Winter Skylight Insulation

[AndyT4]

Hi everyone,
There’s a lot of info about windscreen insulation and avoiding condensation inside with external covers. But I cannot find a link to skylight preparation for winter insulation! We now have a Hymer T554 SL with A LOT of perspex on the roof and we plan to be touring this winter in the UK
We would appreciate any advice or ideas to help with these inevitable heat loss/cold gain and how to avoid condensation.
Many thank Andy

 

[tonyidle]

How well it works it depends on amount of condensation created

Not breathing solves that problem (as I used to tell my kids when the car steamed up when waiting to start a journey).

 

[L' Hobo]

I'm tight, so I just use some bubble wrap (multi-layered) that my parts once came in from Amazon and then close the top blind. I also use small foam pipe insulation to squeeze in the gap between my rear doors on my PVC stops any draughts.

 

[BouncyBoatFolk]

I was looking at the same solution, until I read the vans manual for the M/H part of the van, and it specifically warns about having the reflective blinds fully drawn as the heat build up can effect the dome roof lights plastic !! ? Probally not an issue in the UK, but I can understand the temptation of a 40 deg southern europe day.
Mike

 

[AndyT4]

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Andy, this is the stuff you need - £30 from Screwfix.

It's very pliable and you can add as many layers as you wish to the windows, windscreen and skylights.

It worked a treat for us.

All the best,

Andrew

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Thank you very much BK

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[davida71uk]

I just got some of the cheap silver foil bubble rap insulation, stuck 4 layers together with double sided tape and then cutting to size to fit.
It's held in place by sliding closed the blind. Done the same for our other 2 roof light, and the hab side windows.
Acts as sound insulation as well.

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Nice, that's a neat tip.

 

[cyberyacht]

I made some to fit the skylights from the white plastic foam that came wrapping my solar panels. Not sure how much it does. Possibly more psychological.