Van Build: A complete DIY guide to designing, converting and self-building your campervan or motorhome

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A complete guide to self-building your van or motorhome

Jumping into van life and residing in a house on wheels doesn’t imply you want to hand over consolation or modernity. ‍ This e-book will guide you thru each step, from selecting a van, to designing the format, to plumbing and electrical techniques, to constructing your new dream dwelling — all in as little as 21 days.

Build your dream van

Zero Experience Required

We constructed our dream van with zero prior expertise! Before the construct, we had desk jobs — and had by no means even touched most of the instruments we used.

220 pages of particulars

We cowl each step of the method with charts, lists, images, and descriptions to enable you to design and construct your personal campervan or motorhome from scratch.

Save Money & Time

We spent 9 months planning for our construct, scouring an awesome variety of articles and movies for one of the best and most helpful data. This e-book will prevent months of analysis, and enable you to make fewer errors.

Build your dream van

Step-by-step directions

We guide you every step of the best way, with detailed descriptions and images of our personal construct.

Detailed diagrams

From electrical and plumbing techniques to organising your water tank or bathe body, our detailed diagrams will enable you to perceive and grasp every a part of the construct.

List of all provides and instruments

For every step of the method, we element all of the instruments and provides you’ll want. No matter which nation you’re constructing your van in (USA, UK, Australia, New Zealand, or others), our lists will enable you to get every little thing you want, and know the way to choose the precise instrument for the job.

Complete your van construct in as little as 21 days!

STEP 1: FANS INSTALLATION: If you’re planning on residing in your van full-time or no less than for longer than a weekend at a time, then having followers in your van is crucial. It will enable you to hold the van cool when it’s sizzling and keep away from odor and fumes construct up if you cook dinner. STEP 2: SOLAR PANELS Most campervans have between 1 and 3 photo voltaic panels. Each photo voltaic panel usually charges between 100W to 250W. You’ll find out how to wire your photo voltaic panels and set up them on your roof STEP 3: ELECTRICAL ROUGHING: This consists of laying out all wires that you’ll want for your van. It’s necessary to do that step early within the construct as a result of it’s clearly approach simpler to slot in cables earlier than you set within the insulation and partitions. STEP 4: WALLS INSULATION Insulation is necessary to hold your van temperate when it’s both chilly or sizzling exterior. It additionally helps scale back noise. There are many various methods (and opinions on how) to insulate your van – from foam boards, spray foam, fiberglass and reflective foil. STEP 5: SHOWER FRAMING If you’ve determined to construct an indoor bathe, then constructing the body of it is step one towards including this (luxurious?) a part of your construct. STEP 6: FRESH WATER TANK: The recent water tank will maintain your recent (i.e “clean”) water. You can set up the tank inside your van or beneath (beneficial to save house). You’ll find out how to safe the tank to the van and add a water gauge and plumbing fittings. STEP 7: GREY WATER TANK Grey water tanks are usually smaller than recent water tanks since you’ll be able to empty them commonly. We advocate utilizing a water tank sender arm and gauge to monitor the water degree so you’ll be able to know if you want to empty it. STEP 8: PLUMBING PART 1 Plumbing could appear overwhelming… but it surely’s truly fairly straightforward and enjoyable! ‍ We’ll guide you thru every step of the plumbing, beginning with the recent water system, then the gray water. STEP 9: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM We will probably be guiding you thru constructing your electrical system. We will train a easy course of to enable you to construct your customized electrical system. STEP 10: CEILING INSULATION & FRAMING Today, we’ll sort out insulating the ceiling in addition to framing the partitions and ceiling. We discovered that doing them collectively makes the job simpler. STEP 11: HANGING CABINETS Hanging cupboards are nice for storing your towels, garments, and meals. You also can add lighting to make it additional cozy. STEP 12: SHOWER TRAY & FAN We’ll now proceed engaged on the indoor bathe. We’ll present you ways to set up the bathe tray and drain. Then, we’ll have a bathe mild and fan. STEP 13: SHOWER WET PANELS & FRAMING Today, we’ll be ending our indoor bathe! We will probably be including the bathe moist panels to make the within of the bathe waterproof. And lastly, we’ll end framing the surface of the bathe wall and add a door.

STEP 14: PLUMBING PART 2 We will now sort out the remainder of the plumbing. Now, that the bathe partitions are in place, it is possible for you to to hook up the bathe mixer and bathe head. We can even format the plumbing for the outside bathe (if wanted) and sink. STEP 15: OUTDOOR SHOWER Installing the outside bathe, when you’ve accomplished all of the plumbing, is definitely extraordinarily straightforward. You’ll simply want to reduce one other large gap in your van, however, by now, you ought to be an professional at that! STEP 16: BED FRAME Today, we’ll present you ways to construct your mattress body. We will probably be storing lots of issues beneath our mattress body so we’re making it two “stories” so we will add drawers within the again. STEP 17: PAINTING & STAINING This step actually makes your van come to life! You will want a number of layers of stains and paint however the end will actually be value it. STEP 18: KITCHEN We’ll present you ways to arrange your kitchen, add counter tops, drawers, a fridge and extra. Who’s hungry? STEP 19: SOFA Today, we’ll be constructing a small couch. First, we’ll construct the body for it utilizing structural timber. Then, we’ll construct cushions that act as a hatch. We like this answer as a result of it permits you to retailer an enormous quantity of products beneath the couch and the cushion / hatch makes it very easy to entry. STEP 20: STORAGE & FLOORS Almost accomplished! Today, we’ll construct drawers for our again storage. Then, we’ll sort out the flooring in our “kitchen” STEP 21: FINISHES You will seemingly have your personal listing of to-dos to make your van excellent, however we’ll present a number of little additions we thought you would possibly like to take into consideration.

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08CWG64FY
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Independently revealed (July 15, 2020)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 221 pages
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8666381151
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.2 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.52 x 8.5 inches