Tag: fixings
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Sealey AK3984 Short-Arm Threaded Nut Riveter
If you’re using rivnuts, you need a tool to fit them. You can hack about with spanners, or buy a cheap tool, but I’ve found this one works well, with minimum frustration. Sealey do a similar tool with longer arms for larger rivnuts, but this should work fine for sizes up to M8. £30 from…
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Rivnuts
Rivnuts (AKA nutserts, and other names) are a type of ‘blind fastener’; that is, they can be fitted through a surface without access to the rear of that surface, unlike, say, a nut an bolt, where you need access to both sides to fit and tighten the nut. The van is full of such surfaces, in…
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Butyl tape
Has the consistency of chewing gum that hasn’t dried. Stays that way. Used it to gap fill between the bumps on the roof and the homemade plastic insert when trying to make a flat surface to mount the roof light and fan. £11 from LeisureLines.
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Locknuts (nyloc nuts)
Locknuts have an unthreaded nylon insert which takes the thread of the bolt when tightened. This holds the nut more securely against vibration, which is exactly the sort of thing you have to think about in a van, but doesn’t crosss your mind when building more stationary objects. £3.50 for 100 from Screwfix.
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Soudal Adhesive Foam
We’re going to try using this as an alternative to the other expanding foams to hold the solid insulation boards in place. £9 from Screwfix
Andrew Sleigh 