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Ah, so B2B is the way to go with lithium, got you now, cheers...

Am ah right in saying B2B is just a means of charging the house battery using the van battery (alternator) when on the move? If so, then obviously things have moved on since ah last visited the problem of solar not puting out enough in winter in Scotland, ah went old school and put in a split...

Regarding the cab joint to the body, ah seen a youtube vid of a guy who converted an ERF lorry, if you search ERF cab tilt you will find him, he deals with it, may help... M, and the build looks amazing... Cheers...

Lotus carbon fibre chassis are held together with adhesives, as are many other parts in the automotive industry, (in our case we use them in container builds) dont care if you dont believe, I'm going by my industry knowledge and just passing it on, and I get it, there will be things out there ah...

Interested to see how this thread develops...

Ah used kingspan in all the gaps ah could get it into then covered over everything with the foil backed foam and the silver tape, the ply went over that... Works ah think... Ah never thought of spray foam but then ah wouldnt think its something ah could get my hands on cheap, theres equipment...

Ah got a cheap Chinese digital angle finder, put it on the floor, zero it and everything in the van is kind of level ish... But best tool bought? Either the Paslode nail gun ah got off Gumtree when building the garage or the reciprocating saw, both man tools but if were talking campervan...

Plan what you want and run the cables for 12v and 240 (if wanted), use conduit and leave in pull strings so you can raggle in other cables when you realise you really need x thing over there...

Modern adhesives can be just as or stronger than welding / fixings... We are in the container / reefer business and do bespoke units for international clients, some of the adhesives used are insane (we have one thats used in the automotive industry to stick high end monocoques together), insane...

Britain... Great Britain... what made Britain great... Apart from that, yea, true...

Forklift bottles are on their sides... No arguin, just sayin...

Our Chevy Van has a propane conversion and has the big tank in the back, we'v got a join in the pipe with a bayonet fitting so we can attach forklift cylinders which means we dont need a long run to the garage for autogas. Getting to the point, it goes both ways, it'll fill a small cylinder...

Thought of these but its the cost as well... Looking forward to the review...

Chinese diesel heaters are ok, dont be put off with the myriad of folks voicing concerns over problems that are bye and bye created during installation, as in Eibers and Webs are 99 percent professional installs Chinese heaters can be put in by any imbecile that has an Ebay account (read that as...

With you on that one, its a catch 22, on or off it can be either too hot or cold, ah just keep the temp down to like 17, we have the skylight cracked open a bit and the temp is fine, it works for us. If during the night I need it turned off or on I have the red remote beside the bed so I dont...

That looks good seeing that the bed / living quarters are right there by the heater... I got the water pipes from the heater forwards to the bulkhead between garage / living quarters, not hooked up to heater yet as ahv not figured out that bit but I have flexible water pipe to connect them...

I mounted the heater just inside the back door on the right side of the van, was the only place it could go, literally, there is no other place it would fit. Timmered in checkerplate behind it and used insert nuts to provide the anchor for the water heater. Anyway, its in... Plan for today...

Now thats what I'm talking about... Well, kinda wont look as professional but yea, thats what ahm doin... Minus the chimney, ah'll use vents... That looks a nice install...

Cheers, will update as it goes in... Ahm reliably slow as ahv got lots of things on the go at once...

Morning, in the process of installing a new water heater, one of those tankless gas ones, interested to see if anyone else had gone down that route... Things to note, there not room sealed so its going to be installed in the garage at the back of the van and in its own cabinet and same as the...