Insulating under cab-over bed
We're finding the bed in our camper quite cold and I was thinking of adding some rigid insulation under it to try and make it less chilled. has anyone else tried this or have a better idea?
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- I put 1" foam board under the mattress on mine. Seemed to help quite a bit also added a 12v heating blanket on it as well.
Used to do a lot of ski / camping up at Manning Park in BC till they raised the prices thru the roof......... - A 1-1/2" thick memory foam topper on our cab over mattress solved the cold mattress issue for me. Made a big difference.
- Headroom is already at a premium so adding under the mattress may not work well. I had rebuild the nose on our fiver and used foamboard under the floor instead of the original pink insulation.
- What we did was put a 1 inch foam pad on top of the mattress, that made a big difference. You can buy them at Walmart.
- 1" foam egg crate under mattress worked for us.
- I used a sheet of the pink 1" underlayment foam board from the lumber yard. It was less than 15 bucks. Cut to size with a serrated knife.
- I used 3/8 foam board that has the foil on one side. Then I added an Electowarmth mattress pad, works well for me.
- I have a sheet of refletix under my mattress, it .works well and it is thin
- I used Reflectix as well. We wrapped up the sides where the mattress sits and also lined the nearby cabinets.
- 1" foam board did the trick for us Plus i cut some to fit the windows in the bed area. This worked really well for us and we camp a lot in the winter.
