Floored

Big massive piece of plywood ordered and delivered.

There are a few places on the web that will do a pre-cut 12mm plywood floor in a single piece - well almost - there's a little bit that fits under the jack by the wheel arch that's a separate piece.

I got mine from Vanguard in Exeter.  Excellent service.  Cut to order from a 10x5 piece with options such as curved tailgate threshold, holes for lashing points, full length or shorter for a bulkhead.  It took 4 days to arrive via Tuffnells and all for the handsome price of £125 plus a bit for the taxman.

It weighs a chuffin' tonne.  If you've got someone handy who's prepared to help then use them!!

Here's the obligatory van conversion picture of someone sweeping the back of the van.

I then laid small 9mm plywood batons in the grooves of loovered floor to stop the floor dipping in the low points.

Not sure it was entirely necessary but to safeguard against water or any other liquid getting under the altro flooring and making the plywood swell, I coated it with PVA.  I could've watered it down but it was a beautiful sunny morning and wanted to get cracking and completely forgot.  Ah well, no harm done.

Offered it up

Then had a quick gander at the Altro flooring I'd bought.  

Altro flooring is stuff you see at public swimming baths and hospitals.  Non-slip and incredibly hardwearing.  

I picked another pattern originally but at the time I was working in central London and got on the Victoria line tube one day - looked down at my feet (as you do) and there it was.  Didn't want it after that.

Anyway, fair play!  Pleased with that.

So, took the floor back out again and glued and trimmed the Altro using high temp glue

Worth mentioning here that I got the Altro flooring from a chap on the VW forum call Moonie.  He does pre-cut pieces in a myriad of patterns and colours, packed and posted.  This piece cost £65.  Bar.Gain!

There's much written online about securing the floor down.  To be honest, with it's weight and it's shape, it's not going anywhere so I didn't bother.  Personal choice but I figured I'd be bolting a bed through it very shortly and then it definitely wouldn't be shifting.

(Goddamnit - I hate that side step with the remains of sticky tape on it from the previous owner.  New step added to the list - see if I can pick one up a bit cheaper at CamperJam).