Rapido V68 insulated doors

[BOOMEL]

Before I rip the panel off the back, does anyone know whether the Rapido V68 (or Rapido Vans in general) have insulation in them?

Regards,

Mike

 

[SpeedyDux]

My V43 does*. I was supplied with a copy of Rapido's build sheet, from December 2016. It records the addition of insulation behind these back doors. And the sliding door as well.

* I haven't taken the door cards off to check. Nevertheless I haven't noticed cold spots or condensation indicative of absence of insulation.

 

[Sapper520]

Our Sunlight definitely didn’t have any. If the panels are attached in the same way as ours, it takes two minutes to get them off.

Are they fitted with these plastic poppers?…….

 

[andysam]

My previous PVC was insulated...in name only. Yes it had insulation, stick on foam which fitted some of the panel skin, but not all by a long way. I spent about £100 insulating it to a higher standard.

 

[Sapper520]

My previous PVC was insulated...in name only. Yes it had insulation, stick on foam which fitted some of the panel skin, but not all by a long way. I spent about £100 insulating it to a higher standard.

You were lucky to have had anything. Here’s our before.…….I‘ve done a three layer insulation / sound proofing now.

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[SpeedyDux]

My previous PVC was insulated...in name only. Yes it had insulation, stick on foam which fitted some of the panel skin, but not all by a long way. I spent about £100 insulating it to a higher standard.

Whatever insulation you fit, the end result is about as effective as a single skin of brickwork. You still need to chuck in a lot of energy via the heater to stay warm.

 

[Sapper520]

Whatever insulation you fit, the end result is about as effective as a single skin of brickwork. You still need to chuck in a lot of energy via the heater to stay warm.

You‘re right in the respect of still needing the heating on.

However, we spent 5 nights over Christmas in the van, and my wife said it was better than before I did the doors (haven’t done the two cab doors). She sleeps nearest the barn doors, which is why I needed to do something about it.

I’ve also noted far less condensation, on the inside of the barn doors, now our body heat isn’t hitting the bare metal inside the doors. Still a little in small areas, but it would be impossible to reach into all the void spaces.

 

[andysam]

Definitely any improvement is better than no improvement.

 

[mikebeaches]

Before I rip the panel off the back, does anyone know whether the Rapido V68 (or Rapido Vans in general) have insulation in them?

Regards,

Mike

We have a Rapido V68 and have always assumed there is some insulation in the doors, but I've never checked.

We've been in some pretty cold conditions and not noticed particular cold spots or condensation on the inside of the doors.

Rightly or wrongly, I have a pretty high level of confidence concerning Rapido design and build quality, which includes dedicated ski storage in the V68 (ie serious consideration has been given to cold weather use).

 

[Sapper520]

We have a Rapido V68 and have always assumed there is some insulation in the doors, but I've never checked.

We've been in some pretty cold conditions and not noticed particular cold spots or condensation on the inside of the doors.

Rightly or wrongly, I have a pretty high level of confidence concerning Rapido design and build quality, which includes dedicated ski storage in the V68 (ie serious consideration has been given to cold weather use).

Easy to check Mike if you’ve got the same pop out fasteners as ours.

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[BOOMEL]

Easy to check Mike if you’ve got the same pop out fasteners as ours.

Checked yesterday and we have but minimal, bought some recycled plastic insulation from b&q and at some time will top up the doors with this. Mike

 

[Sapper520]

Checked yesterday and we have but minimal, bought some recycled plastic insulation from b&q and at some time will top up the doors with this. Mike

Just make sure you keep it away from the moving parts.

 

[BOOMEL]

Indeed

 

[GMLS]

I'm amazed there is no or minimal insulation. And more importantly what about a vapour barrier? I'm following a number of van builds in YT and they are all doing a far better job in that case

 

[Sapper520]

I'm amazed there is no or minimal insulation. And more importantly what about a vapour barrier? I'm following a number of van builds in YT and they are all doing a far better job in that case

I used proper van materials. 3 layers…..soundproofing, thermal layer then the insulation material. I covered as much of the metal as I could reach.

Easy job on these doors, just takes a little patience, a fair bit of cutting to size in order to reach as much as I could, and far better to do it in the warm weather as the metal is already warm, and the glue on the soundproofing and thermal roll is much more pliable.

Cost £165 in materials, for the barn doors and sliding door. However, I had enough soundproofing and thermal layer leftover to give to another member on here, to do his three doors.

I haven’t done the cab doors as I didn’t want to disturb the electric’s or plastic liner.

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[CazPaul]

It’s really poor construction not to put any insulation in, just makes you wonder what else they have skimped on.

When building a van it’s the parts that you can’t see that are the most important.

 

[Two on Tour]

I found that there was no insulation on our cab doors, so I fitted sticky-backed foil/closed cell neoprene sound deadening/insulation material to the inside of the cab door skins which also stops the door skins drumming.

 

[lorger]

When we had our PVC we had a large insulated cover that clipped on to the inside of the back doors, similar to the windscreen covers but inside and it made a massive difference.

 

[headlight]

I've got a coach built and the hab seems well insulated.
The cab however I assume has no insulation and was always much colder than the hab even with thermal screens covering al the glass.
I bought some thermal screen material and made a curtain that separates the cab from the hab.
It has reduced my heating by about a third.

 

[Sapper520]

When we had our PVC we had a large insulated cover that clipped on to the inside of the back doors, similar to the windscreen covers but inside and it made a massive difference.

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[headlight]

I bought 2m of this £50 delivered.
I cut it to size and Mrs headlight hemmed it.
I attach it to the edge of the over cab bed with clips.
It goes down to the floor behind the cab seats and the full width.

 

[Bolti]

I've got a coach built and the hab seems well insulated.
The cab however I assume has no insulation and was always much colder than the hab even with thermal screens covering al the glass.
I bought some thermal screen material and made a curtain that separates the cab from the hab.
It has reduced my heating by about a third.

Have you got a link for the thermal screen material please.

Edit; see you beat me to it.

 

[headlight]

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There you go.

 

[lorger]

You can buy these now, fitted using magnets. £269.….

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Ours wasn’t attached to the doors it was attached to the internal of the van with poppers, the bottom had two zips so you could access the garage area without exposing the inside. It came as part of the factory option winter kit.

 

[Sapper520]

WoldsSunlight has got some. He used them last winter in Germany.