Skoolie Walls Or Floor First

However the ribs in the bus along the walls and ceiling are about 1 thick meaning if i got 1 thick insulation it would form a flush surface on which to mount the walls and ceiling later so i opted for 1 thick insulation on the floor too just to make it easy.
Skoolie walls or floor first. First we started getting the wall tracks out. At least not without some careful planning first. The wall tiles should overlap the floor. Floor plans blueprints for the skoolie owner.
Welcome back to life the wild ride today we finally get up the first wall in the bus. Skywagonskoolie 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. This may result in cracked tile. There was not enough room to get a socket around the bolt so we had to angle grind the track.
The tracks were bolted to the wall. For the ceiling we used cedar that we got from a habitat for humanity re store for an awesome price. Apr 29 2020 ideas for school bus conversion layouts. However professional tilers will disagree with this.
Removing the walls and replacing insulation could also get done before your skoolie floor plan. We used sheets of 4 8 rigid polystyrene foam for the floor. Now if you are putting insulation on top of the existing walls you can do this after you design your floor plan. We chose to remove it so that we could have that little extra height and so we could put rust protection paint stuff down.
The best skoolie floor insulation is a foam sheet insulation either extruded polystyrene xps or polyisocyanurate pir iso or polyiso cut and placed within framing in the floor as spray foam is the best for walls and ceiling but sort of a waste of money for the floor. As you can see there is a doorway in the middle and two short walls on. Building the walls ceiling the walls of our skoolie bathroom were built with a cement backer board and the seams were covered with mortar and fiber mesh tape to reinforce the joints. These tracks were exactly like the floor tracks.
See more ideas about school bus conversion bus conversion skoolie. If you tile the floor first you may accidentally damage the new floor by dropping things on it. This type of insulation is specifically made for basements and underlayments and is resistant to moisture.