You’re probably here because you’re seeing fewer vans on the road, and wondering - “where is everyone?”, or maybe you keep seeing vans going up for sale and everyone seemingly giving up on the lifestyle.
While there are many different opinions on this topic, and there’s an equal number of reasons for why different people might quit vanlife - here’s my take on the biggest reasons why it might seem like vanlife is losing steam!
Read MoreYou bought your van, you cleaned out the interior, insulated the floor, and installed the subfloor.
You could just polyurethane the subfloor for a more minimalist approach, but we decided to go with vinyl plank flooring to give our van a bit more of a home-like vibe and protect the subfloor from spills and dirt.
Read MoreVans are steel boxes. Have you ever put a metal can next to your ear, and then listened to your surroundings? It’s pretty bad. Cargo vans in the raw, have no sound insulation, so the first step to any van conversion process is to install some sort of sound-dampening material on as many exposed metal surfaces as possible.
Read MoreYou can save a lot of money by choosing a used van for your conversion - the one downside: scratches and rust that might need to be remediated.
Minor scratches aren’t a big deal, but exposed metal, holes in the van floor, and rusty patches - are all the beginning of something much worse. Left untreated, rust can spread, eventually causing serious damage in your van’s body, eventually failing to pass inspection or severely reducing the resale value.
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