The Bus gets a new floor - a hard wood floor.

So with the inside painted.
It was time to insulate the floor and lay some hard wood floor.


For the sub flooring,
I used this 1/4 brown board.
I bought a 4x8 sheet.
It didn't fit in the van.
(Mazda MPV)









It was pointed out that the
wood would not fit by several
Genius's, including the dude in
the picture.
I had a problem.
How to get the wood to the Bus.








Solution.
Thanks, Scott.
He came to help me.
He gave me a "what are you going to do look."










Here's the floor insulation.
It's foil backed insulation.
The pink side is very thick and fibrous.
It was also easy to cut.
I let it warm, to make it easier to work with.
I'm going to lay it on the floor and attach
the brown board to it. Spray adhesive is your friend here.







I cut the insulation to fit.
I used the adhesive on the rear panel.

The floor insulation is NOT glued to floor.
I want the floor to be removable.









The hardest part of my new
floor installation, is going to be the floor cut outs.
I used the original floor mat to trace the floor
openings in the foil insulation, brown board, and later the hardwood flooring.








Here's the order so far.
1. Insulation- no glue
2. Brown Board- glue on the bottom.
* Spray the bottom of the Brown board and the top of the foil insulation.
Sandwich them together.
The hard wood will be laid down next.







I have 3 boxes of Bruce Hardwood Flooring.
Thanks Dad.
Very nice flooring.
I'm going to lay the floor out to test fit and trim
what I need.
I'll lay the mat over top and trace the floor openings.
I'll cut them out and the lay the floor in place.
I'll use liquid nails to glue the floor to the brown board.




Here's the test fit so far.
The edge will be filled in later.















I'm reallly liking this floor. Hardwood flooring is going to work very well with wood panels.
I'll install them soon.