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The bottom of the wall is completed now and the wheel arches have been boxed in. The wheal arch boxes were filled with fibre-based insulation.

Rear wall assembly, there is a gap at the bottom as this will be stepped forward from the main wall to make room for the battery bank in the "boot"

Insulation nearly completed

That was exactly my thinking.

I know it sound a tad supercilious, but because I think in this case it is wrong! I just wondered what other converters thought/did. You ar right about compliance though and the problem with that is that, that in its self is far from definitive. Phill

Well at least it’s reassuring that I’m not the only one thinking this way.

The bottles will be in a sealed locker with drop outs. I already have the hob/sink combination from the Hymer, which I had just recently changed so it is all but brand new.

I’m thinking that’s pretty much we’re I’ll end up to. It still just feels like one valve too many!

Hi Phil, Yes, that would be definitely be my approach too if I had more than one gas appliance. Indeed, that is how it was in the Hymer, of course, and how I did it on a previous conversion I did a few years back. It is the fact that I only have one appliance in this conversion that is...

I guess I already know the technically correct answer to this question but I would be interested to hear experienced views. My normal arrangement with gas piping would be, gas regulator screwed directly to the gas canister, then a pigtail to a bulkhead through connector with a copper pipe to a...

Board insulation fitted over loose fibre insulation and the taped to form a vapour barrier

Wall battens in place and making a start with the first layer of insulation using loose fibre insulation

The combustion exhaust and the heater/cooling should be vented through different vents when absorption fridges are fitted. It is not uncommon for blanking plates to be fitted to the cooling vents during winter and some people do indeed fit additional cooling fans to increase the airflow across...

I agree completely. I approached the first window with more than a little trepidation "oh oh, there's no turning back now...". :eek: As it turned out it when really smoothly and probably less than an hour later I was taking photos of my new window and patting myself on the back. From there I...

I do like the look of that but have already bought the other (bad weather might stop me working but it doesn’t stop me shopping, ha ha) I understand the need for a “catastrophe” fuse I’m just concerned with the spacing. Given how close together I see the battery and this “primary” distribution...

Oops! Yes, definitely a switch it’ll go between the battery bank and the fused distribution board. I may fit a single fuse between the battery bank and the switch but as it would only be protecting around a foot of wire feeding the next fuse nowhere near any metal it does seem a bit over the top.

Well, it's another very windy and wet day today here in Westray (can you see a theme developing here :rolleyes: ) but actually that's a good thing - kind of... Yesterday was a cracking day and I managed to get a window and the toilet cassette access door fitted, so today they're getting...

On a roll now hacking the van. Here is the toilet cassette access door, also reclaimed from the Hymer.

Here is the window from the inside, you can see the wooden packing frame for the window inner and outer to sandwich.

Here is the first of the windows reclaimed from the Hymer - fitting went much easier than I expected.