One of the first things we noticed when touring and buying our bus was the front door that didn’t close quite right. We could see that it was “a bit” bent and didn’t align with the frame of the bus correctly. We didn’t think too much of
Plumbing the Sink Drains
Last week, we showed you how we plumbed the vent pipe with a T near the bottom for draining the kitchen sink and washing machine.
When we planned the layout of our bus, we decided to keep all of the fixtures that need plumbing as compact as possible on one
Plumbing the Vent Pipe
After plumbing the toilet drain and waste tank sewer drain, the next step in plumbing was to plumb the vent pipe. The drains for the kitchen sink and washing machine will also drain through the vent pipe, so installing the vent pipe was an important step to finish up before
Pocket Door Hardware on a Curved Ceiling
Last month, we shared with you how we had to backtrack in order to figure out where to drill the hole for the toilet plumbing. The placement of the toilet was dependent on the wall. The placement of the wall was dependent on how we mounted the pocket door hardware.
Dumpin' it! Plumbing the Sewer Drain
After plumbing the toilet drain into the waste tank, we were ready to secure the tanks and then plumb the sewer drain. We will follow up later about how we are securing the tanks (we haven’t finished securing the fresh water tank yet), so for now, we will move
All About the Tanks: An Overview of Our Water Tanks
When we bought the bus, there was a single 100-gallon waste tank (black and grey combined) down in one of the bays. There was only a small 30-gallon freshwater tank inside the bus in the kitchen cabinets. We knew that we wanted to replace both of the tanks.
We started
Poop Pipe Adventures: Plumbing the Toilet
Finally, we are ready to start tackling the plumbing. We need to secure our water tanks in order to begin plumbing the drains. However, before we could secure the tanks, we had to deal with the toilet plumbing. Everything we had read and seen told us to make the pipe
Struttin' Our Stuff: Replacing the Bay Door Struts
Whack...thud! Those were the sounds my head and backside made as my head rammed into the edge of the open bay door so hard it knocked me off my feet and onto the driveway.
It was a hot, sunny day while Juan was working in our electrical bay. We
A/C Power: Part 2- Wiring the Circuits
After wiring the inverter to the 120V load center, we were ready to wire up all of the A/C circuits. We have seen many bus conversions and RVs that only have a couple of A/C circuits. But, we would like to be able to cook something in the
AC Power: Part1 - Installing a 120V Load Center
After wiring up the supply side of the system, it was time to actually prepare to send that power somewhere. We decided to start with the 120V A/C side of things. Our starting point was to map out where we need 120V in the bus and how many different
Dash Rehab Part 1: Cutting & Prepping New Panels
When we bought the bus, we knew that we would need to redo the dash and switch panels. The wood was cracking, was poorly cut, and was generally looking sad. In addition, some of the gauges didn’t work very well, and some didn’t work at all. The old
A Hacker's Take on RV House Batteries: Part 6 - Installing the Nissan Leaf Battery in the Bus
The time had finally come to install our Nissan Leaf battery into the bus. To be honest, this whole thing has been such an experiment, we were kind of surprised we actually got to this point.
When Juan took out the old factory bus heat and a/c components in