Here comes the Sun..

Well it looks like spring is well on its way now. Need to get a move on with Lucy as soon as the caravan comes.

3 more sleeps till i get to do more.......

The next step

Ok so here is the next big step in the build. The caravan has been given to us by my Dad as it leaks, we shall get our grubby little hands on it in about 4 weeks as he lives in the midlands and we are in south wales, plus i dont have a towbar on my car. We shall clear our workshop to make space and then the stripping will begin.

we are hoping the seating area fits nicely and just needs the foams re-covering. The kitchen will go in as it is and gives us a full cooker with 3 way fridge.

I also plan to strip all the wiring and use as much as i can, i will check out the heating and see what we can do with that. The tall cupboard may fir along with the wall cupbaords but these will have to be adjusted i think!


Cant wait!

Total cost of project is,

£30

Yep £30, Lucy was given to us and we have only purchase some sheets of chipboard, adhesive and screws, the remainder of the wood came from the garage and work.

Lucy's Bed and seating area

Here we now see the raised bunk and are for seating underneath, took a while to get this done and we did it all with no plans or real ideas, i think it has turned very well based on this.

If you are wondering why the sides are so far out from the van then let me explain,

There is two windows behind these and as we did not want people looking in we decided to block off, this itself caused a problem, how do we block these off and insulate, so we purchased some of those sleeping mats with insulation on one side, the windows were then painted with black external gloss and then the mats we stuck to the windows, we then boarded as you can see but before blocking it off we stuffed a load of loft insulation down, nice and tight (Although Donna did not enjoy doing that part) This should now give us a nice solid soundproof, insulated area to build the seating/table/fold down bed.

The back of the area on top of the bunk was bulit with a 2 inch cavity and also insualted, the bottom was done in the same way but is 24 inch from the back door to give a nice little storage area which we shall access from the back doors.

The wooden battens you can see on the roof are next weekends project, we shall panel off the front of the bunk area and have a access hole, as this bunk will only be used by the boys we shall then put a curtain up to close it off in the day and when its just myself and Donna.

The leaky non windproof door!!

So here is the rear bunk fitted, its made from some old timber we had in the garage and two runners from the boys bunkbeds, they now sleep on the floor, just kidding we purchased them a new set as the wooden ones were getting on a bit!

The rear and side windows were painted with metal gloss paint, i just need to cut in the edges. This cost next to nothing and as the windows will be insulated and boarded over it matters not what they look like on the inside, from the outside it just looks like they have been tinted, easier and cheaper!!

Next job is to collect a load of ply i have purchased off Ebay and a few sheets from packing cases at work, we will then board out the sides under the bed, the back and the from of the upper bed, leaving a hole for the boys to climb though to access the bed, underneath with then be fitted with some caravan seats (if they fit) and the rear will be accessed from the back doors for storage of gas bottles and water......

No work this weekend as the kids are up and we dont want to tell them about it till its done, we will then suprise them by picking them up in it and going away for the weekend.