Yesterday’s hard work and the resulting success seemed to almost propel us forward with the remaining tasks planned for today. We were really hoping to be able to make a start on some of the internals, specifically the kitchen area. With the hob exhaust in place it was now time to implement an elegant solution for our fridge. Day 2 We’d been discussing with John for sometime how to go about creating a heavy duty sliding drawer for the fridge….
After a busy Christmas period for our business and some great family time, we decided to get back into the swing of van work with a cheeky session between Christmas and the New Year. Thanks to a number of days of hard work from myself, Ben and John, we’ve made another good step forward, managing to tackle one of the bigger jobs that had been looming over us. Day 1 We’d hoped to get the heater install finished up this…
After another round of SketchUp work and some more van measuring we ordered our second parcel of struts. Upon receiving them we eagerly headed out to set them up. Framing Continued… This week we were concentrating on the rear of the van working on the bed and seating area. The plan for the rear is to have a 2100mm long sleeping area at night that converts to 1050mm of bench area (this will act as a roof for the garage…
It’s been a long week waiting for our struts to arrive so we can start the furniture build! Let’s Get Slotting An extremely large parcel arrived first thing, it’s our first batch and contains all the struts we’d need to get the kitchen unit and shower units built. We were both super excited and rushed outside to make a start. The parcel had been packed extremely well and it took some doing with scissors to get into as the struts…
We mentioned last time that with the new appliances we needed to make some changes to the layout. This section of the build started with the frantic rehashing of the layout in SketchUp. With some minor adjustments made to our original layout, we have now reached the stage where we can start to build the skeletal frame of the furniture. It’s exciting to reach this phase, I’ve been looking forward to starting on the furniture and seeing the van come…
After the success of the bulkhead walls it was now time to turn our attention to building the hatch door. I can tell you that this task was quite the DIY feat and certainly brought us a challenge. Getting Started I had been really looking forward to this part of the build, it would be the first thing we’ve done so far that would hint at a finished interior. I’ve been super excited to finally be able to show everyone…
Thanks for sticking with us and I hope you’re all still enjoying the blog. I’ve got lots of updates to come as Ben and I have been working hard and making good progress. It’s now June and pretty obvious that without a miracle we will not be ready to set off at the end of the month. Although initially sad about this both Ben and I have accepted that we have done our best and we are still really looking…
Firstly, apologies for the long overdue update, we’ve still been busy working out on the van four days a week. I had been saving the blog updates and planned to publish them in sections that cover the particular task that we’d been working on. However, it has taken us longer than expected on the bulkhead! So with reports of family missing the blog I shall go back to more regular updates! Planning After finishing the walls we’ve almost completed a…
Following on from the vapour barrier progress last week, we were ambitiously hoping to be able to finish up and get the walls up this week. Our plan was to get out bright and early Monday to finish up the battens and vapour barrier, however it has been one of those weeks where nothing really goes to plan. The majority of the week was pretty slow for us, a whole lot of waiting for things to arrive and not much…
A weekend of hard work and we’ve made some progress in the hefty things. It was time to tackle a scary task and cut a hole into the side of the van, here we go! Scenic Visions It started early on Saturday for us, we travelled about and hour to Ben’s parents house. Our windows had been delivered there and we’d all decided that it’d be nice to spend some time together and it would be better for us to…