D-day has come (Thats Delivery day). I would say it was a few months late due to Covid, but the reality its over a year early due to Mels’ ongoing injury preventing backpacking, cycling and walking trips – so in effect – cocking up all of our holidays and hence…
In our next build, we want to use PVC edging on the lightweight ply to match the Morland / Vohringer ply finishes and get a professional finish. We’ve been experimenting with various techniques and products and have come up with, what we believe, is a brilliant and working solution See…
Well you know, best laid plans and all that….. …..2020 hasn’t been a great year so far. As usual, we had a plan for the year involving backpacking and cycling trips as well as some campervannig trips in our trusty NV200. Usual stuff, all exciting, and planning to start Van#2…
In our NV200 we fitted an electric dump valve so that we can empty the grey waste from inside the van – no more getting wet when its raining or having to bend down to turn the tap on or off. Simply flick a switch and bye bye water. “Proper”…
Diesel Heating On the NV200 we bought a branded 2kw diesel heater (£610) plus some extra parts, and that has worked a treat. If we were to go down the same route for van2, it would be c. £7-750 which is quite a lot…. ….So research shows there are Chinese…
Details Fiamma 70L tank, installed internally, insulated CBE level gauge for fresh and waste Inline water filter Surflow 20psi 8L/min pressure pump Seaflow A20 pressure accumulator Truma Ultrastore 10GE water heater JG Speedfit 12mm fittings and pipe (branded, not clone) Stop-cocks per applience Shower, (hot non-return valve), trigger head bathroom…
We need a van to last for 2-3 months minimum with onboard supplies, and Gas is one of those things that can run out! One way around that issue is with refillable gas, and whilst I loved ours in the old van, I get the feeling its less popular now…
Research For various reasons, the van #2 build project has been brought forward to 2020 – and this time it will be bigger and better. It’ll be a good couple of years of research, stealing inspiration, finding products and suppliers. Its all listed here which may be a good starting…