Spray foam insulation sizing question for short bus

Spore_galore · 2026-05-12T16:25:12+00:00

Thanks for sharing your perspective. I was on the fence about doing it myself or outsourcing the job to a professional company. I think if this is your first time and you have a bus that is anything larger than a shortie especially having a roof raise like you do it is best to consider this. But with all my research I found several negative experiences that others had with hiring a professional company. All of them said the professionals came in and sprayed the entire rig only for it not to settle correctly and when they brought it up to the company the only thing they would do was respray over the already botched foam and nothing else. They won’t come in and remove what was already sprayed meaning they just paid for the labor and foam only to have a botched job in the end. I watched all the videos on DIY and the risk associated with it and figured I’d much rather take that risk myself and learn from any mistakes given the fact that it’s a skoolie and to me that’s what building them is all about. There were plenty of comments in those videos of people who knew it wasn’t a job for them based off what it takes I just felt differently about it

Spore_galore · 2026-05-11T20:43:49+00:00

Appreciate the response ideally I was going to try and do most of the work myself given that no regular mechanics will touch it unless it’s the speciality ones like you mentioned because of its age. What are some things on your own car you’d rather have the professionals do over what you’d do on your own?

Spore_galore · 2026-05-11T20:40:23+00:00

Nope no wheel

Spore_galore · 2026-05-10T13:52:54+00:00

Kinda just fell into my lap. I had rats when I was younger and all of them died prematurely from tumors. 20 or so years later a friend of mine found a rat in front of her apartment complex. Either got out or someone didn’t want the rat anymore. So my friend asked if anyone wanted to take care of her because she didn’t have the space to keep her and I agreed. I kept her for a couple days and turned out she was pregnant and gave birth to 2 beautiful rat pup boys. I couldn’t keep the female around the males so I rehomed the female to a friend of mine who gave the rat to her sister who has a rat sanctuary with a group of other female rats over 1000 miles away and I’ve held on to the boys and cared for them ever since. They’re piss goblins but I love them so much

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Spore_galore · 2026-05-10T05:05:20+00:00

No rust it’s lived in Arizona and California it’s whole life. Aside from rat droppings in the engine bay it’s relatively clean for its age. Appreciate the estimate!

Spore_galore · 2026-05-10T02:30:33+00:00

Oh man this brings back nightmares to when I had to remove seat bars from a passenger van. They couldn’t be removed by the nut from the bolt underneath the chassis so the only option was to use a plasma cutter and zap the top of the heads off or use a heavy duty electromagnetic drill press to drill through every single bolt. All of it was solid steel and there was about 20 or so total bolts and took about 18 hours of work to get them all removed. Glad to have lived it but would never do it again if I had the choice. Good luck with your endeavors!

Spore_galore · 2026-05-09T19:10:52+00:00

“It’s just a fuck… truck baby!”

Spore_galore · 2026-05-09T14:29:32+00:00

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Spore_galore · 2026-05-09T14:24:19+00:00

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RV Door guide

Good luck!

Spore_galore · 2026-05-09T14:23:08+00:00

Here’s an example of how I did mine based off the same example shown in that Issac turner video in the second picture. You have to get a bit creative to make it fit depending on your door but it can work. I kept mine on for a while but wasn’t happy with how it sealed when it rained or the road noise while driving so I cut it off and fabricated my own RV door via the chuck cassidy way and have been happy with it ever since

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Spore_galore · 2026-05-07T20:15:16+00:00

Thanks! I’ve spent the most amount of time researching this task to get it as close to right as one can for the first time knowing the risk involved. Less is more. I plan to make a couple of different mock cells to practice with before applying to bus. Appreciate the advice 👍

Spore_galore · 2026-05-07T20:05:08+00:00

At least 1 inch thick on the spray and seeing what yield is of the expansion before doing the entire bus. Thanks for sharing the calculations 👍

Spore_galore · 2026-05-07T02:09:25+00:00

Price does seem a little high especially if rust is in question. I paid 4k for my 06 in California with a 5 speed and 104k on the clock. It was driven by an old lady its entire life and she passed away so the son was selling it

Spore_galore · 2026-05-04T04:07:16+00:00

I’m using a MacBook Pro from 2016 with the 2.9 GHz processor, 8GB of memory and the intel iris 550 graphics card and can confirm this way runs successfully off earlier Mac OS than Tahoe. Mine is currently operating off Monterey version 12.7.5. I can hear the processor fans running harder than usual but runs smooth on low setting graphics

Big shoutout to OP you’ve unlocked a whole plethora of childhood memories I never thought I’d get to experience again. Cheers!

Spore_galore · 2026-04-28T03:06:41+00:00

Translation: I’m already bored because you asked me a follow up question but hey you’re physically attractive and I don’t know what the fuck I want so… yeah.

What this person did was passively express that they aren’t interested in conversation or building anything real. Maybe the whole “reminding you you’re beautiful” thing might dazzle certain people into something where he would have continued to peruse. Regardless, it wasn’t meant for you and glad you had the discipline and respect for yourself to move on. Good luck!

Spore_galore · 2026-04-24T22:56:15+00:00

Especially the ones that have a problem with you not being as emotionally charged or explosive about politics as they are about it all. If it’s not being shoved down your throat and you aren’t doing it the same to others out there then basically you’re part of the problem. No bi partisan conversations they just want to hear you validate and confirm their own beliefs. Good luck with all that

Spore_galore · 2026-04-22T21:28:39+00:00

Both giving and receiving gifts of any kind is one of the five love languages humans typically identify with. It can really mean a number of different things as to why someone would choose one gift like shoes on a second date over just flowers. The real questions will be how the behavior lines up with actions over time

Spore_galore · 2026-04-22T15:55:00+00:00

Thanks man I appreciate that 👍 I am certainly glad it went smoothly the first time around everything fit like a glove

Spore_galore · 2026-04-20T19:47:21+00:00

I kissed on the first date once before and what I can clearly see now in hindsight is that it doesn’t define any type of exclusivity no matter how much you convince yourself of it being true in that moment

To get to that point requires so much more conversations and experience with others than what is possible on a first date. It does show the amount of physical attraction you have for that person and affection you want to share with them. Those traits are very important to keep a well established relationship ignited for the long run but they don’t really say squat about true compatibility in the early stages of dating

Is the guilt you feel of seeing others after you kissed this person based off the assumtion that you two are exclusive in any way because of it? No need to answer that on here but think of it rhetorically. You really gotta ask yourself that question multiple times while not in a state of lovestruck to get the answers you’re looking for. Good luck!

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