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Today I put the bathroom heki in which is a forced fourway directional opening, for whichever way the wind is blowing. I also decided on where the fridge would go and installed the top vent, will have to wait for the bottom vent installation till my order from Magnum motorhomes arrives on...

A couple of weeks ago I fitted a new Chinese diesel heater to my Sons T5, it worked well for two days and then stopped with an error code of E06 which means a problem with the fan/motor, usually this means the fan is hitting the casing and causing the fan to jam but on inspection there was no...

Indeed Phil, I'm going to put up the Christmas lights for the back garden over the weekend (Front garden was done over a week ago). Tomorrow I'm hoping to install the bathroom heki, today I've been busy putting my motorbikes out under waterproof covers from my work shed so I've got space to...

Ok I've now put all the insulation into the roof. One thing I will say is don't be anal about getting the fit exact around skylights and windows, you don't want to spend hours cutting and fitting insulation to a fine tolerance as the amount of thermes you save is not worth the time taken and...

Still going at it will post some more pictures shortly, I've been held up with various things over the last two weeks. Christmas lights, changing over my Sons diesel heater from underneath on the chassis to under the drivers seat repairing the fan on a brand new Chinese diesel heater that he...

Ok back again, since my last post I have installed the eberspacher heater as it was getting a little parky over the last few days. It's rained heavily as well so this has proved the water tighness of the skylight and windows that have been fitted so far. As you may or may not notice the...

I'm working on a flat concrete drive at rear of my house, I used some 25mm yesterday and have to say it's brilliant as not only 25mm insulation against the concrete but you can also slide around on it as though your on wheels, really is a great idea. As for brittleness I'm not so sure on...

Brilliant idea Phil, I've got those jigsaw together foam rubber floor mats but thinking about it a large piece of 25mm insulation board would be an excellent idea which would actually be better than my mats. Phil

Morning all, Over the last few days I have started on the floor, my original intention was to have a complete floating floor i.e. 19mm original floor boards layed over 25mm insulation board, but I chickened out in the end and went with shorts blocks of batten sawn down to correct sized hieght...

Well done Kev, I think maybe it was a marketing decision on behalf of the commercial builders, of course when talking to the reps at shows they in the main are sales persons and are not involved in the actual build so would say it's not possible, as the time and extra cost would significantly...

And to continue:- The next job is to put a midi heki into the rear section of the roof, this one I bought from Magnum motorhomes and have to say the quality of it including Led lights incorporated is exceptionally good especially for the price. The booklet that comes with it gives the cutout...

Evening Phil, I did mention that in my post. "The next job is gluing the premade wood frame to the back of the cut out, once the glue has gone off at this stage most folk would paint the raw edges of the cut out steel but my view is that I put enough adhesive sealant on the window seat so that...

By the by when I first put a 1100X450 window into a Ducato sliding door 11years ago I was told by the commercial builders at varius shows that it couldn't be done as it was too big to fit into the space but I went ahead and did it, i noticed a few years later at shows that 1100X450 windows...

Once more into the breech dear friends, after a few days of doing odd jobs about the house and garden I'm back onto fitting these windows. After I had marked up and measured the cut outs and measured them again the horrifying business of actually removing great swarths of panel from the van...

Yes I agree about 5 and 8kw units being too much for smaller vehicles but if only using it on the first setting its fine. A lot of people say don't use them on low settings as they soot up quickly. But I've watched utube videos from testers of these units and they have proved this to be a...

A continuation to this thread, I had to stop work on my daughters van build day before yesterday to fit a new Chinese diesel heater to Sons T5, I had already fitted a 2kw heater using a shop bought chassis mounting specifically for T5s. About 3 months ago it ceased to work and gave an error...

Unfortunately today I had to concentrate on removing the fold up rear platform, what I thought was going to be a half hour job turned into 3/4 of a days work due to having to unpick the reverse sensors and the tow bar electrics. After which the six bolts holding the platform onto the tow bar...

OK, I've now made up three frames to accommodate the three Shield auto care windows. In the photo you can see that the pieces of 25x50mm batten are cut in such a way the I can adjust each piece so that I have about 1 to 1.5 mm between the window frame and the timber batten all round. The way I...

Just as an aside the windows I've purchase off Ebay from Shield Auto Care, the windows were a lot cheaper than sietz dometic windows but on the surface looked similar and equivalent, when they arrived I have to say that having fitted many Sietz windows in the past, I am extremely impressed by...

Off to the tip today to get rid of cardboard boxes, just so many of them it's a pity that some other form of protection isn't available. As I said here are some photos of the progress. The metal shelving has gone on Facebook reuse hopefully someone will want it. The bulkhead in the garden will...