Hi. Has anyone ever tried radiator thermal foil roll for this? I have a Nu Venture Surf... Anyone else out there?
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Hiya Pantha,
A warm welcome to this friendly forum, yes I made some for the front side windows of a Fiat Ducato Reimo van I had. I wanted them really as blackout screens, and for that they were great, they did also help to keep the heat in too. I bought a roll of the foil from Wickes, took a pattern with newspaper, and made a sandwich of foil with bubblewrap filling! Think I sealed them with strong parcel tape and made a couple of 'tabs' at the top to be trapped in the window top.
They would stand one fold for storage but weren't very flexible or durable.... however well worth doing especially for no more than about £3/4 a piece!
All the best
Andyvan
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Originally posted by andyvan View Post...yes I made some for the front side windows of a Fiat Ducato Reimo van I had. ...Neil
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I used Thermawrap from Homebase but available elsewhere, it's two silver layers with bubble wrap inside. Cost about £18 for a roll. Cut pieces to fit the insides of all the glass windows on my Autosleeper Frisky and it worked very well at keeping the van warmer in winter.
The difficulty is keeping the sheets in place - read somewhere that you could punch holes for big eyelets and push those clear plastic suction cup hooks (that they sell for hanging up Christmas decorations) through to secure them to the glass, but never got round to doing that.
When not in use I kept them rolled rather than folded, in a big Sainsburys shopping bag.
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I don't know how well it'd fit your van, but Peak Outdoors stock a 'universal' external screen. One side is fabric, and the other is silver.https://www.peak-outdoors.co.uk/shopexd.asp?id=1770
I assume 'universal' means it fits everything equally badly. I have one for my new van, but I've not tried it on yet. I wanted an external one for winter as well, so I'm prepared to modify it if I need to.
Good luck,
Jim
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I bought some car sunshades from wilkos for around £1.99, which come with two suckers already attached. Then I bought some more sucker thingys from Ebay and put another two at the bottom. Stuck to the inside of the windows, they are quite good at keeping the heat in and there's a lot less condensation on the glass in the mornings.
You can get bespoke silver screens for the purpose, which go on the outside, but they were too costly for me!
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I camp all year round and have tried internal screens versus external screens.
A padded external screen gives far greater insulation and I suggest that the Thermowrap cut and edged with Gorilla tape or a similar product will serve you well.Make long tabs or attatch nylon ribbons to tie to wing mirrors,door handles,and a couple of longer tabs to trap in the top of the door and the front lower edge is clamped under the windscreen wiper. You will be snug and private.Young men sow wild oats.Old men grow sage.
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