Archive for October, 2009
by: Gromett
October 13, 2009
I have been looking at the big features of the van for some time now and decided today to look at a couple of smaller features. Things that niggle in normal commercially built vans that I can do better in my self build. Entrance layout As the entrance to most commercial vans (well the ones [...]
by: Gromett
October 11, 2009
The buses I am looking at have 3 windows down the side and one at the rear. These are single glazed windows so the vehicle will be cold in the winter, hot in the summer and condensation is a serious concern. I am looking at removing the rear to windows on both sides and the [...]
by: Gromett
October 11, 2009
Here is a run down of the equipment I will be installing. This just covers the major cost items so far. I have not settled on a final layout for the van yet as I don’t know the full size of the vehicle until it is actually bought. I will be using copious amounts of [...]
by: Gromett
October 9, 2009
I was initially looking for a cheap solution to this but have not been able to find one so have decided to go with these items from Cak Tanks. The decision at the moment is Propex Heatsource 2800 for hot air and the Malaga MkIII GE for the hot water. I was hoping to find [...]
by: Gromett
October 8, 2009
I needed to do a new header for this site as the old one wouldn’t fit into the space. I had only one photo of my van so needed to clean out the background. This tutorial here was excellent and using this and Gimp got the background cleaned out in no time. Very handy tutorial.