Ooh… Don’t know Wtf it was then? Wasn’t a plane, there was no flashing red/green lights and no noise..(cue twilight zone music)
Bums dribble-free thanks 🙂

This stuff makes the hairs on the back my neck stick up, some powerful shit going off there.
This needs watching at the cinema..

Did I see this last night about 9.15ish?
Camping in my van and went out for a tiddle, looked up at the stars as you do, 2 bright lights in the centre and 2 dimmer ones further out. It was huge though, at least 3x the wing span of the jets coming into land at Manchester and they were obviously a lot closer. Cant be that big shirley?

A weeks not long to tick all you boxes. As above, plenty to go at unless you want trail centres, in which case just go to south Wales because they’re all exactly like that 😉

Cheers for the info Mac, I may one day get around to carpeting it, maybe…
Being a decorator an all, I’ve been having thoughts of hanging wallpaper 😀

Todays (pathetic) efforts..

Redid my roof insulation, replaced the nasty rockwool for slighty less nasty polystyrene..

lights sort of wired up..

Need to stop this obsessive van twatificating now and get some riding in… 😮

Wow! you’ve got stuck in, excellent work!

Have you stuck the carpet directly over the bubble wrap on the arches? Is it tight enough? (fnarrr) Was wondering about this on the bare metal, weather it needs insulation or if the carpet alone would be enough to stop condensation?

EDIT: About time we saw some pics Scotroutes. Nice roof lining 8) got any more?

The chicken run along side potato ally is a reasonably swoopy descent. Dips in and out of the main track so best of both really. Look out for it on the right as you start to descend.

Booze, spicy food, excessive tea.
Not for Christ’s sake – his dad gave me an ulcer.

Yes, they’re removable. Mactheknife had one in his, you can see it in his first pics. Didn’t have one in mine so no experience but just bolts I would imagine.
Good luck in your van hunt. You thought about a high roof model? Harder to find but standing room is king (and bikes will hang vertically off back doors for the win 🙂 )

Those latted(is that a word?) beds look quite intricate, measure twice cut once etc
Happy vanicating (definitely a word) 😀

Yay! looking tidy Mac. Got to be a huge relief getting it back and sorted.
Stretchy carpet looks wicked, is it tricky to do?
What’s the plan after the flooring, any units going in?
Re fixings, tech screws is what I used, they’re a drywall screw same as spookys but with a drill bit point, straight in no messing (probably a bit late with that info…)
Any windows going in or you keeping the stealthy look?

Looked like a block to me. Lewis was behind him on his timed lap whilst rosberg had backed off for whatever reason. He stayed on the racing line at a considerably slower speed than ham. Does that not equate to a block?

Rosberg playing dirty again 👿

Superb skills mike D. That bed support is the work of someone with way too much time on their hands. 😀
Keep em coming..

Can’t you tile on existing floor if its in good nick?
Tiles, adhesive and underfloor heating on a backing board shouldn’t let any water through should it?
How wet’s it going to get?

Oops sorry, thought you were referring to the previous post 😳
I’ll get back to my friday bottle… 🙂

That long drag up alongside the main road is horrible too – parallel ruts.

That’d be the snow road along side Woodhead pass. Horrible it is, not Cutgate though.
I was up Cutgate on wed and it is mostly a mess. The section between the slabs and the final descent to Cranberry clough is battered! Needs sorting, get DCC on it. 😉

Sorry Mactheknife, hadn’t realised your van was still with Vauxhall. At least its in while the weathers rubbish – sorted for summer! 8)

I did sleep with windows slightly open but it was a very cold and still night so not a lot of air exchange going off.
Ive got a rotary ventilator to go in which should help (if there’s a breeze)
Other than installing a powered fan I can’t think how I could improve ventilation?
May just take your advise Pictonroad and ignore it 😀

Tollie path? Its a doddle to navigate.
One path, out and back, just follow the telegraph poles..

Cheers chaps 🙂
Did you have to set such a high standard Mike D? I was perfectly happy with my stacking boxes and camping bed before your thread 😉
Felo, combi sinks a smev 911, the narrowest I could find. £150ish from loads of places.
Come on Mac, lets have some more piccies… 🙂

Heard about the fault, it was on Watchdog apparently. Renault and Nissan admitted they were liable but Vauxhall dug their heels in and were only paying for repairs on certain models and vans no more than seven years old I think and then only as a good will gesture 🙄

Anyway,(trying to ignore potential injector woes) my first night out with the new kitchen and pull out bed last night and apart from the chill factor, it all worked rather splendidly 8)

Massive problem with condensation though.
There’s a small exposed strip down the middle of my roof where the lighting will eventually go, the bare metal AND the insulation stuck to the roof was covered in a heavy frost this morning which started to drip out of every joint in my ply lining!..needs completely redoing 🙁
Do it right do it once eh..

Oof, sounds like you’ve had a bit of a mare. What happened with the injectors and how did you get Vauxhall to pay?

Any more progress Mactheknife?

I’ve bitten the bullet and splashed out on shiny things..

carcass built (out of off-cuts)

doors made (out of off-cuts 🙂 )

Aluminium corners scrounged from a skip.
It took more than a few days tbh but I’ve enjoyed it – a labour of love. 😀
what handles for…

Its probably a buggered micro switch jobby. I’ve just replaced mine which did same (vivaro)
Cheap enough on eBay but need to be soldered if you’ve got the skills/feeling brave.
Edit, too slow/what he said ^^

‘Is this the way to I’m a gorilla’ – made perfect sense to my then 5 year old daughter.

Lego movie. Bonkers and/or good? I just don’t know…

Ha! I know what you mean, I’ve spent, (from a self confessed tight arse) a stupid amount on all this interior shizzle considering the van is getting desperate for new shocks and clutch and..etc 😕

Next; over-garage, flip-up double bed 😀

No inverter, don’t think I really need one tbh. Don’t they drink your battery dry in no time?
I’ve got a portable compressor fridge that’ll plug into the lighter socket and a couple of usb charger ports, can’t think of anything else I’ll need…

EDIT; Ignore bump, slow typing and uploading of pics took longer than it did for you to reply – 1 hour!

Interested in the heater battery draw too in you’re about sazter?? Have you connected it direct to battery and what size fuse have you got in there?
I’m considering sticking in a woodburner 😛

I’ve made a ‘bit’ of progress (hope you don’t mind me sticking these up here mactheknife, no hijack intended)

Pull out bed thing;

A lot of effort for a 200mm extension 🙂
The infill bit will be from the back rest that will hook on the er… back rest bit, needs foam obviously 😉

It’s my ‘control panel’;

Aaargh my eye!…needs a smiley mouth and a cupholder hat 🙂

Been looking at switches today, seems the three prongs are for live, neutral(earth) and the third is the earth for the illumination on the switch itself so its permanently lit. If its not marked though?.. a bit of trial and error made be called for 🙂

Early days, I’ll soon spaghettify it when I get the fuse box wired 😀

Any more progress mactheknife?

I manage to successfully install my split charger without any explosions or dead starter batteries/kittens..

Took the cable under the van externally and came in through a convenient hole in the little step behind drivers seat..

its box section so the internal hole in the pic I had to drill, robbed the grommet from next to the starter battery.
Found the clips in BnQ which are perfect for the conduit diameter.Tip – pull the cable through the conduit before threading it in and around your chassis nooks and crannies, its right a bugger to get on!

Thanks to Mike D and Sazter I now ‘need’ a pull out bed
a start…

Mega, mega. They’re the boys, they’re the boys. They don’t mess about, they don’t mess about. FTFY

Nice looking van Mac – stealthy 8)
Its a bit of a ball ache plying the sides of Vivaro’s because they aren’t anywhere near flat, there’s a sticky out bit where the struts cross so you’ll have to batten the rest out to get it flush – a bosh with a stout hammer helps 🙂 This is definitely worth doing if you plan to fit seating or cupboards, it will give you something to screw to.
Have you sussed out the black art of electrickery yet? My battery and split charger ‘thing’ arrived today but, pfff, no idea tbh – looking forward to your in depth, pic heavy post on that one… keep em coming 🙂

Ah I see, thats good enough for me. 🙂
Right, off to ebay then – I’ll no doubt be back in a bit with more stupid questions…

Thanks for the links Sazter, liking that little leccy heater.
I’m not sure if this true of all batteries and I don’t want to worry you but aren’t they supposed to be vented externally because of the gases they give off?

Hiya Sazter, more questions..
Whats the heater you’ve put in? I’m assuming its leccy so how long can you run it on your battery? Oh and what size battery did you get? Ta 🙂

Well this is my effort from yesterday;

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Its a box

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and another box what the first box sits on,
like so..

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The bottom box is fixed, the top box, which will have cooker and gas bottle in it (and a lid and doors), will be movable and sits where it is in the first pic which is on the seat which then becomes the bed.
The idea is to get it out of the way but still usable when in work/day van mode.
Not sure if I’m happy with it though, bit over complicated with a whiff of Heath Robinson about it…I’ll probably never finish it anyway 🙄

Next – overhead locker… 🙂

Sounds interesting stumpy, any pics of your little cubby holes?

Great effort!
Stealth all the way for me too, vans are bloody brilliant! 😀