Recent content by Millie Master

You don't exactly say if your "small cabin build" is going to be a mobile one, i.e. as either a trailer or indeed a van conversion or a static/fixed adaption of a shed. If it is a mobile item than as far as I am concerned then this stuff would be a none starter due to the weight implications. Phil

I think that is your best build yet, it looks better than professional. Phil

For us, it is far, far more important to have as much living day space as possible and we have always found that a fixed bed is such an absolute waste of space. Over many, many months of use we had the making of our bed down to a fine art that took us only approx. 1 min. to complete.

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Despite having retired from my oh so sadly missed campervan life my brain never stops working and thinking "what if! This design popped up only this morning and I immediately thought it is a truly excellent and very practical design https://search.app/ETw4W4TGxBiFW2dRA. Phil

Absolutely no criticism, simply an observational question for you Phil. As gas filling points are getting fewer and fewer in the UK, wouldn't it have been better to have fitted a considerably larger cylinder? Keep up the brilliant work, I only wish it was me doing it! Phil

My 3 section mattress made up in overall flat width to a standard 4' 6" x 6' bed. The foam we used was a 10cm thick dense green foam which proved to be even more comfortable than the truly amazing Dunlopillo mattress of our bed at home and as you so rightly suggest Nikita2, being able to use...

I agree with you oh learned one 100%. Generally speaking we will always ignore any eBay item where the seller has lower than 99% seller rating and this seller doesn't! Furthermore this seller isn't a specialist and appears to sell an exceptionally wide range of products!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Phil

I totally agree with you about thermal barriers Phil, IMHO a total waste of time most especially in my case when I was using closed cell spray foam. The conversion is coming on well, you will be allowing yourself a few days off over Christmas I presume? Phil

I used my smaller 25mm pads of approx. size of 50 x 40 cms. on all types of uneven ground throughout the UK and Europe, even using it as a kneeling pad and it was in almost as good a condition after 9 years of use as it was when I first started using it! As for the 1 mtr. x 50 cms. sheet I use...

It is truly amazing how strong the foil faced insulation boards are. Because of the dangers associated with lying on very cold, bone numbing concrete floors, I have been using a large section of this amazing and very lightweight material to insulate my bones from the cold when working on any of...

Knowing now what I didn't know when I did my build all those years ago and that is that with structural vibration, the effects of UV and the general ravages of the weather along with other such matters, whereas the flexible adhesive I had used had hardened and in places cracked, on removing tone...

Phil, haven't you missed one exceptionally important thing out of your description of the work schedule, or am I wrong? Surely after cutting the metal, surely the next vitally important job is to smooth the cut edges and then to thoroughly paint the edges? But otherwise, I love all of your...

Excellent advice about how to do this knee knocking job that catches so many people out.

I wish I was making another van Phil, you lucky so and so !