They had to be.
How to remove sprinter floor.
That meant several big changes to the factory wood floor insert.
This time i decided to remove floor covers in cargo area to put insulation and found out some dirt and rust under them.
We had to remove our sprinter sliding door side step cover in order to continue with our van conversion.
Not that there s anything wrong with that we just have experience in construction.
For the first project we decided to move the backseat.
We thought this would be a simple task after all it s only a couple of tork screws.
Removing the old plywood floor fixing new support framework insulating with 25mm celotex board and foil.
We don t necessarily think it s super deserving of a how to but something that we have learned is there are a lot of people who don t know how to how to do things that we find simple.
The stock location of the back seat is tucked right up against the front seats where it would need to be in the full passenger van set up in order to fit two more seats behind it.
Indeed a proper floor installation prevents water infiltration rust provides thermal and noise insulation and serves as anchor for the cabinets in addition it should be resistant to wear be able to withstand enough weight not produce any squeak and.
Cutting holes in our brand new van.
And now is the time to install a floor in our van conversion.
First new holes for the brackets where the bench seat mounts.
Some came out no hassle others required a night time soak in wd40 and the rest well.
We moved it to the third row location.
After little thinking i bought some paint in cans and repainted all my floor.
Vanlife insulating the van floor the right way.
To remove the floor in a mercedes sprinter is pretty straightforward.
Before we took the floor out we used a pin to push through the rubber floor mat which has the seat locations marked on it with little moulding indents into the wood underneath.