My camper project

[Neilson]

Turned up some spacers for the floor rails to fit in the troughs. Then fitted the ply packers, insulation, ply floor and finally bolted down the rails.

 

[Neilson]

The kerb and some planks made great ramps!

 

[Ads_Essex]

Good work, no messing around

What’s this gizmo??

 

[richi]

Dimmer Switch

 

[Neilson]

Yep dimmer, haven't tried it yet though!

 

[toniway]

what you do whit it? sorry but it's first time i see

 

[Neilson]

It's a dimmer switch for the lights. It's not connected yet but it should be touch sensitive.

 

[G12RYX]

Great work!

 

[Bryn23]

It's looking good, those front seats are bright, are you doing the bed in the same colour?

 

[Neilson]

@Bryn23 Yep!!

The rest of the build is fairly low key though. I'll put some pictures up soon.

 

[Bryn23]

look forward to it

 

[Neilson]

The van is nearly finished now but this thread is well behind so I'll try and get it up to date.

After checking the hole alignment the ply came up and insulation then went down.



once that was trimmed, floor back down followed by the Altro vinyl. Finally the new step and light went in.

 

[Neilson]

Rails then went in. It took 2 of us 3 hours to tighten all the bolts!

 

[Neilson]

Shot from below of the spreader please



Now the floor was in I finished the lining, including cutting new panels, bonding packers to the ceiling and covering everything in carpet.

 

[Neilson]

Speaker pods finished the lining

 

[Neilson]

I wasn't happy with the finish around the windows as I had to line it once the windows were in. I was also thinking of fitting curtains but was never really happy with that so to sort both issue I bit the bullet and bought Vanshades. The wallet took a bit of a hit but I did get the unfinished ones and carpeted them myself so saved a few quid anyway. No photos of this though.

The Evo motion furniture also arrived so I started sorting that. Again no photos. It is very good furniture and fits together very well. However, a word of warning the instructions are next to useless. I spent a lot of time looking at photos on their website to try and work out what went well.

 

[Neilson]

The next job which I though would be fairly easy was to fit the internal water tank. I'd seen @Fish mod with the level sender so that was first. Then measure, measure, measure and drill the holes for the pipes!!



Batton glued to support it





First attempt at the piping. Feed and fill from the top and feed and drain from the bottom





I found the pipe kept slipping off when the jubilees were clamped as the outlets kept crushing. These inserts from screwfix worked well



New fitting

 

[Ads_Essex]

The next job which I though would be fairly easy was to fit the internal water tank. I'd seen @Fish mod with the level sender so that was first. Then measure, measure, measure and drill the holes for the pipes!!

Batten glued to support it.

First attempt at the piping. Feed and fill from the top and feed and drain from the bottom

I found the pipe kept slipping off when the jubilees were clamped as the outlets kept crushing. These inserts from screwfix worked well

New fitting.

Are these tanks potable? I ask as I’m keen on an internal that doesn’t take up valuable cupboard space.
And where are you planning on fitting your filler point?

 

[chris_selby]

also keen to know if these are potable, where you plan on putting the filler cap and where you bought the tank from?

 

[Neilson]

I'm not sure whether I'll use it as drinking water. That was the plan but I'll see if it leaves a taste in the water or not. It's out of sunlight so I don't see why not.

I've put the filler cap in the back of the units and I'm running the pipe down the back of the units.

Filler points cut



I had to mod the units to fit under the Vanshades pods





Fittings and pipework in



The other pipe is the shower point feed