Date:         Thu, 11 Sep 2003 08:42:15 -0700
Reply-To:     pedro dos santos <pedrokrusher@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         pedro dos santos <pedrokrusher@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Why fiberglass insulation? Was: Re: CAULK YOU WESTY h20......
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Frank Condelli wrote:

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One thing you can do to alleviate the problem is
to remove the Fiberglas insulation from the middle
seam down to the floor, clean up the mess, pour
liberal amounts of Krown in the floor channel, spray
the wall and panel seams with Krown and shoot Krown in
the support rib that's midway in the panel.  Then
install Styrofoam insulation panels.
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Why did westfalia put that kind of insulation? The
answer is most probably "Cheap". With all the vans
that I have seen at the junkyard here in Montreal, Qc,
Canada, the city of rust by the way, that fiberglass
insulation was always full of water. And when I
removed that insulation, it was just horrible rust
everywhere!

On one of the vans, I could stick my hand inside the
bottom seam from the outside! And I could touch the
insulation soaked with water.

Like Frank says, just remove that fiberglass
insulation, and install insulation that cannot absorb
water. I installed those air bubbles with aluminum
foil on each side in my van. Bought that at Home
depot.

For most of us, you don't need more insulation. Why
would you insulate that crazy and then there is all
that amount of windows where you will loose all the
heat anyway. And the pop-top surface too! It's like a
bank installing a crazy steal door, but with gypse
walls...... Totally useless...

If you really do winter camping, you can cover your
windows with those nice insulation mats that
eurocamper sells... But what about the thin pop-top?

Just my 2 cents

Pedro dos Santos
91 vanagon GL + carat int + pop-top transplant
85 ddcab project
Montreal, Qc, Canada

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