Campervan interior refurbishment cabinets, bed, trim and headlining, rebuilt to original or to how you actually travel
Tired Devon, Danbury and Westfalia interiors, split vinyl, sagging headlining, damp ply and a bed that no longer folds. Remade in our own trim shop with the gas and electrics that live inside it checked and certified.
The inside of a camper is the part you live with. We rebuild or refit the cabinets, mount the rock-and-roll bed to the floor properly, re-upholster, re-line and re-floor, and finish with curtains and lighting, either faithful to the period layout or built around your own, with the gas and 12V behind the panels done by the people who are certified to do it. Quoted in writing, item by item.
What an interior refurbishment covers, and why it comes after the metal and the roof
A campervan interior refurbishment is everything you touch inside the van: the cabinets and worktops, the rock-and-roll bed and its mounting, the seat and bed upholstery, the headlining, the flooring, the curtains and blinds, and the gas, water and 12V that live behind the panels. It is done last in a restoration, after the welding, the roof and the paint, because there is no sense fitting new ply into a van that is still letting water in.
- Kept where it can beOriginal Devon, Danbury and Westfalia furniture is repaired and refinished where the carcass is sound, because the period interior is part of what the van is worth
- Remade where it cannotNew cabinets built to the original pattern, or to your own layout, from marine ply with proper edge banding, on a floor that has been sealed and dried first
- Mounted to the floor properlyA rock-and-roll bed bolted through to the floor with spreader plates, not into the ply, because a bed carries people while the van is moving
- Certified behind the panelsGas pipework, the hob and heater, and the 12V loom inside the furniture done by Gas Safe registered engineers and signed off
The interior is the final stage of a campervan restoration and the one most owners look forward to, which is exactly why it has to wait. A soft floor means the welding comes first. A leaking elevating roof means the pop-top and roof stage comes first. Fresh paint needs a week to harden before the panels go back against it. The wiring inside the cabinets is planned with the electrical restoration so the furniture is only fitted once. What you get at the end is an interior that works on a wet Tuesday in Snowdonia, not just in a photograph.
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Six steps between an inside you avoid and one you want to sit in
An interior has an order too: out, dry, wire, build, trim, fit. Get it wrong and the cabinets come out twice. Tap a step for what happens, what it decides, and what you choose at that point.
Strip out and record
Every cabinet, panel and trim piece out, photographed and labelled.
The interior comes out in the order it went in, and everything is photographed and labelled, because on a Devon or a Westfalia the original positions and fixings matter. Damp ply, soft floor and the state of the loom behind the panels are recorded.
What can be kept and what has to be remade, and whether the floor needs the welding stage before anything goes back.
Whether to keep the original layout or change it. This is the last point to decide, because the wiring is planned from it.
Dry, seal and floor
Floor dried, treated and sealed, new sub-floor where it has gone.
Moisture readings are taken at every wall and the floor, the entry point is dealt with at the metal or roof stage, and the floor is dried, treated and sealed. A rotten sub-floor is replaced with new marine ply, bonded and screwed to the sound metal beneath.
Whether the new interior lasts. Ply on a damp floor is the commonest reason a refurbishment fails inside two years.
The floor covering: period lino, modern vinyl plank, or the original pattern reproduced.
Wire and pipe
12V loom, lighting, sockets, water and gas run before the furniture goes in.
The loom is run and labelled while the panels are off, the leisure battery, charger, lights and sockets positioned around the layout, water pipework run, and the gas pipework installed and tested by Gas Safe registered engineers.
How usable the finished van is. Every socket, light and switch is where you actually reach for it, because it was planned before the cabinets went in.
Where the power goes: lights, USB, 240V hook-up sockets, a fridge, a heater, and whether solar is being fitted at the same time.
Build or repair the cabinets
Original units repaired and refinished, or new carcasses built to pattern.
Original cabinets with a sound carcass are repaired, re-veneered or refinished. Where they are past it, new units are built in the trim shop from marine ply to the original pattern or to your layout, with proper edge banding and catches that stay shut on a Welsh road.
The look and the feel of the inside. This is where a period interior stays period, or where a modern layout gets its worktop and its storage.
Original pattern or your own layout, timber finish or laminate, and whether the hob, sink and fridge stay where they were.
Upholster, line and trim
Seat and bed foam and covers, headlining, door cards and curtains.
New foam cut to the original profile, covers made in the trim shop in period vinyl or a fabric you choose, the headlining replaced, door cards remade and curtains or blinds fitted. The rock-and-roll bed is checked for its folding action before it is covered.
How the van feels to sit and sleep in, and whether it looks right in the marque’s colours.
Fabric, vinyl or a mix, the colour, and whether the curtains are period pattern or plain.
Fit, test and hand back
Everything back in, gas and electrics tested and certified, van handed over.
The interior goes back in against the cured paint, the bed is bolted through the floor with spreader plates, the gas system is pressure tested and certified, the 12V is load tested, and every door, catch and drawer is checked.
Whether it is finished. The gas certificate and the wiring diagram go home with the van.
Nothing to decide. It is fitted until it works.
A partial interior, a new bed and covers, a headlining, or a set of cabinet doors, follows the same order on those parts only. It is quoted item by item, so a van with a good original interior and one tired bed gets a bed, not a rebuild.
What arrives in the trim shop, and what leaves it
Six jobs cover nearly every campervan interior we refurbish, and each has its own way of being done right. Most vans need three or four of them; a few need a bed and nothing else.
Cabinets and worktops
What arrivesSwollen ply, doors that do not shut, a worktop lifting at the edge, and units that have been screwed to the wall by three previous owners in three different places.
What leavesOriginal units repaired and refinished where the carcass is sound, new ones built to pattern or your layout where it is not, fixed to the sound structure with catches that hold.
Cabinets and units →
Rock-and-roll bed
What arrivesA bed that will not fold, a frame screwed into ply that has gone soft, foam gone flat, and no belt anchorage worth the name.
What leavesFrame repaired or replaced, bolted through the floor with spreader plates, new foam to the original profile, and covers made in the trim shop.
Beds and seating →
Headlining and roof lining
What arrivesSagging, stained and mouldy where the roof has been letting water in, with the elevating-roof canvas in the same state.
What leavesReplaced after the roof has been sealed at the pop-top stage, in period perforated vinyl or a modern lining, with the roof bed trimmed to match.
Pop-top and canvas →
Damp floor and sub-floor
What arrivesA soft patch by the sliding door, a musty smell, and ply that crumbles when the lino comes up.
What leavesReadings taken, the entry point fixed at the metal or roof stage, the floor dried and sealed and a new marine-ply sub-floor bonded down before any furniture goes back.
Damp and water ingress →
12V, lighting and sockets
What arrivesA leisure battery wired straight to the starter, lights on the wrong circuit, and a fuse box that has melted once already.
What leavesThe loom run and labelled while the panels are off, leisure battery and charging fitted, lights and sockets where you reach for them, all tested and drawn up.
Electrical restoration →
Gas, hob, heater and water
What arrivesA hob on rubber hose that has perished, a heater nobody has lit in a decade, and water pipework that leaks into the cabinet base.
What leavesGas pipework, hob and heater installed and pressure tested by Gas Safe registered engineers, water pipework replaced, and the certificate handed over with the van.
Gas safety check →Every one of these is priced on its own, so an owner with a sound original interior and one problem gets that one problem fixed. The classic camper restoration page covers how we treat original Devon, Danbury and Westfalia furniture, and the camper conversion page covers a layout built from scratch in an empty van. Send photographs of the inside with every door open on WhatsApp.
Twelve interiors we know inside out, and what each one asks of the trim shop
Every conversion has a layout and a set of quirks, and knowing them is the difference between an interior that goes in once and one that goes in twice. Twelve we see most, from the factory conversions to the layouts owners ask for now.
Full-width rear seat bed, buffet unit behind the driver, a sink and hob under the side window. Carcasses are usually sound; veneers and catches are not.
Side-facing seats that make up into a bed, units on the offside, and a folding table. The seat bases are the first thing to rot.
The bench bed, the wardrobe over the engine and the swivel front seats. Westfalia hinges and catches are still available and worth keeping.
British high-top conversions with a rear kitchen. The high-top lining and the rear seat frame are the usual jobs.
A rock-and-roll bed with a kitchen pod behind it and a wardrobe on the rear. The pod is remade to the original footprint or to a new one.
Units along the offside with the bed across the back. The bed mount and the fridge ventilation are what usually need putting right.
Larger, with a rear dinette and a full kitchen. Coachbuilt floors and the timber frame behind the walls decide the job.
Front dinette, rear kitchen, and a lot of original vinyl. Kept period wherever the foam and the frames allow.
Big interiors with room for a proper wardrobe and a dinette. Floors and the seat frames are the usual finds.
The side-hinged roof and its bunks are the job, along with the cabinets that were built round the roof mechanism.
A layout designed round how you travel: where you cook, where you sleep, what you carry. Built in marine ply with the electrics planned first.
A rock-and-roll bed, a small unit and the lining, for an owner who wants a van that works as a van in the week.
If your conversion is not on the list, it is still welcome. Send photographs of the inside and tell us what you want it to do. The VW campervan restoration page covers the whole Transporter family in one place.
How a campervan interior is priced, item by item
Every interior is quoted from the strip-out, in writing, with each job listed separately: the bed, the cabinets, the upholstery, the headlining, the floor, the electrics and the gas each as their own line with the hours and the materials. Labour is the same rate for every job. All figures exclude VAT, which is added at 20%. Timber, foam, fabric, vinyl, fittings and appliances are quoted at what we pay plus our margin.
Cabinet making, upholstery, lining, flooring and fitting, the same rate for every job and every marque, shown as hours on the quote.
Quoted as hours like any other step and told to you when you book. Photographs and the itemised quote come with it.
A look inside where the van stands, anywhere in the North West and North Wales, when it cannot be moved or you want a view before collection.
Marine ply, foam, vinyl or fabric, catches, hinges, lino and any appliances listed against the job they belong to.
| Job | What decides the hours | What is on the quote |
|---|---|---|
| Rock-and-roll bed | Whether the frame can be repaired or needs replacing, the state of the floor it bolts to, and the foam and covers | Frame, mounting, foam and covers as separate lines |
| Cabinets | How many units can be kept, whether the layout is changing, timber or laminate finish, and how many doors, drawers and catches there are | Each unit listed, repaired or new, with the materials |
| Upholstery and headlining | The number of cushions and covers, vinyl or fabric, and whether the headlining is a flat panel van or a high-top with a roof bed | Foam, covers and lining as separate lines with the fabric priced |
| Electrics and gas inside | How far the loom has to go, how many lights and sockets, and whether the hob and heater are being kept, replaced or added | 12V items listed individually; gas pipework, appliances and the certificate as their own lines |
No mileage charge on collection or a visit. Work we quote is guaranteed for 12 months. The restoration cost page explains how the interior sits inside a full restoration, or ring 0300 124 6982 with the marque and photographs of the inside.
From the first photo to the handover, in four steps
A bed and covers can be turned round in a couple of weeks. A full interior on a van whose floor and roof have already been done is a matter of weeks, and one that needs the welding and roof stages first is planned so those run straight into the trim shop. We give you the timeline at the strip-out.
The inside with every door open, the bed, the headlining, the floor by the door, and what you want the van to do. We reply with what looks keepable and a date.
The van comes into the trim shop, by trailer if you prefer. Everything out and labelled, the floor and roof checked, and a quote item by item in writing.
You approve the items you want, the floor is dried and sealed, the loom and gas go in, the cabinets are repaired or built and the upholstery made.
Everything back in against the cured paint, gas and 12V tested and certified, every catch and drawer checked, and the van handed back with the paperwork.
Four things you get with the van, whatever the scope.
The interior is the last stage in the sequence on the campervan restoration page, and it is planned alongside the electrical restoration so the loom goes in before the furniture. Buying a van with a lovely interior? A campervan pre-purchase inspection lifts the lino and meters the walls before you fall for it.
Built in St Helens, collected from anywhere in the North West and North Wales
The trim shop is part of our own bodyshop on Boundary Road in St Helens, next to the welding bay and the paint booth, so an interior that has to wait for the metal and the paint is built while they happen and fitted the week the paint has cured. Bring the van yourself, or we collect it by trailer.
The trim shop, 230 Boundary Road, St Helens WA10 2PZ
Ten minutes from junction 7 of the M62 and a short run from the M6 and M57. Come and see an interior being built and choose your fabric in daylight.
- Trim shop, welding bay and paint booth under one roof
- Monday to Friday 8:30am to 5pm, Saturday 9am to 12:30pm
- Gas Safe registered engineers on site for the pipework and appliances
Collection from your address
A van that is not on the road, or one you would rather not drive with the interior half out, comes in on the trailer. Across Merseyside, Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and the Lakes, and the whole of North Wales.
- Collection quoted with the strip-out, no mileage banding
- We need the keys, the V5 and somewhere the trailer can reach
- Send the postcode and a photograph of where it is parked first
Where the interior jobs come from
Every town has its own campervan restoration page, and the map further on carries all thirty-two. Not listed? We still collect. See every area we cover, or the regional pages for the North West and North Wales.
Eight places a rebuilt camper gets slept in, and thirty-two towns we collect from
Yellow pins are the places our customers take a finished interior first, each with what that place asks of the inside of a van. Navy pins are the towns we collect from, each with its own campervan restoration page. Hover or tap a pin.
Windermere and Ambleside
Wet weekends are where an interior earns its keep: a dry floor, a heater that lights, a bed that folds without a fight. Ventilation matters too, because four people in a Bay in the rain is a lot of moisture.
Van near here with an interior past saving? We collect from this area every week.
Campervan restoration Windermere →Blackpool and the seasonal pitches
Vans that sit on a pitch for a season with hook-up. A 240V socket, a decent fridge on mains and a mattress you can live on for a fortnight are the priorities here.
Van near here with an interior past saving? We collect from this area every week.
Campervan restoration Blackpool →Chester and the plain
Weekend runs and the odd festival. A day-van layout with a bed and a small unit does most of what a Cheshire owner asks of a van.
Van near here with an interior past saving? We collect from this area every week.
Campervan restoration Chester →Southport and Formby
Sand in everything. Flooring that sweeps clean and cabinet catches that do not fill with grit are the small decisions that matter on a coastal van.
Van near here with an interior past saving? We collect from this area every week.
Campervan restoration Southport →Llandudno and the promenade
Sea air on every hinge and catch. Stainless fittings and a lining that does not hold damp are worth the extra on a North Wales coast van.
Van near here with an interior past saving? We collect from this area every week.
Campervan restoration Llandudno →Llanberis and Yr Wyddfa
Early starts and wet gear. A heater, somewhere to dry boots and a bed that makes up fast in the dark are what a walker’s van needs inside.
Van near here with an interior past saving? We collect from this area every week.
Campervan restoration Llanberis →Beaumaris and Newborough
Wind, sand and long summer evenings. An interior that opens up, with the side door as part of the living space, suits an Anglesey week.
Van near here with an interior past saving? We collect from this area every week.
Campervan restoration Beaumaris →Conwy and Betws-y-Coed
Rain, and the kind of day you spend inside the van with the kettle on. A table that is worth sitting at and lighting you can read by.
Van near here with an interior past saving? We collect from this area every week.
Campervan restoration Conwy →Manchester
Campervans collected in and around Manchester for interior refurbishment in our St Helens trim shop: cabinets, bed, upholstery, headlining, flooring, gas and 12V, quoted item by item in writing.
Campervan restoration Manchester →Liverpool
Campervans collected in and around Liverpool for interior refurbishment in our St Helens trim shop: cabinets, bed, upholstery, headlining, flooring, gas and 12V, quoted item by item in writing.
Campervan restoration Liverpool →Preston
Campervans collected in and around Preston for interior refurbishment in our St Helens trim shop: cabinets, bed, upholstery, headlining, flooring, gas and 12V, quoted item by item in writing.
Campervan restoration Preston →Warrington
Campervans collected in and around Warrington for interior refurbishment in our St Helens trim shop: cabinets, bed, upholstery, headlining, flooring, gas and 12V, quoted item by item in writing.
Campervan restoration Warrington →Wigan
Campervans collected in and around Wigan for interior refurbishment in our St Helens trim shop: cabinets, bed, upholstery, headlining, flooring, gas and 12V, quoted item by item in writing.
Campervan restoration Wigan →Bolton
Campervans collected in and around Bolton for interior refurbishment in our St Helens trim shop: cabinets, bed, upholstery, headlining, flooring, gas and 12V, quoted item by item in writing.
Campervan restoration Bolton →Stockport
Campervans collected in and around Stockport for interior refurbishment in our St Helens trim shop: cabinets, bed, upholstery, headlining, flooring, gas and 12V, quoted item by item in writing.
Campervan restoration Stockport →St Helens
Campervans collected in and around St Helens for interior refurbishment in our St Helens trim shop: cabinets, bed, upholstery, headlining, flooring, gas and 12V, quoted item by item in writing.
Campervan restoration St Helens →Lancaster
Campervans collected in and around Lancaster for interior refurbishment in our St Helens trim shop: cabinets, bed, upholstery, headlining, flooring, gas and 12V, quoted item by item in writing.
Campervan restoration Lancaster →Kendal
Campervans collected in and around Kendal for interior refurbishment in our St Helens trim shop: cabinets, bed, upholstery, headlining, flooring, gas and 12V, quoted item by item in writing.
Campervan restoration Kendal →Keswick
Campervans collected in and around Keswick for interior refurbishment in our St Helens trim shop: cabinets, bed, upholstery, headlining, flooring, gas and 12V, quoted item by item in writing.
Campervan restoration Keswick →Morecambe
Campervans collected in and around Morecambe for interior refurbishment in our St Helens trim shop: cabinets, bed, upholstery, headlining, flooring, gas and 12V, quoted item by item in writing.
Campervan restoration Morecambe →Wrexham
Campervans collected in and around Wrexham for interior refurbishment in our St Helens trim shop: cabinets, bed, upholstery, headlining, flooring, gas and 12V, quoted item by item in writing.
Campervan restoration Wrexham →Rhyl
Campervans collected in and around Rhyl for interior refurbishment in our St Helens trim shop: cabinets, bed, upholstery, headlining, flooring, gas and 12V, quoted item by item in writing.
Campervan restoration Rhyl →Prestatyn
Campervans collected in and around Prestatyn for interior refurbishment in our St Helens trim shop: cabinets, bed, upholstery, headlining, flooring, gas and 12V, quoted item by item in writing.
Campervan restoration Prestatyn →Bangor
Campervans collected in and around Bangor for interior refurbishment in our St Helens trim shop: cabinets, bed, upholstery, headlining, flooring, gas and 12V, quoted item by item in writing.
Campervan restoration Bangor →Caernarfon
Campervans collected in and around Caernarfon for interior refurbishment in our St Helens trim shop: cabinets, bed, upholstery, headlining, flooring, gas and 12V, quoted item by item in writing.
Campervan restoration Caernarfon →Holyhead
Campervans collected in and around Holyhead for interior refurbishment in our St Helens trim shop: cabinets, bed, upholstery, headlining, flooring, gas and 12V, quoted item by item in writing.
Campervan restoration Holyhead →Pwllheli
Campervans collected in and around Pwllheli for interior refurbishment in our St Helens trim shop: cabinets, bed, upholstery, headlining, flooring, gas and 12V, quoted item by item in writing.
Campervan restoration Pwllheli →Abersoch
Campervans collected in and around Abersoch for interior refurbishment in our St Helens trim shop: cabinets, bed, upholstery, headlining, flooring, gas and 12V, quoted item by item in writing.
Campervan restoration Abersoch →Porthmadog
Campervans collected in and around Porthmadog for interior refurbishment in our St Helens trim shop: cabinets, bed, upholstery, headlining, flooring, gas and 12V, quoted item by item in writing.
Campervan restoration Porthmadog →Barmouth
Campervans collected in and around Barmouth for interior refurbishment in our St Helens trim shop: cabinets, bed, upholstery, headlining, flooring, gas and 12V, quoted item by item in writing.
Campervan restoration Barmouth →Dolgellau
Campervans collected in and around Dolgellau for interior refurbishment in our St Helens trim shop: cabinets, bed, upholstery, headlining, flooring, gas and 12V, quoted item by item in writing.
Campervan restoration Dolgellau →Bala
Campervans collected in and around Bala for interior refurbishment in our St Helens trim shop: cabinets, bed, upholstery, headlining, flooring, gas and 12V, quoted item by item in writing.
Campervan restoration Bala →Every town on the map:Manchester, Liverpool, Preston, Warrington, Chester, Wigan, Blackpool, Bolton, Stockport, St Helens, Southport, Lancaster, Kendal, Windermere, Keswick, Morecambe, Wrexham, Llandudno, Conwy, Rhyl, Prestatyn, Bangor, Caernarfon, Beaumaris, Holyhead, Pwllheli, Abersoch, Porthmadog, Llanberis, Barmouth, Dolgellau, Bala. Somewhere else in the North West or North Wales? Send the postcode on WhatsApp. Once it is built, a yearly habitation check keeps the gas, water and damp readings where they should be.
WhatsApp us photos of the interior with the doors open, the marque and the layout you want
Three things and someone from the trim shop comes back with what looks keepable, what needs remaking, and a date for the strip-out. No forms, no call centre.
Tell us what the inside is like and what you want it to be
Marque, year, the layout you have now, the layout you want, and photographs of every cabinet, the bed, the headlining and the floor by the door. Ring 0300 124 6982 in opening hours, or send it on WhatsApp and the trim shop replies first thing.
- Our own trim shop in St Helens, collection across the North West and North Wales
- Labour from £95 + VAT an hour, timber, foam, fabric and fittings quoted item by item
- Gas and 12V inside the interior done by Gas Safe registered engineers and certified
What usually goes with an interior
All in the same bodyshop, so the van is stripped once and fitted once.
Electrical restoration
The loom, leisure battery, charging, lighting and sockets that go in before the furniture.
Electrics →
Pop-top roof and canvas
The roof sealed and the canvas replaced before the headlining goes in.
Pop-top and roof →
Damp and water ingress
Where the water got in, and drying the floor before the ply goes down.
Damp repair →
Camper conversion
An interior designed from scratch in an empty van, layout first.
Conversions →
Campervan restoration
The whole sequence, and why the interior comes last in it.
Restoration hub →
Solar panel installation
Solar and lithium sized to what the new interior actually runs.
Solar →Buying a campervan? Get it inspected before you pay.
An independent engineer at the seller, dealer or park, anywhere in the North West and North Wales. Damp, gas, electrics and the rest tested, written photo report the same day, from £179 + VAT.