Hey everyone, I'm looking to prepare for the heat as soon as possible as i travel with my cat. Does anyone have any good tips to keep the motorhome cool in the summer months?
I was looking at getting some reflectix type materiel for the windows to make block out shades but not sure where to get this from.
Any advice welcomed!
The Travelling Dillberries said
06:18 AM Oct 3, 2020
Tap search, write in "insulation", tap search. heaps of info there Tamsun.
-- Edited by The Travelling Dillberries on Saturday 3rd of October 2020 06:19:00 AM
hufnpuf said
06:35 AM Oct 3, 2020
Tamsun wrote:
I was looking at getting some reflectix type materiel for the windows to make block out shades but not sure where to get this from.
There's a fellow/company in Queensland that makes custom shades for cars and vans, they've got layers with the reflectix stuff on the outside, they fit on with suction cups. They have a lot of patterns for different vehicles but if they don't have yours they can do it from a pattern. I was/still am thinking of getting some for my car. I came across a bloke when I went up north who had a set on his car and I asked him if they were good and got a positive response.
Tony LEE said
06:44 AM Oct 3, 2020
Without active cooling, the inside of the motorhome is going to end up considerably hotter than outside regardless of how well insulated it is.
Getting under dense shade of a big tree, external shading of all windows (including on the non-sun side) moving the mh so the rear faces the sun, all help, but heading south and up in altitude are the best way.
Our cat spends hot days (36C today) under the bus
Tony LEE said
06:46 AM Oct 3, 2020
Bunnings sell rolls of reflective insulation
Tamsun said
04:49 AM Oct 7, 2020
Ahh thank you! Still trying to get used to using this forum. :)
Tamsun said
04:51 AM Oct 7, 2020
Tony LEE wrote:
Without active cooling, the inside of the motorhome is going to end up considerably hotter than outside regardless of how well insulated it is. Getting under dense shade of a big tree, external shading of all windows (including on the non-sun side) moving the mh so the rear faces the sun, all help, but heading south and up in altitude are the best way. Our cat spends hot days (36C today) under the bus
Thank you! great advice. My MH also has many back windows too :/
Tamsun said
05:02 AM Oct 7, 2020
Tony LEE wrote:
Bunnings sell rolls of reflective insulation
Thanks Tony! Is this the roof insulation stuff?
Tamsun said
05:49 AM Oct 7, 2020
hufnpuf wrote:
Tamsun wrote:
I was looking at getting some reflectix type materiel for the windows to make block out shades but not sure where to get this from.
There's a fellow/company in Queensland that makes custom shades for cars and vans, they've got layers with the reflectix stuff on the outside, they fit on with suction cups. They have a lot of patterns for different vehicles but if they don't have yours they can do it from a pattern. I was/still am thinking of getting some for my car. I came across a bloke when I went up north who had a set on his car and I asked him if they were good and got a positive response.
We had the solar screens (probably from the same people in the link)
They make them for different makes of vehicles, we have them for the windscreen, and both cab door windows
They are expensive but, far superior than off the shelf (normal single layer) solar screens, in stopping the heat
We always kept the top hatches open, and the house windows of the motorhome, (the cat could reach), not open enough for the cat to squeeze through
We kept the main motorhome door open, as our fly wire door, is also a security door, we also had fans
I think that the secret is to have plenty of air circulating, and plenty of water in the bowl, and the cat be allowed to walk around the motorhome
While driving we had the vehicle air-con going, so the front of the motorhome was reasonably cool, for when we went shopping
We rarely went into caravan parks, and when we did, we never mentioned the cat, as it always stayed in the motorhome, unless it was carried
One thing was mentioned to me, by another traveller, so I have no idea if it was actually true
In some caravan parks, when they know that you are out touring in your car, or walking/cycling, then will switch the electricity off, if they hear your air-con
The Travelling Dillberries said
08:09 PM Oct 8, 2020
"We use to travel with a cat"
So true Tony.
Its been said many times that people take their dogs with them, but owners of cats go with them!!
Tony Bev said
10:26 PM Oct 8, 2020
The Travelling Dillberries wrote:
"We use to travel with a cat"
So true Tony.
Its been said many times that people take their dogs with them, but owners of cats go with them!!
Absolutely true, Chris & Sharyn
If the cat does not quickly become the boss, there is something wrong with it, and should be taken to the vet, for a check-up
Tamsun said
04:27 PM Oct 9, 2020
Thanks everyone!! Yes Im doing all those things too ie fans windows etc but notice she loses energy in hotter conditions but I will
Definitely check out that site,
Hey everyone, I'm looking to prepare for the heat as soon as possible as i travel with my cat. Does anyone have any good tips to keep the motorhome cool in the summer months?
I was looking at getting some reflectix type materiel for the windows to make block out shades but not sure where to get this from.
Any advice welcomed!
Tap search, write in "insulation", tap search. heaps of info there Tamsun.
-- Edited by The Travelling Dillberries on Saturday 3rd of October 2020 06:19:00 AM
There's a fellow/company in Queensland that makes custom shades for cars and vans, they've got layers with the reflectix stuff on the outside, they fit on with suction cups. They have a lot of patterns for different vehicles but if they don't have yours they can do it from a pattern. I was/still am thinking of getting some for my car. I came across a bloke when I went up north who had a set on his car and I asked him if they were good and got a positive response.
Ahh thank you! Still trying to get used to using this forum. :)
Thank you! great advice. My MH also has many back windows too :/
Thanks Tony! Is this the roof insulation stuff?
We had the solar screens (probably from the same people in the link)
They make them for different makes of vehicles, we have them for the windscreen, and both cab door windows
They are expensive but, far superior than off the shelf (normal single layer) solar screens, in stopping the heat
We always kept the top hatches open, and the house windows of the motorhome, (the cat could reach), not open enough for the cat to squeeze through
We kept the main motorhome door open, as our fly wire door, is also a security door, we also had fans
I think that the secret is to have plenty of air circulating, and plenty of water in the bowl, and the cat be allowed to walk around the motorhome
While driving we had the vehicle air-con going, so the front of the motorhome was reasonably cool, for when we went shopping
We rarely went into caravan parks, and when we did, we never mentioned the cat, as it always stayed in the motorhome, unless it was carried
One thing was mentioned to me, by another traveller, so I have no idea if it was actually true
In some caravan parks, when they know that you are out touring in your car, or walking/cycling, then will switch the electricity off, if they hear your air-con
"We use to travel with a cat"
So true Tony.
Its been said many times that people take their dogs with them, but owners of cats go with them!!
Absolutely true, Chris & Sharyn