With our ceilings prepped, the first layer of insulation and furring strips installed, we needed to make a plan for our side walls in the bus.We decided to keep the original foam board insulation in the walls as it is in good condition, and chose to use ¼ inch birch plywood to create our walls. … Continue reading Bus Build: Building Walls for our Bus Conversion – S03E21
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Bus Build: Installing CeraTex for Insulation in our Bus Conversion – S03E19
We chose to use CeraTex, a ceramic fiber paper insulation, as our first layer of insulation. This is commonly used to insulate kilns and commercial ovens. For our ceiling we chose the ¼ inch thick paper, it comes in a long roll that you just cut down to size.There is nothing toxic about the paper… Continue reading Bus Build: Installing CeraTex for Insulation in our Bus Conversion – S03E19
Bus Build: Which Insulation is Right for our Bus Conversion? – S03E18
Insulating our bus well to ensure it is comfortable to live in is our current priority. I’m glad we were able to slow down with our build process as this allowed us time to do lots of research. This seems to be a hot topic in the skoolie/bus community and most have very strong opinions… Continue reading Bus Build: Which Insulation is Right for our Bus Conversion? – S03E18
Bus Build: Custom TV Lift Cabinet • FREE Plans – S03E17
With the stay at home orders in place for the pandemic, we found ourselves waiting for supplies to arrive by delivery. Not to worry though, while some projects were at a standstill, there are always others to be done. We decided to tackle a project that we have been excited to get going for a… Continue reading Bus Build: Custom TV Lift Cabinet • FREE Plans – S03E17
Bus Build: Fan Install on Curved Bus Conversion Roof – S03E16
To help ventilate our bathroom we chose the Maxxfan Deluxe by Maxxair. It has an intake and exhaust fan, an electric lid opener and remote. We chose this model as you can set it to auto function. When the temperature increases past the maximum degree (whatever you choose to set that to) it automatically turns… Continue reading Bus Build: Fan Install on Curved Bus Conversion Roof – S03E16
Bus Build: Removing the Air Conditioning Unit of our Bus Conversion – S03E15
When you are doing a bus conversion there are a million jobs to be done. You really want to do the exciting ones, like putting in skylights or building walls, but some of the less exciting jobs still need to happen. It was time to tackle the demolition of the buses original AC unit as… Continue reading Bus Build: Removing the Air Conditioning Unit of our Bus Conversion – S03E15