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Aerogel is phenomenally good and weighs almost nothing. I'd be tempted to batten out, fill with aerogel, waterproof membrane then board over with thin ply.
I've worked with sandwich panels half my life, it's not outside the realms of DIY if you have the space and patience.
There are a fair few places that will make things to spec
omnia-cs.co.uk
or you can get larger panels intended for sides of Luton fridge vans and cut them out of that, it's still possible to rebate any cutouts or edges to bond in timbers for strength as required.
For lighter fixings, furniture etc small galvanised thin plates are bonded into fixing locations then pop and peel split rivets are used to fasten onto them through what ever needs fixing to it.
On large panels you ideally need a vacuum press to get even pressure when manufacturing but there are other ways if you don't mind a bit of inventiveness.
I've made up a 6x7 panel using a very flat floor and pretty rudimentary setup.
Most panels for campers/caravans are grp/insulation/2.5-3mm faced plywood
Hard to advise more without a bit more info, pm away if I can help.
I made a portable kitchen for our day van with home made sandwich panels cause I was far to tight to buy vorhinger air ply
There are a fair few places that will make things to spec
Sandwich Panels for Caravans | lightweight sandwich panels
Omnia’s range of lightweight sandwich panels for caravans are bespoke and made to your required design. Call Omnia to get your project design started today!
omnia-cs.co.uk
or you can get larger panels intended for sides of Luton fridge vans and cut them out of that, it's still possible to rebate any cutouts or edges to bond in timbers for strength as required.
For lighter fixings, furniture etc small galvanised thin plates are bonded into fixing locations then pop and peel split rivets are used to fasten onto them through what ever needs fixing to it.
On large panels you ideally need a vacuum press to get even pressure when manufacturing but there are other ways if you don't mind a bit of inventiveness.
I've made up a 6x7 panel using a very flat floor and pretty rudimentary setup.
Most panels for campers/caravans are grp/insulation/2.5-3mm faced plywood
Hard to advise more without a bit more info, pm away if I can help.
I made a portable kitchen for our day van with home made sandwich panels cause I was far to tight to buy vorhinger air ply
frank horton
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I built coach bodied motor homes in the early days...about forty years ago......
I used to buy all my ally panels, widows n doors from Caravan makers in Hull.......
Mostly we bought slight seconds....a tiny dent or a bent/twisted ally door /window frames....
we transported it on racking made from extending ladders on the back of a Transit twin wheeler....
That vehicle was the next chassis to be converted ....made over twenty...
our early models had the front roof rollover panels (over the cab roof) made from 1 piece coloured smooth ally sheet....
thats untill we made the mould for glass fibre panels.....
made exc money and sold the firm on.....
I used to buy all my ally panels, widows n doors from Caravan makers in Hull.......
Mostly we bought slight seconds....a tiny dent or a bent/twisted ally door /window frames....
we transported it on racking made from extending ladders on the back of a Transit twin wheeler....
That vehicle was the next chassis to be converted ....made over twenty...
our early models had the front roof rollover panels (over the cab roof) made from 1 piece coloured smooth ally sheet....
thats untill we made the mould for glass fibre panels.....
made exc money and sold the firm on.....
Bobtail4x4
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I have this, ex mil ambulance,
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I have something similar to the what you looking for. Its a Quadtech body on the back of a 130. Construction is pretty basic, a steel frame with 12mm phenolic ply floor and 14mm plastic faced plywood sides and roof. I decided not to insulate as it's mainly a summer camper so I have no "soft" surfaces so while it can suffer a bit of condensation it dries out really quickly. If its really cold I have a diesel heater the breathes from outside and I leave the window and skylight open and that keeps most of the condensation to a minimum.
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My 2016 Iveco Daily Tesco body is something like 2mm grp, 50mm blue insulation then another 2mm grp skin, floor is maybe 100mm with the same skins, has extra 6mm grp squares to screw into here and there and alloy cross members embedded into the floor, True Blue Travellers on youtube did a camper build using an ex Sainsbury van, they are on the way back from Alaska!
The panels supplied by Omnia are excellent quality, back in the day they or their predecessor used to supply Box van panels to British gas, Telecom & others Mr Kiplings vans also. (Mate of mine worked for them & put 4 stone on in one year but thats another story)
A bloke up the farm i had my workshop had the contract from the factory to clear all the offcuts & used to shift tons of the stuff. Plywood faced both sides with grp & gelcoat. Most was in long strips up to 2ft wide but often much wider. Great for building all sorts of stuff. My pickup bed was made from some 18mm stuff.
When he died someone else nabbed the disposal contract but i dont know where.
A bloke up the farm i had my workshop had the contract from the factory to clear all the offcuts & used to shift tons of the stuff. Plywood faced both sides with grp & gelcoat. Most was in long strips up to 2ft wide but often much wider. Great for building all sorts of stuff. My pickup bed was made from some 18mm stuff.
When he died someone else nabbed the disposal contract but i dont know where.
