Laminating and painting the cabin
After repairing the broken parts of the cabin, I was able to prepare the cabin for the first layer of epoxy resin. A seamless cover all around the cabin seemed more robust than local patches, so I wanted to follow...
Renovating the roof
While fixing the cabin, I also continued the work on the roof. To make sure that the front roof was properly protected, I decided to put another layer of epoxy resin on top of the fiberglas and epoxy resin that...
Repairing the cabin
During the winter I had to pause my attempt to fix the roof because the temperatures were too cold to work with epoxy resin. The weather was still quite cold at the beginning of April. However, in the middle of...
Cladding the living area with wood
After building the skeleton of the bathroom, I continued preparing the panels for the wall cladding. The temperatures were still quite low, so I took advantage of a sunny day to oil the panels. Similarly, as in the bedroom, I...
Building the skeleton of the bathroom
The wooden shower was one of my favorite features of my van. The space in the van was very limited, so I always had to move the wooden toilet out of the bathroom cabin before taking a shower. Luckily the...
Mounting pull-out mosquito nets
When working out of my van in warm areas, I either had to close the doors to keep flies and mosquitos out of the van or accept a bunch of insects invading my office while enjoying a fresh breeze. The...
Installing an additional window
A part of the left sidewall wasn’t insulated and provided enough space for a fifth window. The previous owner gave me a window similar to the other ones that he never managed to install. It seemed reasonable to install the...
Building the wardrobe
I built a couple of small storage compartments spread across my van that I used to store my clothes. The cabin of the truck offered much more space than I had in the van, so I decided to built a...
Cladding the bedroom with wood
After renovating the insulation, I started cutting the wall panels out of 4mm birch plywood. It took quite a while until the oil and wax dried in the cold stable. While the oil was drying, I built decorative strips out...
Renovating the insulation
When the temperatures dropped, I shifted my focus on the interior of the truck. The cabin was decently insulated: 6cm of polystyrene covered by a vapor barrier that was meant to prevent warm and damp air from the inside to...