Follow Our Progress

Stripping & Disassembly

• August 9th (seats)
• August 10th (vents & raised flooring)
• August 30th (luggage rack & raised flooring)
• August 31st (raised flooring & side panels)
• September 1st (raised flooring & center isle)
• September 2nd (raised flooring, vents & luggage rack)
• September 3rd (side panels & raised flooring)
• September 5th (sub floor repair & cleaning)
• September 10th (trailer disassembly - appliances)
• September 14th (trailer disassembly - awning & misc. fixtures)
• September 25th (trailer disassembly - cabinets, drawers & doors)
• September 29th (window seal removal)
• October 13th (rear bus disassembly - looking for leak)
• October 20th (removing vinyl strips)
• November 6th (window removal/repair)
• November 19th (raised flooring & electrical panel)

Planning & Playing

• September 4th (chalking layout & cardboard mock up)
• September 8th (insulation board floor plan mock up)
• September 13th (appliances & layout)
• September 17th (appliances, shower, toilet and layout)
• September 20th (moving walls around - short discussion)
• September 27th (a sleep over party at the bus)
• October 28th (planning for wood burning stove - image mock up)

Insulation

• September 8th (side walls)
• September 9th (side walls)
• September 15th (ceiling)
• September 22nd (covering windows)
• October 1st (side walls)
• October 9th (back - over engine)
• October 21st (interior walls)
• October 23rd (back - in front of engine)
• November 26th (covering back window)
• November 27th (interior wall)
• November 30th ("D" windows)
• December 3rd (interior wall)
• December 21st (insulation)

General Construction

• September 12th (interior walls)
• September 18th (covering windows)
• September 20th (re-designing interior walls)
• September 23rd (paneling side walls)
• September 26th (paneling, sliding panel door installation & window tinting)
• September 28th (paneling - very brief)
• September 29th (paneling side walls)
• September 30th (paneling side walls)
• October 1st (paneling side walls)
• October 2nd (vent repair)
• October 3rd (paneling side walls)
• October 5th (interior walls)
• October 10th (covering engine area)
• October 13th (bed construction)
• October 17th (bed construction)
• October 23rd (bed/table construction)
• October 24th (bathroom wall & cabinet)
• October 27th (bathroom cabinet)
• November 6th (covering window, window removal/repair)
• November 8th (wall paneling, wood stove platform & installation)
• November 10th (painting & refrigerator enclosure)
• November 11th (refrigerator access panel/vent)
• November 12th (water heater installation)
• November 24th (interior wall paneling)
• November 25th (blacking out back window)
• November 26th ("D" window installation)
• November 27th (paneling)
• November 30th (paneling over "D" windows & couch construction)
• December 2nd (couch & bathroom counter construction)
• December 4th (refrigerator cabinet)
• December 5th (kitchen counter)
• December 8th (kitchen counter)
• December 10th (kitchen cabinet)
• December 11th (kitchen cabinet)
• December 15th (window tinting)
• December 17th (window tinting/cleaning)
• December 23rd (storage bay construction)

Electrical

• October 6th (plugs and switches)
• October 7th (main panel & testing)
• October 9th (lighting)
• October 11th (discussion)
• October 17th (re-wiring)
• October 20th (main panel, conduit & more lighting)
• October 21st (minor lighting)
• October 24th (lighting)
• November 14th (breaker panel supply line)
• November 20th (minor switch and plug boxes)
• November 21st (switch & plugs)
• November 26th (cable, DC wiring & phone - minor)

Heating & Air Conditioning

• October 2nd (vent repair)
• October 28th (wood burning stove)
• November 2nd (LP gas tanks & regulator)
• November 5th (LP gas tank hook up & heater installation)
• November 8th (wood stove installation)
• November 9th (vent installation)
• November 11th (wood stove pipe)
• November 21st (vent installation)
• December 10th (stove pipe & heater removal)
• December 13th (LP gas hook up to stove)

Plumbing

• September 18th (removing water storage tanks from trailer)
• September 19th (black water tank - very short discussion)
• September 24th (installing black water tank and toilet)
• September 28th (temporary toilet water supply)
• November 12th (water heater installation & supply & drain line plumbing)
• November 13th (supply & drain lines)
• November 14th (water supply line)
• November 20th (black water tank drain)
• November 21st (storage tank vents)
• November 24th (drain connection)
• December 2nd (bathroom sink installation)
• December 3rd (water heater removal & installation)
• December 15th (washing machine hookups)

Gas

• November 2nd (LP gas tanks & regulator)
• November 5th (LP gas tank hook up & heater installation)
• November 14th (water heater supply line)
• December 3rd (water heater)
• December 10th (new LP gas tanks & regulator)

Engine

• November 24th (diesel run away)

Painting

• November 29th (priming interior)
• December 2nd (priming interior)
• December 7th (painting interior)

Resources

• September 11th ("Bus Converters Bible" - opinion)
• September 13th (Dometic refrigerator venting)