INSTALLING FLOORING Into Your VW Caddy Maxi Micro Camper
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 พ.ค. 2024
- I'll show you how to fit a plywood floor followed by fitting laminate floor boards. This is the best way to get a nice and solid flooring installed into your van. For a van the size of a Volkswagen caddy maxi you'll need one sheet of 12mm plywood, 2 packs of 12mm laminate floor boards and a bottle of wood glue.
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Brilliant Will! Thanks for the video
No worries! Hope it helps :)
It looks amazing!!
Thanks!
Brilliant vid,, I;m doing a 'refit' in my old Vauxhall Combo van and was just going to put the old piece of vinyl flooring back down,, not now, I have a few packs of laminate lwft from a bedroom job I did,, 👍👍
Thank you! Glad you liked the video. Ah awesome that sounds great. How is the build going? And yh the laminate flooring is really good.
Just the video I was looking for Will. Thanks. Quick question - you dont need to screw down the plywood floor?
Glad it's helped and no you don't. It can help but I have found the weight is enough to hold it down 🙂
I thought about doing this with laminate but was concerned about the weight. Ended up using Altro vinyl flooring. A lot lighter than laminate. Looks good mind you 👍🏼
Ah yh that's a fair point, I don't it adds to much especially for what these vans are made to handle. But saving weight is always a good idea! How did it look once you finished? Thanks for commenting as well :)
I guess with vinyl you could also tuck it under the plastic trim pieces?
@@markmayfield3488 yeah you could if it was thin enough like a few mm as theres not much of a gap.
Hey Will, how did you secure the plywood subfloor to the insulation?
Hey, I just placed it on top. Just use the weight of the ply to hold it down plus it was a snug fit.
Hi will, just wondering after this video did you use anything to cover the metal section up front where the bulkhead would usually be ?
Hey, no I didnt but on my current build I'm thinking or carpeting over it. Have you got any ideas? :)
@@willsvanadventures I was also thinking about carpeting it, but I was thinking of using some grey pvc trim that I have to match the floor, it will also hide my dodgy edge on the floor 😬
@@ellisgrist6566 hahaha sounds like a good idea to finish it off
Hey Will! I'm also converting a caddy maxi, just cut all the laminate flooring to length, and now need to decide how to pin it down to the subfloor. How has the wood glue been holding up over time? Is it a good method, or would you also recommend looking into something else like screwing it down? Thanks!
Hey! Ah awesome that sounds great! The wood glue has been amazing, got no issues at tall. I prefer to glue things down instead of screwing as it prevents creating holes than can then rust in the vans metal.
So if you can I'd try sticking it down with some adeshive instead of screwing. :)
@@willsvanadventures Mate, thanks so much for the quick reply! These videos have been a big help so also thanks for that. Good to hear that the glue's been holding up, I'll probably go for that then.
@@VirtualTurtleGames no worries, I'm glad they are helping! I'm going to be making more soon as I've finally caught up with everything else in my life haha
hey, how comes you went for cladding and then flooring? most do flooring first
Hey, it was to keep the floor in a good condition. When doing the cladding, it creates lost of dust. Then if you are painting it garnishing there is the risk that this will spill onto the floor. Plus you'll be walking all over the floor and possibly dropping tools that could damage the floor. Floor is normally the last job on any job. 😁
Hi! How did you fixed the plyood to the floor?
Hey, I didn't, just used the weights of the ply and it stays down. But you can screw it down or better yet, glue it down.
What was under you vapour barrier? I'm trying to decide what thickness to get to put on top of my sound proofing and insulation sponge.
Hey, do you mean anywhere in the van or just on the floor?
@@willsvanadventures I guess you use it all over the van but is there anything under the silver foil on the floor?
@@misseg-training720 hey, no I don't put any on the floor, I would put sound deading strips on the floor as that helps a lot with sound. But as for insulation I haven't put any apart from the thermawrap on the floor. :)
@@willsvanadventures thanks :) do you remember the thickness of the ply you used?
@@misseg-training720 hey, yeah I think it was 12mm if not would be 10mm. :)
whats that weird orange thing you are using as a template.
Hey it's a contour tool. Here's the link
www.sakertool.co.uk/products/saker-contour-gauge
Love the floor but you missed one thing where you fitted tight to sides etc, moisture and expansion. Your floor will lift at some stage, damp weather etc, should have left a small gap at the sides ... your call
I'm not sure laminated floor boards do that? There was a gap around the edge so shouldn't be an issue 🙂
If that's what you did then wish you luck on that, looks nice so enjoy and have fun in your van.
Why not just leave the wood and stain or epoxy it? Is this just esthetics? I'm looking at building my own camper van
Hey, do you mean for the cladding? I painted it white just for look as you say. You could stain it if you wanted to and wanted that look. Whatever you think looks best go for :)
If Carlsberg did accurate van floors 😂
Haha love it
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