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Forum: Homemade SMB - Ground Up Builds 03-27-2018, 09:00 AM
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Posted By GreyDawg
Step 3: the bunk

Sorry for being so slow in posting build updates: life and working on the van seem to take precedence over writing.

[early October] With a fan, insulation and a floor (and temporary Reflectix...
Forum: Homemade SMB - Ground Up Builds 03-09-2018, 05:53 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 5,921
Posted By GreyDawg
No squeaks. Squeaking occurs when things...

No squeaks.

Squeaking occurs when things move or rub. The mechanical compression sandwich makes it highly unlikely that anything will move.

Vans flex. And wood moving against metal...
Forum: Homemade SMB - Ground Up Builds 03-08-2018, 08:42 PM
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Posted By GreyDawg
To clarify: The strips (foam or plywood) were...

To clarify: The strips (foam or plywood) were glued to the van floor with adhesive.

The (pre-explosion) plan was that, after laying the solid foam floor without adhesive, the GS on the perimeter...
Forum: Homemade SMB - Ground Up Builds 03-06-2018, 07:37 PM
Replies: 23
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Posted By GreyDawg
Thanks! I really like the vinyl...

Thanks!

I really like the vinyl flooring. Alas, about six hours ago I deeply scratched it as I stupidly dragged a heavy box across it and there was a screw trapped underneath the box.
...
Forum: Homemade SMB - Ground Up Builds 03-05-2018, 11:39 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 5,921
Posted By GreyDawg
Step 2: the floor.

With luck, this will be the last mundane, excruciatingly dull build post: yes, yet another floor.

Ridley has a very standard and boring floor layer cake, beginning with ½” polyiso foamboard ...
Forum: Homemade SMB - Ground Up Builds 02-26-2018, 06:25 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 5,921
Posted By GreyDawg
No worries. Today I saw -- in the wild! --...

No worries. Today I saw -- in the wild! -- another green Transit (a green LR passenger van), in Austin.

The only other green Transit I've seen in the flesh (in the steel?) is the maintenance van...
Forum: Homemade SMB - Ground Up Builds 02-26-2018, 08:02 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 5,921
Posted By GreyDawg
Thanks, JWA. I have had 3 E-series over the...

Thanks, JWA. I have had 3 E-series over the decades, and hung a cab curtain in a couple of them. The curvature of Transit ceiling makes that a bit more difficult and there's not a good rib right...
Forum: Homemade SMB - Ground Up Builds 02-25-2018, 09:55 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 5,921
Posted By GreyDawg
Step 1: Insulation.

[late September]

Is there any topic more controversial than insulation in the #vanlife world?

After looking at lots of alternatives (spray foam, foam board, Reflectix, Low-E and Thinsulate) I...
Forum: Homemade SMB - Ground Up Builds 02-23-2018, 08:18 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 5,921
Posted By GreyDawg
Step 0: the MaxxAir fan

[August]

I cheated: I don’t have the nerve, tools or skills to cut a 14” hole in the roof a new van and wire the fan, so I had Greg at BivyVan in Colorado Springs install the MaxxAir fan the...
Forum: Homemade SMB - Ground Up Builds 02-22-2018, 09:23 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 5,921
Posted By GreyDawg
Hi Eric -- These photos are Ridley's first...

Hi Eric --

These photos are Ridley's first media appearance. I'm several months late in starting a build thread. Mea culpa.

The eastern gathering in late April sounds really interesting -- I...
Forum: Homemade SMB - Ground Up Builds 02-22-2018, 08:41 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 5,921
Posted By GreyDawg
Ridley: a Very Green Transit

Hi everyone –

It’s so good to be back at the SMB home-build forum! So many familiar names from 2009-2013 … and so many that seem to have vanished….

After four years without a van, I’m back...
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