Its been nearly 2 months since the last post and Brad has done sooo much work on the bus. There was a big delay with the duralite delivery and we are still waiting on some things to arrive. In the meantime he has done ran all electrical wires, ran the water pipes, installed the hot water system, lined the walls and roof in the back half of the bus with the duralite wall panels, made the frames for the kids beds and did a fair bit of stuff underneath the bus. Like making spaces for the generator, gas bottles, water tanks, batteries etc. And installing the outdoor kitchen. 

Then the duralite panels arrived and it was full steam ahead

Pretty pleased with her desk

Shower, toilet, basin

 

Kids bunks, our bed, and cupboards, we are still waiting on the hinges so no doors yet;

 

Well heaps has been happening with the bus in the last couple of months. We pulled the windows out which was a huge job, they were sikaflexed in (which is a really really strong adhesive) and it took about 2-3 hours for each window to be removed. Only 1 got broken which was of course done by me! Lucky we had enough time from the first crack to get a sheet to put down and catch all the glass.

Me cleaning off the remaining glass particles - Oops!

Framing the windows

Then Brad sanded and painted the roof with about 6 coats of a product called thermashield, which is supposed to act as a barrier from the sun and reduce the inside temperature of the bus. Hopefully it works! He has also installed the air conditioners (one for travel and one for stationery use), a few vents and the dish for satellite TV.

Yay we have walls!!
Another big thing Brad has installed which I have forgotten to take a photo, is the auto levelling system, which is pretty cool and means we can get the bus level with a press of a button! It is also making it easier for Brad to keep everything level while he is building. We are now waiting on a big shipment of panels and things (very technical I know) from a fabulous company called Duralite. We used these materials with our last bus, it is a really really light weight construction system for motorhome interiors. We recommend talking to these guys if you are looking at renovating a motorhome.
While we are waiting for this to arrive though Brad is busy doing heaps of other stuff in the bus, he is never idle! He has made the frame for the kids bunks, he is currently framing up the bathroom, the solar panels and batteries should be here this week, so much to do... Will add some more pics soon

17 August 2013

And the work finally begins..

Brad is a bit frustrated that he hasn't had time to make much progress on the makeover. At the moment when he is not at work he has the kids, but hopefully that should change in the next couple of weeks and he will have heaps of time.

10 August 2013
Drove to Canowindra to pick up our new bus - a 1994 Mercedes Benz. For the past 10 years it has been a school bus and before that is was a Skybus in Melbourne. The kids are very excited and we can't wait to get it home and start pulling it to pieces!

Some better pics ....

 

Just thought I should add here, this is the 2nd bus we have converted, we sold the 1st one as we still had a 7 day a week business but now that has been sold so we are having another go and we will hopefully be travelling in this one.