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Everyone to their own, but going all electric will almost certainly result in a vastly reduced choice of sites to stop on as surely an EHU will become essential?

I am like a stuck in the grove record when it comes to Transit's, personally I would never consider one as despite them having brilliant mechanicals, I am afraid that they are proven to be all screwed together in the most tin worm prone bodies of any vans on the market. Over many years I have...

Having read all of this, I feel the number one problem is likely to be trying to fit anything remotely acceptable into a rust bucket SWB Transit. From the outset I would suggest that the very first step it to decide on a minimum of a MWB as they are still easy to drive, I would also suggest...

Having once owned a flimsy Sprite caravan that suffered from the dreaded wood rot syndrome, from my experience you can either bodge the job or rip an ever extending amount of the interior out and then replace all the rotten wood. From my hard earned experience wood hardeners simply do not work...

Then the only thing for your oh so naughty four legged friend is a secure cage.

Going down the wood construction route, construction technique I used has proved to be both very light and exceptionally strong, it was also very cheap! Using cheap and chearful 25 x 50 tanalised roofing laths I made a simple lap jointed frame construction throughout which I then faced with 3mm...

Normally I would always suggest spray foam, but in a van like yours with perfectly flat sides and next to no ribs then Celotex will be brilliant just as long as it is bonded very securely to the walls which I already know by your expressed thoroughness, will be to the highest possible standards...

Eeeeeeeeeeeee by eck, I like a bloke with big balls, GO FOR IT @NorthernLoop What a fantastic project, I sincerely hope you don't cut any corners, have the best insulation money can buy and do it do it do it. What a man, my hat comes off to you Phil

However and as far as I am concerned, I feel absolutely certain that electric isn't the way to go as the batteries are so damned expensive to produce, added to which being that most of their raw materials come from sources which are either Chinese or from countries where China has a major...

I can't see this all electric panel van will be of any interest to us self builders!! https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/354443/uk-based-arrival-reveals-electric-panel-van-modular-battery-system

I have a friend who swears blind by his Decathlon (Chinese) blow up drive away, but it is a tad too low in height for an H2 Master. .

I haven't read back through all the old posts but I seem to recall you thinking of you having an access hatch through from the cab, did you do this and has it worked out as you had hoped? By the way I honestly do believe your truck is the dogs danglies of a conversion! Phil

So OK it's not going to be an inflatable awning (although a friend has one he bought from Decathlon and he loves it) and I don't fancy using a nearly vertical sided gazebo as there is no way of getting any kind of remotely close fit to the sides of the van. As this is the case I hope I can find...

Most self builders I have ever heard of who have used Barrat tanks will say the quality and service is brilliant. Like the totally impatient prat that I am, Shaun Barrat wasn't able to make the tanks I wanted fast enough for my schedule so I bought CAK tanks and cak is exactly what they have...

After umming and arrring for a long time, my most beloved has decided she would like to have a drive away awning for my 'Millie'! As the van is fully finished, I don't want to drill any holes in the roof for awning rails or similar so that for me rules out any roll out awnings, unless I am...

Sorry one and all I have been away for quite a long time as I have been doing admin and moderating duties on several other sites but now they are all up and running properly, I have taken a back seat once again and come back to my favourite site! BLOODY MICE. In November we moved house yet...

Good looking sites Dave, I hope they both work well for you. Phil

Is that a converted refuse truck, the cab certainly looks like it.

Beautifully built even though it isn't to my tastes. Rest assured when you are away in her, both of you will say "bloody hell we did this" with a bright, broad cheesy grin over your faces. Truly well done. Phil

I very nearly fell off my chair when I tallied up all the costs! But rest assured, when you have fully finished your build and you are away in her, I can guarantee that you will sit there with a smug grin on your face along with a thought going through your brain "bloody hell, I did all of...