My basic plan is to use Havelock wool inside the cavities and then install DuraTherm liners over the top. I am doing DuraTherm on all doors, walls, and ceiling.
I have been following the "documentation" (YouTube videos mainly) for installing Havelock wool in oddly shaped cavities in vans. The basic idea is that you form kind of a mesh with nylon twine that temporarily holds the wool in place until you put the wall and ceiling liner over it. The twine doesn't really have to be super great looking. It just has to keep things in place until you can sandwich the wool behind the panels.
The lower panels have lots of holes I can use to thread the nylon through. As do the center 2 panels on the ceiling. The upper panels of the walls and doors, and the 2 ends of ceiling don't really have anything I can weave the mesh through.
I know @Shuttergirl has done something similar to what I'm doing. But according to this thread, I think she said she did not try to use the wool on the upper cavities or the ceiling. (It's not totally clear).
My options are:
1. Use Havelock in the lower panels, and wherever I can manage to get it to stay put on the ceiling (which is about half the ceiling), and then hope the DuraTherm provides enough insulation so that the heat from the roof and upper panels don't radiate through to the interior.
2. Use another method to attach the wool to the upper cavities. You can't glue this stuff (all instructions I've read/watched say this is futile). What are people's thoughts on creating the same nylon mesh, and then using tape to hold it in place?
3. Is #2 the dumbest idea ever? If so, does anyone have any other creative strategy?
My goal is to not use glue or other permanent attachments until I actually know what I'm doing. I am going to make loads of mistakes, and I want to be able to undo things fairly easily.
I'm loving this forum. It is a wealth of information.
I have been following the "documentation" (YouTube videos mainly) for installing Havelock wool in oddly shaped cavities in vans. The basic idea is that you form kind of a mesh with nylon twine that temporarily holds the wool in place until you put the wall and ceiling liner over it. The twine doesn't really have to be super great looking. It just has to keep things in place until you can sandwich the wool behind the panels.
The lower panels have lots of holes I can use to thread the nylon through. As do the center 2 panels on the ceiling. The upper panels of the walls and doors, and the 2 ends of ceiling don't really have anything I can weave the mesh through.
I know @Shuttergirl has done something similar to what I'm doing. But according to this thread, I think she said she did not try to use the wool on the upper cavities or the ceiling. (It's not totally clear).
My options are:
1. Use Havelock in the lower panels, and wherever I can manage to get it to stay put on the ceiling (which is about half the ceiling), and then hope the DuraTherm provides enough insulation so that the heat from the roof and upper panels don't radiate through to the interior.
2. Use another method to attach the wool to the upper cavities. You can't glue this stuff (all instructions I've read/watched say this is futile). What are people's thoughts on creating the same nylon mesh, and then using tape to hold it in place?
3. Is #2 the dumbest idea ever? If so, does anyone have any other creative strategy?
My goal is to not use glue or other permanent attachments until I actually know what I'm doing. I am going to make loads of mistakes, and I want to be able to undo things fairly easily.
I'm loving this forum. It is a wealth of information.