We're Coz & Meeks, we used to be workaholics and realised our 2 little girls were growing up too fast around us and decided to change our lives to enjoy as much time together as possible.
So we are self building a fully winterised camper to take us to the Arctic & the mountains for snowy adventures. We are massive fans of winter and the extremes, we love to travel and explore, so we've bought a 2021 Fiat Ducato and this RU-vid channel is where we hope to document the whole build and the adventures that follow!
If you did not use the Nasboard, do you think the celotex would crush into the voids and give you a wobbly floor? I'm thinking just gluing 25mm celetox and then 15mm ply laid over the top.
I worried that it might crush, that was the reason for the nassboard. Plus it all helps with insulation. I hadn't tried it without, not even a test run.
cracking video, really put my mind at ease for visiting here. couple of questions if i may. does the garage sell lpg? also for staying over 7 days where the price jumps up is it possible to just pay the ticket on day 7 and walk to the exit, put the ticket in the machine, walk to the entry and press for a new ticket to restart a 7 day stay or do you have drive around in the van? just liked and subscribed.... going to enjoy looking at the rest of your videos :)
Hi! And thanks for subscribing! I'm fairly certain that you'll need to leave and re-enter as I'm not sure the barrier will lift without a vehicle being over the detection bit. As for LPG, I really don't think it has it, I would have mentioned it if I'd had seen it. The nearest place would be Briancon, about a 20 minute drive away. It's a cracking place, Meeks and I love exploring new places all the time but our kids just want to go to "Monty"... It's an easy resort, nice cafe by the "le clot" lift with home cooked lunches, more challenging skiing further up, but if you're up for a real challenge, then the via latte is frikkin mahooosive! Good luck and hit us for any more questions you might have 👍
Looks good to me. I think your design is simple but effective and a lot more straightforward than some of the things I've seen. Very informative video.
I'm kind of making a point of commenting on all that videos I watch to help with the youtube algorithm but anyway .... I really like the idea of the foam in the valleys to help the foam board sit flat. I havent seen anyone do that before. More insulation and stops bending. Love it.
So lucky to have a friend with access to such amazing cuts of wood. When that is polished up it would make an amazing kitchen worktop for the van. Love the natural grain.
@@tippy_travels That sounds affordable. Just watched other video, the guy paid £600 for 4 deadlocks only, but they came to his house for the fitting, so I think that was a good deal from Sussex Instalations. Thanks for replying😊
why did you make this so complicated. By filling the low points of the ribs you are preventing them to breath and dry. also why why did you fill those tie down points? they are the perfect way to secure your plywood subfloor
Thanks for commenting. Well we wanted a hermetically sealed floor space. So no moisture, no screws or screw holes, sealed with hybrid silicone, this way we don't want it to breathe. So filling the anchor points was an essential part of this as they would allow air and moisture into the sealed floor space. Filling the low points of the ribs was a way getting more insulation in, but mainly to even out the floor height and prevent point loading of the dense foam insulation. The insulation board is compressible on high points. In other words, to ensure the lifespan of the foam insulation, by spreading the load. Our glue down method isn't for everyone, it's just my choice.. But thought it a useful video for those who wanted to do it this way.
@@tippy_travels I understand why you fiiled the screw holes but you still could have used them to bolt down the floor. Looking back at your video I see that the Ecotherm does not seem to have very good compression strength that is why i am using XPS . You drive a car on that stuff
Ok. That sounds good. So our flooring has been in the van for 2 years and seems to be working successfully, no cracks in any adjoining panels or movements on the floor. I feel happy that it was the right approach for us. Good luck with your build!
Hi, great videos I have subscribed and will watch all your videos. Can I ask how many of the NasBoard did you need and would this EVERBUILD STIXALL COLOUR HYBRID SEALANT ADHESIVE C3 290ML CARTRIDGE be OK and how many did you Use? Keep up the good work. I have got the Citroen Relay Van which will have a full build. Thanks
Hi. I think I bought a 10 pack of nasboard. The sheets were 1200 x 600. Yes to the adhesive, I used about 20 tubes for the whole floor, so not cheap.. but I knew it would work, the van floor has been in for 2 years and is working as it should. Thanks for watching and subscribing, many more videos to come. 😁
Awesome job - Very informative as always, and some serious welding skills coming in considering you hadn’t picked up a TIG welder before this. High five ✋
Hi Coz & Meeks, any news on dropping the fourth episode … I’m glued to the channel and feel I’m left on a season finale cliffhanger 😂 Excellent info by the way 👍👍
Hey, really sorry, it's coming, final bits being put together, our business is always really busy this time of year so we find ourselves prioritising that over vids. This week 👍
Hi, thanks for a great video. I would like to ask yo what are those metal bits on the floor showing at the top of the image at min 3:00, 3:51, 5:08 to 6:47 and you had to cut the insulation foam around them . they are kind of in front of the side door and that strengthens my belief that they look like they may be some mounts for some seats but not 100% sure. I would like to learn about how you got that done as that is of special intertest to me . I wanted to look at every episode but they are difficult to find so perhaps if you put the list of URLs for every episode, in the description that could help even dumber people, like me, to find all the episodes more easily :-)
Hi, thanks for commenting. Those metal parts are the floor mounts for the additional seats, which are featured in episode 3 "6 seater camper". Your suggestion is a nice idea, we'll look into that, although if you look at our "playlists" on our RU-vid channel, all of the "Tippy Travels Van Build" episodes are listed there. Good luck with your build!
Thank you! Well I would love to tour California for both ski and the coast, it's high up on our list! You won't regret a trip to the Alps, we'll have many more ski van videos coming out later in the year. 😁
Beautiful if only someone would produce such a bracket , I’ve been gifted a rino rack and the brackets is my dilemma ☝️unfortunately I don’t have the tools to copy your design that and I think I would need them in steel to accommodate the weight of the rino rack , cool video keep up the good work 🙏
Thank you.. I sometimes take for granted my tool collection and workshop.. from memory, Rhino make brackets for this model of van, but they are powder coated steel, which obviously have a tendency to rust, but you could give them a clear coat before installing? An added layer of protection could work. 🤷♂️
how are you finding the insulation in the van a year on and pretty much at the end of the ski season? Do you still stand by this method or are there any changes you would make if you were doing it all again? Embarking on my own build journey and looking at different methods :)
@@tippy_travels is there anything you would have done differently looking back on it now? I won't be fixing seats to the chassis. I do like the simplicity of just cutting the cellotex to the floor of the van rather than cutting into squares to fit in a wooden framework
Sure. 6mm (purple ply) for the cab side 25mm roofing battens 25mm celotex style insulation 50mm sticky back foil tape 4mm bendy (purple ply) for the living side. Assortment of screws! Clear sticks like sh*t I hope this helps!
I notice there is a lift going over the aire. not expecting pistes about but would it be possible (assuming you have alift pass already) to freeride to the lift at the start of the day and then freeride back to the aire at the end?
Hi, yes. You'll need to walk down past the petrol station to get to the snow which takes you to the lift. But the way home is pretty easy, you just peel off the blue run before you get to the aire and you can pretty much ride to the aire entrance. 👍
Vapour barrier, do or do not, there is no try IE either makes it 100% sealed or let it breathe, doing it half arsed is actually worse as you'll concentrate the condensation in localised areas 🤔 TBH I have allways just use sheets of polythene as a vapour barrier, it's what manufacturers use behind door panels, bubble stuff works fine but it's a waste of money as your paying for a foil layer that does nothing once it's covered over 👍 Still doing a great job though , very thorough 😎
@tippy_travels I always tackle condensation with ventilation, I have 3 roof vents, 2 powered 1 passive, air flow, air flow, air flow 👍 Look forward to the upcoming videos 👍
I have a question, doesnt the celotex surface layer with alu tape form a vapor barrier? so all that would be needed would be the bare metal thats left? maybe 3mm closed cell foam? anyway, great job guys, and thanks for sharing the whole process! really appreciate it!
Yeah that was my logic too, I thought it wouldn't be necessary, but I had some celotex foil tape on the metal beam holding some cables in place and in hot weather i fell off, so I guess the foil tape would be the let down rather than the celotex. We sold it to ourselves as extra insulation as well as the vapour barrier. For the cost it seemed like a good investment, plus it only took a day to sort out.
