cancel
Showing results forย 
Search instead forย 
Did you mean:ย 

Ceiling insulation help!

rambleonrose
Explorer
Explorer
Hi folks! We're In the beginning stages of a complete gut/rebuild, and really just making things up as we go along, lol!

We're about to put insulation in the ceiling, and we're not sure the best and most economical way to go. The space between is about 2" thick, 150 sq feet. Because this is an unexpected complete rebuild, cost is a huge factor - we don't mind using leftover, weird, or otherwise unconventional things for certain aspects of it.

For insulation, the usual cheapest route is the pink roll, but that's too thick for a space that's only 2" thick. We looked at the spray-in foam, but that's hundreds of $... Same with the rigid kind that we pulled out (was rotted and soaking wet...)

So... Should we try to slice the pink stuff in half and use it? Any other thin methods out there we might look into?
6 REPLIES 6

pianotuna
Nomad II
Nomad II
If you use foam in need to be closed cell type. That means NO cutting to fit.
Regards, Don
My ride is a 28 foot Class C, 256 watts solar, 556 amp-hours of Telcom jars, 3000 watt Magnum hybrid inverter, Sola Basic Autoformer, Microair Easy Start.

shum02
Explorer
Explorer
I've been following RV Roof Install over on youtube. Maybe browse through the vid's and see if you can grab some inspiration.

RV Roof Install
2006 F350 Lariat FX4 CC 4x4 PSD
2007 KZ2505QSS-F Outdoorsman

rambleonrose
Explorer
Explorer
Boomerweps wrote:
Sheet foam with minimal expanding spray foam on the seams. For foam to show rot it has to be very old or exposed to UV rays. And it has to break down to absorb water.


The foam we pulled out was pretty bad, and a good amount of it was soaked with water. (from an '87, who knows how long it was wet...). The whole RV and roof was bad, hence the gut.

Sheet foam isn't ideal, because one of the roof repairs involved putting in aluminum square tubing beams, with an arched wood beam on top to make the roof slightly bowed (plus, it was super warped and a curve was the only thing we could come up with to take up the slack...)

That's why we were thinking of something soft, like the standard pink roll.... I do prefer the rigidity the sheets would give, though...

rambleonrose
Explorer
Explorer
gvisnic wrote:
google 2" insulation. All kind of options


Thank you for this extremely helpful reply.................

Boomerweps
Explorer
Explorer
Sheet foam with minimal expanding spray foam on the seams. For foam to show rot it has to be very old or exposed to UV rays. And it has to break down to absorb water.
2019 Wolf Pup 16 BHS Limited, axle flipped
2019 F150 4x4 SCrew SB STX 5.0 3.55 factory tow package, 7000#GVWR, 1990 CC Tow mirrors, ITBC, SumoSprings,

gvisnic
Explorer
Explorer
google 2" insulation. All kind of options