Ed Poore Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 57 minutes ago, miketomcat said: Not with current fuel prices, don't forget the ibex is my sensible car. Mike You're realise you're talking to someone who's sensible car is a toss up between a very similar vehicle in the Defender or a 4.4 litre twin turbo V8 Range Rover. Admittedly the bigger engine in the Range Rover is more economical can be more economical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miketomcat Posted May 27, 2023 Author Share Posted May 27, 2023 Door out today, it was a case of cutting then breaking the seal around the frame. As with most of the box it's only glued in so it was relatively straight forward. Out Once it was out I could work out the new position. This is where it went side ways the internal layout means there's a specific measurement of where the door has to go. Two things have messed with this first I had to make the wheelarch fatter because it was to deep and narrow to get in there to lay it up. Second we've been caught out with some of the wall thicknesses, the roof for instance is only 25mm. Likewise the front is 77mm not the 56mm we thought. So the layout has had to change again because to meet the measurement it shoved the door up by 100mm in order to clear the wheelarch. Layout changed (back to one of the original designs) meant the door can go forward 70mm allowing it to return to the same height it was at originally. His and hers doors anyone? Mike 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post miketomcat Posted May 27, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 27, 2023 The cut out is to be used to fill the hole. I'd love to say it just fell in there perfect....it didn't. A light trim and in it goes. Due to the proximity of the wheelarch we needed the door to open the other way. Easy fix just turn the frame and door upsidedown and glue it in. Tomorrow in need to glass the joint on the in fill. Mike 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wytze Posted May 27, 2023 Share Posted May 27, 2023 51 minutes ago, miketomcat said: The cut out is to be used to fill the hole. I'd love to say it just fell in there perfect....it didn't. A light trim and in it goes. Due to the proximity of the wheelarch we needed the door to open the other way. Easy fix just turn the frame and door upsidedown and glue it in. Tomorrow in need to glass the joint on the in fill. Mike Would pick a light trim over a huge gap. Is the door wide enough to get all your material in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miketomcat Posted May 27, 2023 Author Share Posted May 27, 2023 17 minutes ago, Wytze said: Would pick a light trim over a huge gap. Is the door wide enough to get all your material in? I can cover monumental gaps with fibreglass. I'm working on the theory it has to go through the door. That way it can come out through the door to. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wytze Posted May 27, 2023 Share Posted May 27, 2023 56 minutes ago, miketomcat said: I can cover monumental gaps with fibreglass. I'm working on the theory it has to go through the door. That way it can come out through the door to. Mike I can believe that, on my mind it's welding that would like a small gap.. I ones took a big old closet upstairs , after that i changed the layout off the hall....The closet would not come not down that way again😁 If you can build it all inside it's good... The door looks a little narrow, that's why😃 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miketomcat Posted May 27, 2023 Author Share Posted May 27, 2023 The door is 500mm wide which is similar to standard caravan so I'm not worried. Most of the panels that need to go in are only 1m wide and only 3 are 2m long. Mike 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted May 27, 2023 Share Posted May 27, 2023 On 5/24/2023 at 12:21 PM, Ed Poore said: Any piccies? - I might be interested in some too Isn't that excuse enough? Depends on how urgently you need them but @Retroanaconda is heading south towards mine in early July so perhaps he can be convinced. I'm sure my sister will be back and forth a bit as my parent's lab is due to drop some puppies tomorrow and my sister is having one. Also have a mate back and forth often but unreliably between me and Guildford. Unless there's someone coming down to Summer Sisters from that direction? i'll take some pics tomorrow 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miketomcat Posted May 29, 2023 Author Share Posted May 29, 2023 Sunday's plan went out the window as I've picked up a cold and felt rough. Today though I felt much better so onwards. After consulting the boss as to where the shower and lobby will be this allowed me to position the roof hatches. My eldest loved cleaning the roof, apparently the view is good. Once clean I could mark out the positions. Small hole drilled I was able to jigsaw the hole out. X2 the roof is only 27mm thick but even sat in direct sunlight all weekend it's still cool inside. Both hatches screwed down on Saba. With just two hatches it's surprisingly light inside now. Mike 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miketomcat Posted May 29, 2023 Author Share Posted May 29, 2023 Also I managed to get the door liner refitted, this is the part the door seals on. Unfortunately it does reduce the width of the door a bit but it's still big enough. As the temperature dropped this afternoon I was able to glass up the original door position. I also sorted all the other holes in the outside of the box. Meanwhile the wife's been on CAD drawing up the kitchen area and various other bits for me to make, I'm not sure I dare look. Mike 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wytze Posted May 29, 2023 Share Posted May 29, 2023 11 minutes ago, miketomcat said: Also I managed to get the door liner refitted, this is the part the door seals on. Unfortunately it does reduce the width of the door a bit but it's still big enough. As the temperature dropped this afternoon I was able to glass up the original door position. I also sorted all the other holes in the outside of the box. Meanwhile the wife's been on CAD drawing up the kitchen area and various other bits for me to make, I'm not sure I dare look. Mike Just have a look... it's better to know then to fear😁 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 17 hours ago, miketomcat said: My eldest loved cleaning the roof, apparently the view is good. Maybe you should install a sky lounge? https://www.theautopian.com/the-gargantuan-2-1-million-pangea-sky-lounge-is-an-incredible-two-story-camper/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miketomcat Posted May 30, 2023 Author Share Posted May 30, 2023 2 minutes ago, FridgeFreezer said: Maybe you should install a sky lounge? https://www.theautopian.com/the-gargantuan-2-1-million-pangea-sky-lounge-is-an-incredible-two-story-camper/ Don't you think I've got enough to do, as it is I made the mistake of looking at what she'd be drawing. Ignorance is definitely bliss. Mike 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elbekko Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 12 minutes ago, miketomcat said: Don't you think I've got enough to do, as it is I made the mistake of looking at what she'd be drawing. Ignorance is definitely bliss. Mike "But wouldn't it look great with little pockets in the walls here and there?" Probably shouldn't give her any ideas... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miketomcat Posted May 30, 2023 Author Share Posted May 30, 2023 I've already been told I've got to remove 25mm of insulation off of one area because she doesn't want a step in the wall. It's where the insulation was increased for the freezer section, the other side is ok as it's where the door was so the infill is only 56mm anyway. The pull out kitchen is going to be a 2m tray that I've got to sort runners for.......... Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSD Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 4 hours ago, FridgeFreezer said: Maybe you should install a sky lounge? https://www.theautopian.com/the-gargantuan-2-1-million-pangea-sky-lounge-is-an-incredible-two-story-camper/ On a slightly more down to earth budget, I thought this guy had the right idea ... https://www.insider.com/diy-renovation-tiny-home-pilot-airplane-truck-before-after-photos-2023-4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 Sadly only two windows are useable by the look as a branch had dropped on the others Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miketomcat Posted May 30, 2023 Author Share Posted May 30, 2023 Thank you for the photos, due to the thickness of our walls that style of window won't work very well so eds more than welcome. Mike 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 no probs and free to anyone who can use them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 5 hours ago, TSD said: On a slightly more down to earth budget, I thought this guy had the right idea ... https://www.insider.com/diy-renovation-tiny-home-pilot-airplane-truck-before-after-photos-2023-4 I was with him until he started nailing big heavy lumps of wood to everything - seems to be a modern trend among the US crowd. The again it's the same lot who'll fit a real granite worktop in their camper so it can decapitate them at the first emergency stop... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSD Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 The original pic I saw of this, it was parked at the fence at some race meet or similar, with them all sat out on the deck, in the sunshine, 10ft above the crowds. That part seemed like a genius use of a cheap truck. I kind of assumed the fit out and write-up would be drivel (because most of them are) and so I didn't bother to read it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Poore Posted May 31, 2023 Share Posted May 31, 2023 On 5/30/2023 at 2:05 PM, miketomcat said: The pull out kitchen is going to be a 2m tray that I've got to sort runners for.......... Perhaps not 2m long but I've got a load of 19" server rails that are stupidly strong, work chucked them in a skip so they quickly moved to the back of the Defender. Some of them I seem to remember were rated in excess of 250kg but not quite 2m. There are a few threads on expedition portal about DIY drawer runners, the most versatile seem to be just using a piece of Ali angle and bolt some roller skate wheels to them, possibly either with other bearings underneath to jam a flat bar / opposite sided angle or just some HDPE skids underneath. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miketomcat Posted May 31, 2023 Author Share Posted May 31, 2023 I've got so long runners but I doubt they're long or strong enough but I figured bearings and aluminium box section as I seam to have a lot of that at the moment. Mike 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post miketomcat Posted June 4, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 4, 2023 This weekend I've been mostly sanding. Sanding the fibreglass repairs, filling the repairs and sanding some more. Then not content with that the boss told me I needed to remove the step in the wall. So out with the multi tool, I managed to peel the inner fibreglass skin off and remove around 20mm of insulation which of coarse needed sanding. I then glued the skin back in place. Finally while I had the multi tool out I've cut the rivets holding the roller shutter door tracks on. Mike 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post miketomcat Posted June 10, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 10, 2023 And some more sanding. But got the wife involved today. Honest I was sanding too. Then for some...... Paint. Mike 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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