HOW TO install a SKYLIGHT in a campervan. 

No problem. Glad we could help 😁👍

Hi Barry, tha k you. Yes, it could have made for a better bond but it's been OK so far, so hopefully 🤞 it stays thatvway. Thanks for watching 😁👍

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Hey! Good luck with your build, pleased you are going to give it a go! Just take your time, measure, measure, measure and you should be OK. Thank you for watching 😁

@@campervibe Thanks again.

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Hi mick, thank you 👍 good luck with your build 😁

That's pretty crap! Hope this helps, ours have all been ok 👌

@@campervibe Thanks, What I didn't know when I brought the camper was that they had actually sealed the whole skylight shut. So as soon as I opened it for the first time it broke everything. I love the van but my god I should of just converted one myself as I've changed almost everything now!

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Oh wow, happy building guys

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Thank you, its not that bad once you bite the bullet lol! Hopefully you will be able to get yours done soon, thanks for watching 😁👍

Just found your channel, thanks for taking the time to produce these videos

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Hi jai, yes you could use sealant on the underside too, however we didn’t and have no leaks. I’m pretty sure that given a long period of time it will all degrade and will need re sealing. We are 2 years later now and have no problems yet. We chose two skylights for light, and so we could see the stars above our bed, I think a fan would be useful though and we may add one in the future. Thanks so much for watching 😀😀

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Hi, glad your finding the videos useful. To be honest we have never had a fan before in any van, we don't miss it cos it's not there. We don't really suffer with condensation like others do, I think cos we are two small women. That being said, it's something I might look at changing in the future. I think if you are gonna cook a lot in your van it will definitely help. Thanks for watching 😁👍

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Yeah we would to be fair, the ladder would take up way too much space in the garage

Hi jules , from memory the external part of the sky light and internal part sandwich the around the frame and hold it in place. I’m not sure if I stuck it to the roof or not. Sorry, it was a few years ago now.

Hi Anthony, this was a while back now so you may have to remind me? All the screws came with it in the box except for the ones I used to make the wooden frame. Unless I've forgotten something, which ones are you asking about?

Hi Nickie, from memory the external part of the sky light and internal part sandwich the around the frame and hold it in place. I’m not sure if I stuck it to the roof or not. Sorry, it was a few years ago now.

Hi Andrew. Yeh the mastic tape is on show, although with the way are skylights are you can only see the back edge. The finish actually looks OK but I will say that lots of tiny debris will stick to the mastic tape! I think some people go for bonding to the van and some don't. If it's bonded to the van I feel you will get a better fixing and less chance of leaks, however, if you ever need to remove it then it will certainly be a faff! Most windows are bonded straight to the van, a skylight is the same I guess, just on the roof lol! Thank you so much for watching 😁👍

Hello, thanks for coming over, David is a really lovely man! To be honest I don’t know about around a flue as I don’t know how hot they get or if the smoke and ash needs a more hardy material for sealing. So sorry I can’t be of more help but I’ve never had a wood burner in a van or even a house. Thanks again for watching 😀👍

@@campervibe I sent the guy who is trying to sort the leak, your video to watch and see what he thinks, as I actually think this is the answer :) loving your videos, am just binge watching them all ha ha :)

@@tiggasmum aww thank you so much! Really hope you get the leak issue resolved.

Hi there, the strip never seems to set, ours is no longer tacky but still soft. We didn’t add extra sikaflex although I am expecting to have to at some point but so far, 3 years later we have no leaks. It’s worked for us so far, I’m no expert tho, but given the ridges in the roof, this was the best way I could find at the time. Good luck with you build 😀😀

@@campervibe hey thanks for the prompt reply and advice - much appreciated! In that case I think I’ll do exactly the same and just keep an eye on it. Thanks again 😊👍 Best Gwyn

Thanks, I'll check it out 😀

No, it went well 🙂

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Hi Richy, I didnt fit the bottom face plate of the skylight until after I'd done the cladding. You can do it one of two ways, either account for your cladding before you make up your wooden frame, so figure out what your total ceiling thickness will be you start. Or, you can do what I eventually did, which is there's enough overlap around the edge of the final face plate that I just butted my cladding up to my wooden frame and then when I put the face plate on it hides the joins so to speak. Either way you need to measure and plan it out before you make your frame up and fit the skylight. You can remove the wooden frame at a later date to adapt it but I think this could disrupt the integrity of you seal of the external part of the skylight to your roof. Hope that all makes sense lol, it's hard to explain. If you watch our ceiling video it may make a little more sense.

@@campervibe yea that's what I thought so you mean the fly / sun screen plate ?

Yeh, that's it 👍

@@campervibe cool cheers for the advice, can't say I am looking forward to it lol

😂😂 It's not so bad... Once they're done lol! Good luck with yours 👍

Hi, if you wanted to you could use some sikaflex to stick in on but you don't have to. The two parts of the skylight, inside and outside part meet in the middle and screw together, sandwiching the wood and steel of the roof together. Because its stuck down to the outside of the roof it then can't move. Hope that makes sense.

Hi ya, no we have not had any leaks, we have been in some heavy rainy weather as well 🙂👍

Off the top of my head I can't remember but I think it was something like 40 - 50mm but it was long time ago now, sorry. It will depend on what ceiling thickness u are going for tho and that will be dictated by the materials you chose, insulation, ply/cladding etc.

@@campervibe also I love your enamel mugs on your page. Do you still do them?

@@sianhoskins6512 we don't sell mugs I'm afraid.

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😂😂 That was at my old job, but we might do a q and a this week I think

Hi Richy. I didn't use the flat area at the front for ours, it's actually set just behind it so still on the ridges. That flat area would be much easier tho if you chose to use it. Sorry I can't answer your question about if it fits. 🤔

@@campervibe the one in the link , is it with ventilation and if so have you noticed any whistling or leaks when driving , cheers

Hi, it's the one without forced ventilation, I didn't wanna risk too much noise whilst driving, although I can't say how bad it would have been

@@campervibe thanks for your help

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