Tag: floor
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Floor underlay foam
This is 5mm rigid foam in sheets. We used it underneath our plywood floor. It’s designed for laying laminated flooring in houses, and we’re solving a very similar problem. We taped across the seams with Duck tape. It’s easy to work with, cheap, and the result seems to be good so far: the floor is…
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2017-05-28: Laying floor, fixing rust
Yep, more of the same this weekend. We had hoped to fit the new window on Saturday but we have the wrong knock-on trim, so after much rushing around car parts dealers, and phoning suppliers, we gave up on that task, and switched to some jobs we’re already working good news is, we managed to…
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2017-05-24: Floor underlay and rust treatment
This week, I’ve been continuing work on the floor. Before we can lay the new plywood floor down, we need to fill the grooves with closed cell foam, and then add a layer of underlay. For this piece, I used the Soudal High Tack adhesive to stick down the foam. Meanwhile Amy continues on the…
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2017-05-23: Flooring
A found a few hours this evening to cut the final piece of plywood for the floor, and apply a coat of paint to one side. https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/cXYQ8QWg_fw?rel=0 There’s still a lot to do before the floor is complete. We have to fill all the grooves with closed cell foam, add a layer of underlay, and…
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2017-05-20: Rust treatment and cutting the floor
We didn’t have a whole lot of time this weekend, but made good progress doing some essential prep so we can get the new floor in. Amy prepped the metalwork for rust treatment, and applied the POR-15 to all the minor inside patches of rust. It’s nothing serious, but we want to make sure all…
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Floor paint
We’re sealing the plywood floor with this water-based floor paint. We’ll likely cover it with lino. We could seal it with PU varnish, but we already have the floor paint, so that’s a more economical solution.
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Plywood
The stock floor in our Sprinter was covered in silicon glue, spilt oil and other nasty mess, so we had to remove it. We’re replacing it with this 12mm (1/2″) WBP (water boil proof) far eastern plywood. Finding good consistent information about plywood is impossible in my experience. Everyone you speak to has a different…
Andrew Sleigh 