Welcome

WELCOME

Welcome to the blog for our campervan build

This project began in May 2020 during the 'lockdown' in the UK due to COVID-19. We were supposed to be touring Europe in our existing camper conversion 'Movano The Van Hoe' but this obviously wasn't going to be possible... So after finishing a pretty ambitious Hot Tub Trailer build (see the blog here) we decided we needed another project to keep us occupied during however many weeks left of lockdown.

We put Movano The Van Hoe up for sale and bought a Renault Master which we will convert over the coming weeks/months.

We are fortunate in that Elliot has a fully equipped workshop with tools and space to work, and we're also fortunate in that this is Elliot's second camper conversion, so we're not totally winging it!

This is a blog of the full build and I make no apologies that it is very photo heavy. The primary purpose of the blog is to document this build both for our own records, and for anyone else who's interested.

We plan on touring around Scotland with our Trailer Hot Tub when travel restrictions are relaxed enough to allow this.

Disclaimer: This is NOT meant as a tutorial. Do not try this at home. Always seek professional expert advice.

Tuesday 9 June 2020

Roof ribs and more nonsense...

Today we've started the roof. We've measured and cut 'ribs' from 12mm ply.

We cut little grooves in the surface of the ply to allow it to curve and match the shape of the van...

The planks of ply were glued and screwed to the body of the van...

Next comes the nonsense...

We sprayed the 'no nonsense' spray insulation into the gaps in the roof ribs to insulate. And the stuff went everywhere... We learned from the last time though and put down a protective cover to contain the nonsense...