18mm One Piece Ply Floor
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18mm is a bit OTT even for a tradesman van floor, 12mm is more the norm.
360ian
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Thanks for your reply Dave. I will be fitting a Rib bed on rails in the van and need to put an 18mm floor down as per the instructions.
That’s a weighty sheet. I went for Garnica Ultralight which is 2x4.5 mm sandwiching a 9mm XPS core. I could only find it in the standard sheet size, although not an issue for me as it was in several pieces anyway to go around the rails.
360ian
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Thanks, I’ll have a look at those sheets. What rails did you fit?
In the end I had a Reimo Variotech 3000 installed. Every other option was either not the bed design I wanted (3 panel preferred to RocknRoll), not LWB, or wouldn’t fit to 4Motion. The floor ended up with another layer on top as it is quite deep.
Bought from Atlantic Timber, along with my lightweight poplar ply.
Bought from Atlantic Timber, along with my lightweight poplar ply.
18mm Efficiency Ultralight Poplar Plywood 8' x 4'
18mm Efficiency Ultralight Poplar Plywood 8' x 4'. Plywood from Atlantic Timber. Efficiency Poplar Plywood is another product in the Garnica family. It's a lightweight panel composed entirely of European sustainable plantation popl
www.atlantictimber.co.uk
360ian
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Im looking at fixing the Glidemotion RIB and they specify an 18mm floor is needed to flush mount the rails. That sheet looks good and it is a lot lighter!! Thanks for the linkIn the end I had a Reimo Variotech 3000 installed. Every other option was either not the bed design I wanted (3 panel preferred to RocknRoll), not LWB, or wouldn’t fit to 4Motion. The floor ended up with another layer on top as it is quite deep.
Bought from Atlantic Timber, along with my lightweight poplar ply.
18mm Efficiency Ultralight Poplar Plywood 8' x 4'
18mm Efficiency Ultralight Poplar Plywood 8' x 4'. Plywood from Atlantic Timber. Efficiency Poplar Plywood is another product in the Garnica family. It's a lightweight panel composed entirely of European sustainable plantation poplwww.atlantictimber.co.uk
360ian
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What did you do about your side step? With the 18mm floor height the Kombi step wont fit so was wondering how you have finished the flooring around the step or did you manage to get a deeper one?In the end I had a Reimo Variotech 3000 installed. Every other option was either not the bed design I wanted (3 panel preferred to RocknRoll), not LWB, or wouldn’t fit to 4Motion. The floor ended up with another layer on top as it is quite deep.
Bought from Atlantic Timber, along with my lightweight poplar ply.
18mm Efficiency Ultralight Poplar Plywood 8' x 4'
18mm Efficiency Ultralight Poplar Plywood 8' x 4'. Plywood from Atlantic Timber. Efficiency Poplar Plywood is another product in the Garnica family. It's a lightweight panel composed entirely of European sustainable plantation poplwww.atlantictimber.co.uk
I got a Caravelle step in, and some longer clips, as mine was really deep. Some more info on the build blog:
www.t6forum.com
CandyVan conversion journey
Two days off for an early Christmas present from the parents, who bought me two days ramp hire at East Lancashire Vehicle Storage Solutions . It was a real pleasure to work on a new van, and the sliding jack built in made it really easy to lower and lift the fuel and water tanks. Much better...
360ian
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Thank you, I just read through blog! Really interesting stuff, I love seeing how other people have done things!I got a Caravelle step in, and some longer clips, as mine was really deep. Some more info on the build blog:
CandyVan conversion journey
Two days off for an early Christmas present from the parents, who bought me two days ramp hire at East Lancashire Vehicle Storage Solutions . It was a real pleasure to work on a new van, and the sliding jack built in made it really easy to lower and lift the fuel and water tanks. Much better...
360ian
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Hello again! Sorry to drag this thread up again! I was just wondering what you did about the rear threshold strip after putting the 18mm floor in? Did you get a new threshold strip that goes over the top of the flooring? if so, where did you get it from!? Thank you!I got a Caravelle step in, and some longer clips, as mine was really deep. Some more info on the build blog:
CandyVan conversion journey
Two days off for an early Christmas present from the parents, who bought me two days ramp hire at East Lancashire Vehicle Storage Solutions . It was a real pleasure to work on a new van, and the sliding jack built in made it really easy to lower and lift the fuel and water tanks. Much better...
By the time I had all the layers to come up to the Variotech rails, I was +30mm. I had to finish with aluminium trim down to the threshold. I used a long threshold from THQ. This would easily cover +18mm. I’ll post a picture shortly.
Long threshold, trimmed back to meet the end of the Variotech rails, and floor trimmed with AL angle. This was the way the Reimo fitters would do it if they put the floor in.
