Well this was a project neither of us expected to take so long! We thought we could finish in 3-4 work days but it ended up taking 10. To prep for this, Paul had to do a little cutting to remove a metal lip just below the windows. Once that was done, we used 2x4's... Continue Reading →
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!! The past few weeks of work on the bus seem to be creeping along; but it is happening! In between travel and the holidays, we're getting closer to having the bus ready for insulation. The floor plan for the bus is 98% done and pending appliance specs. With that... Continue Reading →
When we were at the tiny home festival a few weeks ago, we got to see a guy named Mike, with Navigation Nowhere. We first met Mike, back in April while we were at the North Carolina tiny home event. His bus is beautiful and the craftsmanship is just really well done. Check out this... Continue Reading →
How is it the week of Thanksgiving already?! It's been a few weeks since we shared an update because progress on the bus has been a little slower than usual. In our last post, we had just put rust converter down on the floor. Once the rust converter finished curing, we painted two coats of... Continue Reading →
This past week was a milestone - it was our last week of taking things out of the bus! Once the screws were out of the wall panels, Paul used an angle grinder to cut the panels just under the window ledge. With the panels off, we started pulling out the fiberglass. We had to... Continue Reading →
Once the rubber floors came out, we were left with a layer of dried glue. Our initial plan, was to use paint thinner to loosen the glue and then scrap it up. Fortunately we realized quickly, that was not the way to go. Next we started using an angle grinder and a drill with a... Continue Reading →
Our first week digging into the conversion started with pulling out the last two benches and then pulling up the floor: We used drills to remove the heater hose covers and the floor trim pieces. Once all the nails were out we pulled up all the looser spots of rubber by hand. Some of it... Continue Reading →
We've been really fortunate that our bus is in pretty good shape and there's not much that needed to be done mechanically before we took it to Florida. We're excited to get the conversion going in the next few weeks and wanted to share this fun video we made from the drive down. So imagine... Continue Reading →
The other job we wanted to complete while we had the bus with us in NC was pulling the ceiling down. Some skoolie conversions don't fully gut the bus; it's really a personal preference and since we plan to take the bus out west to colder climates, we are planning to strip the bus down... Continue Reading →
