In our guide we show two different options for building your van s walls and ceiling.
Camper van roof lining ideas.
Keep reading to see how we did it.
Tongue and groove planks.
We love the feel of rustic cabins.
We love mountain life.
We love the smell of cedar.
Plywood finished hardboard sheets.
An empty cargo van provides the best blank canvas.
Camper van and conversion van wall materials.
Converting the walls and ceiling of your van is a time consuming process but is vitally important to the look and functionality of your camper van.
Including but not limited to.
We live in the pacific northwest and love to ski our goal is to drive the sprinter around ski resorts and camp out.
But if you are starting your diy campervan with a bare roof you are going to have to tackle the project of installing a ceiling in your campervan conversion.
We just bought a new mercedes sprinter van 2013 144 with high roof and are starting the conversion towards a winterized camper.
Applied with high temperature trim fix.
In any case one of the best things about building a diy camper van is that you can design it for your personal preferences and how you ll be using it.
The base vehicle may surprise you.
This means there was only one material we wanted to use for the walls and ceiling of the van.
A fairly standard ford service truck van that used to belong to sears.
Campervan conversion ceiling installation how to guide.
We wanted a real cabin on wheels.
How to insulate a camper van.
Before i get into how i built my wet bath i ll point out that i have a list of all the parts i used on my build outside of things you can easily get at any hardware store.
Links to everything we have u.
In fact in a good hard weekend s work the average handyman could go from truck to rv shell.
Okay so now you have a few things to think about let s go into van conversion walls a little deeper.
Cedar paneling for van interior.
Van lifei built a simple diy headliner in a ford transit 4x4 van conversion which is being converted in to a camper van by wranglerstar all of the tools use.
Fitting 4 way stretch van lining carpet to our mercedes sprinter camper van conversion.
Now some of you van builders may be lucky enough to have a factory headliner already installed.
19 tips ideas for campervan van conversions and renovations inspiring campervan camping van conversions and renovations.