Posted: 10-Jun-2018 | Category: General
More flooring
More battens in, and insulation started.
Further floor battens fitted
Starting to insulate the floor
Posted: 15-Jun-2018 | Category: General
More flooring
More insulation going into the floor, and routing the pipes for gas across to the cooker and water pipes for the sink.
I decided to use 15mm pushfit components for the water as I have a lot of them already!
Posted: 16-Jun-2018 | Category: General
Laying the floor ply
The marine ply was cut to shape using the old flooring ply as a template, modified to match the batten spacing. I laid a vapour barrier below the ply to help control condensation.
Cutting the ply to shape
Laying the vapour barrier
Fitting the first board
Posted: 18-Jun-2018 | Category: General
Finishing the floor
Laid the last of the floor today.
Completing the vapour barrier
Last piece of ply in place. The wooden frame to the left of the picture is step area to suit the passenger seat when swivelled.
Completed floor
Posted: 22-Jun-2018 | Category: General
Build the structure
Had a couple of days on building the structure of walls, in this case the rear of the van where the "shed" will be.
Building the framework using 2x1 timber
Posted: 22-Jun-2018 | Category: General
Panelling out
Cut out the first wall panel - for the washroom. Using a mix of 9mm and 5.5mm ply - this one in 9mm.
Posted: 23-Jun-2018 | Category: General
The Bed
Started on the main frame for the bed...... A combination of 4x1 timber for the main lengths, on 50x50 legs - these are notched before fixing to the 4x1 to give extra strength. All screwed and glued....
Posted: 29-Jun-2018 | Category: General
Gas
I ordered a 3-way gas manifold from Rainbow Conversions - the main feed comes into it and then three separate taps / circuits are available. These will be used for:
- Cooker
- Heater
- Water heater (possibly) - at this stage we are not worrying about water heating.
Posted: 01-Jul-2018 | Category: General
More structural work
More of the structure going in - including the framework for the washroom.
This photos shows the structure for the washroom. and you can see the painted first ply panel at the rear of the washroom, with holes for the WC filler and cassette.
Posted: 01-Jul-2018 | Category: General
Leisure Battery
Ordered the Leisure Battery from Alpha Batteries, the people I ordered the solar panel from. I went for a 105Ah AGM battery.
Leisure battery in place and wired up to CTEK unit, etc
One of the things I discovered when I started the bed frame was that the board housing the electrical kit was too high, so I had to drop it down - thankfully not too much of a task. And the charger / CTEK unit being side by side took up too much room for the bed leg to fit, so that arrangement had to be changed. That all shows the power of planning ahead!