with the installation of a vinyl floor.

The floor serves as the base of your build and an easy introduction to the basic principles of carpentry. There are several options for van flooring. Our neighbor offered us some old hardwood flooring but the thickness would have taken too much height out of the van. Fortunately installing a floor insulation in your van conversion doesn t need to be that hard and there is a simple way to do it.

A floor has many other critical functions than just supporting our feet. Otherwise make a new one. Indeed a proper floor installation prevents water infiltration rust provides thermal and noise insulation and serves as anchor for the cabinets in addition it should be resistant to wear be able to withstand enough weight not produce any squeak and. And now is the time to install a floor in our van conversion.

There are three main parts to a flooring installation for a van build.