DIY Van Conversion | Sound Deadening + Floor Install

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Sound Deadening+ Floor

Materials Used:

Sound Deadener Install:

Installation of the Rattletrap Sound Deadener was really straightforward, I just rolled it on with the provided roller! Here is a helpful video I found that shows you how to install the deadener. Skip ahead to 1:21 if you want to get to the meat of the video.

Floor Install:

I cut pieces of the XPS foam board to fit the profile of the floor.

I then took the foam board out and used it as a template to cut my plywood. I then glued down the foam board and plywood down using foamboard adhesive, and let it dry with weight on top of everything. I did not screw my floor down. Make sure you get the surface you will be applying the adhesive to nice and clean.

I did add more weight than what is in this photo, but still, I wish I had used more as I got some warping on the rear piece of plywood. Not too concerned because it is under the bed and has a lot of the build on top of it.

Once the plywood was in, I used spray foam to fill the gaps between the plywood and the walls and trimmed it back flat once dry.

I used a roll of laminate flooring from Home Depot, along with glue specifically for that type of flooring that I also got there. I had to cut it into two sections with a seam that would be located under the bed. I glued down the two pieces first, then used a box cutter to cut the edges to the curves of the van. Once dry I used silicone to seal the edges where the flooring met the walls. Where the two pieces of laminate met, I overlapped them slightly and used a straight edge to cut through them both, which resulted in a perfect seam between them.

Here is a in depth how-to that I followed when installing my floors.

I used aluminum stair edging and silicone to finish the edges showing in the door areas.

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