In this video, I’m showing my ENTIRE van build from start to finish; insulating & carpeting the van, as well as building furniture and adding tons of accessories to make it a unique build. I’ve turned my Nissan NV200 from a small, empty panel van into cosy, comfortable, affordable tiny camper conversion.
I began, as most van conversions do, with the insulation. combination of silver foil bubblewrap insulation the silver foil was great for covering and the thicker loft insulation filled the i then covered these cavities over with the silver i also used silver foil insulation under the plywood floor (more on that later),
Under the headliner of the cab, as these areas just had thin metal and picked up a lot of i should say at this point that i had stayed in the van overnight quite a few times before converting it properly, so had a good idea of where condensation gathered, where i should to insulate the roof beams i used some expanding
Spray foam insulation, which looks really easy after that, i added more silver foil insulation to the ceiling four plywood boards were cut to fit between the beams and i used very thin plywood and insulation it’s only a small van and anything thicker later, i varnished the ceiling boards to with the van
Fully insulated i could start carpeting. worked my way along, sticking the smoke grey four-way stretch automotive carpet to the walls it was my first time carpeting a van and it was a lot of work, but after about two days of carpeting i’d done i could then carpet the rear edge by the next up was carpeting the doors. i
Wanted to carpet them as i really liked the look and wanted to make them as neat as possible, so i chose to stick rubber u-channel around the i was a bit apprehensive about whether the adhesive could hold the rubber firmly the rubber edge also helps divert rain with the rubber down, i carpeted all carpet i’d
Used on the walls, and the carpet into the channel of the rubber for a really neat finish. using some leftover carpet scraps i fashioned pockets into the door cards creating the pockets were made by cutting sticking a bit of thin card in the middle for excess flaps could then be tucked and glued from the back so the mess will
Never be seen. i made pockets of various shapes and sizes on the plywood van floor was a mess and needed covering. down before i properly began my conversion, holes in the foil bubblewrap insulation beneath, with the floor out, i trimmed it to a better fit as the carpet would be tucked underneath the
Floor and spent ages sanding all the dirt grime and contact adhesive overspray off, after carpeting the rear edge of the van, which i now had access to, to neaten it up, i had some trouble finding an adhesive that worked well, but in the end a standard contact adhesive did the trick and the floor not only looks great,
I added a rubber edge to the side and created some circular rubber edges sadly i didn’t film my bed build, a three section pull-out bench/bed with a built-in drawer underneath. the reason it’s in three sections is because i keep a nine foot surfboard in the bed is attached by turnbuckles to the floor load rings which makes it
Very easily removable but lives in the gap under the bed behind the front passenger seat. it’s a really useful space for housing day-to-day items, but gets messy quickly, so i created a custom divider system so everything we use has its for the cab divider curtain, i drilled popped some rubber grommets in and, using an
I sewed some magnets into both sides of a light tight seal to the metal; it’s a very my next bit of van furniture was a storage box to sit over the wheel arch. not only does it provide vital storage in the van the box doesn’t have a back, as the wheel arch and van wall are in this area, i added a soft close mechanism
So it doesn’t slam and magnets van load rings from inside the box, so can easily be removed. and thought it could be useful for storing some smaller items, so took a bit of scrap wood from the wheel arch storage build ,cut it to size, refined it a little, added some hinges and now i bought a couple of large magnets to
Hold now the piece of furniture which took the most effort i started by building the front section, i then made the sides so they would sit flush and then i attached the table unit into the vehicle using some built-in threads enjoy the full width of it as the bed the table folds down on a piano hinge
Whilst it might appear on first glance they really don’t and are very strong ,so you the table locks into its closed position with a latch but also the hole in the side of the unit is for my handy battery pack which charges all of my appliances, i purposely bought a battery pack which so i could build it into my table and
I added a door at a later date to protect to help reduce condensation at night i created a set of thermal window covers out i stuck two layers of this together and then carpeted but i don’t have a sewing machine so this was the best option . that i could push through holes in of both blacking out the van at
Night and reducing condensation. my favourite is this nifty door pole which stops it’s a fairly simple construction but it does it lives out of sight under the table unit when not in use. they help keep the rain and wind out when i mentioned that the van was cosy, and i got a 12 metre-long set of usb-powered fairy lights and strung them
Around the perimeter of the van, and these neatly plug into my battery pack finally, i added a ceiling net which especially things you need easy access to at night. some threads above the back of the front seats so that’s my van build, and if you’ve made it to this point you’re probably wondering also, if you want
To see more from my van build then i’ve got there’s a link to my entire van build in the description check out yogi.the.van to see all the adventures finally, if you’ve enjoyed this video then please like it, leave a comment to say what you thought
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TINY CAMPER VAN Conversion, From Start To Finish | Nissan NV200 Small Van Build By Lens Of James
