It was looking a bit grey and drizzly today so this was going to have to be quick. I had collected the insulation and batons yesterday evening so I just had to stick them in.
Except I didn’t have enough glue…
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Diary Of A Camper Conversion
Left is done and now it’s time to do the same on the right.
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Diary Of A Camper Conversion
Wow today, I achieved a lot. Well, it looks like I achieved a lot. It’s been in progress for several weeks but today its all come together for one wall.
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Diary Of A Camper Conversion
Well the plan was a solid one, but ultimately floored.
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Diary Of A Camper Conversion
I’ve had some paperwork to do this morning but then made it out into the shed. I had to be on a video call but I didnt expect to contribute much so I could do some bits and pieces in the background.
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Diary Of A Camper Conversion
My hunch has paid off and the result is surprisingly neatly bent hardboard. So I set about cutting strips, soaking them and then slowly bending them to shape around the skylight trims. They are made from aluminium and strong enough to act as forms. Once all clamped up and bent, they just had to dry, so I left them in the shed while I went to work on the van.
Continue reading DOACC: Bending hardboard & vapour barrierDOACC: Roof design finalised
Diary of a camper conversion
Today I took 3 hours to put up a sum total of 2 bits of wood. It took 2 attempts.
Continue reading DOACC: Roof design finalisedDOACC: More roof
Diary of a camper conversion
Needed to add more wood batons to the centre of the roof ribs to support the floating light shelf thing. Still not quite worked out how to do it, so left them oversized.
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Diary of a camper conversion
Using WAYYY too much duct tape I made little dividing walls in the door cavities. This will – in theory- keep the fluffy insulation from getting tied up in the mechanism of the door and locks.
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Diary of a camper conversion
This was a big one. Can’t do much else without the floor being sorted out.
Continue reading DOACC: Floor Removal