We are at the stage in the bus build where we find ourselves juggling multiple jobs at the same time. Sometimes we are held up on completing a project because we are waiting for supplies to be shipped to us or waiting for the appropriate weather for the job. While we were waiting for the… Continue reading Bus Build: Installing Furring Strips -S03E20
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A Break from the Bus Build: Honeymoon in Paris and Crete – S03E05
We worked as hard as we could to get our floors down before leaving for our honeymoon. We managed to get about 75% of the floors down, all that is left to do is the very front and back subfloors of the bus. In the front area we need to build the floor up first,… Continue reading A Break from the Bus Build: Honeymoon in Paris and Crete – S03E05
Bus Build: A Bigger Undertaking Than We Imagined – S03E04
With the batteries charged up again we were able to start the bus! We were so glad that this was a simple fix. From here on out, while we are building out the bus, we decided to always unhook the batteries (not just switch them off) while the bus is stationary for months on end… Continue reading Bus Build: A Bigger Undertaking Than We Imagined – S03E04
Bus Build: Putting Down Subfloors for our Bus Conversion – S03E03
We had carefully planned out how to cut the plywood in order to secure the subfloor down to the metal frame in the floor. Because the inside width of the bus is 8 foot 2 inches, we wouldn’t be able to use a standard 8 foot piece of plywood. See the video and blog post… Continue reading Bus Build: Putting Down Subfloors for our Bus Conversion – S03E03
Bus Build: Adding Floor Insulation to our Bus Conversion – S03E02
Our bus won’t start, NO!!!! Well, something has drained the batteries, so while we wait for them to charge up we carry on with work.Before we can put our subfloors down we wanted to make sure we insulated the floors where possible.We had kept some of the floor insulation that was in the back of… Continue reading Bus Build: Adding Floor Insulation to our Bus Conversion – S03E02
Bus Build: Prepping the Floorboards – S03E01
With the Bus Demolition behind us it was time to start building and first up on the agenda was the floors. The original floorboards had a black rubbery layer underneath the plywood that covered the center boards over the pipes and near the engine. We assume it was some sort of fire retardant layer, but after… Continue reading Bus Build: Prepping the Floorboards – S03E01