Use a utility knife and a t square to cut the foam board into rectangles to fit between the floor joist.
Insulating floor skoolie.
Skoolie subfloor insulation is of personal preference as there are not any industry standards that we ve found for insulating a school bus floor.
Our goal was to create a one stop guide for you to compare the best insulation for school bus conversions plus some not so wise choices for your skoolie floor walls and ceiling based on performance cost and other not so obvious factors.
This is a review of skoolie insulation options to find the best skoolie insulation options.
Regardless of the region you plan on visiting insulating your entire bus will help with the resale value and overall quality of the conversion.
3 4 inch foam board will fit perfectly with the 1 4 furring strips.
We chose to remove it so that we could have that little extra height and so we could put rust protection paint stuff down.
Insulation floors and walls before you put in your own walls and flooring you need to decide whether to remove the old rubber flooring underneath.
However timelines play a role.
Demolition takes a lot of time.
Our floor also has a thermal barrier breaking layer of several fiber board looks like a black sheet of plywood which is between the metal and the 2 4 framing and 1 5 pink sheet foam.
Some people frame out the floor before putting down rigid foam insulation.
We highly recommend insulating your entire bus including the ceiling walls and floors.
For insulation we have spray foam in the walls and ceiling with pink sheet between the 2 4 s in our floor.
The foam board will come in 4 8 ft sheets.
The best skoolie insulation.