Hi Folks.
Another late start again today, Somehow I am gonna have to sort these out as need full days.
Altho 1/2 days progress is going well, there is still a surmountable things to do to get anywhere near completion!.
So let's just see how today pans out.
Went down town to Wilco's & Halfords for a few small things, that made a larger hole in the bank account, that I thought possible!
But we did buy a few things, I was not expecting to buy just yet, but just to look at!!.
Those that have seen in the back of our transit, we used to have Halfords workshop floor tiles.
These made things a lot easier for me whilst in the back, but not are they nice n soft under bare feet, but they are nice n warm as well, even if the transit itself is on the chilly side.
So when it came to replacing them, as we wanted to brighten things up in the back, and we saw these, we thought they may help my mental/depressive states....
So altho we were only looking, they were on special offer £16.99 each or £25.00 for 2) So I decided to buy 2, as that is probably all we will need, as we will have some of the black ones to reuse, for under the bed, in front of the rear doors, and the rest will be used as secondary insulation glued to the wooden panels etc...
We have brought some more of these brackets, as we have used a few, and although we still had some left, a few more never helps, especially as we have a long way to go....
Altho it is too wet n damp to spray today, but we still needed to buy some masking tape so we can get the area we want to spray, ready for when we have a dry day...
Have removed several job stick it notes from my desktop over the last few days :) :)
I have moved some more towards the middle of the screen, these are jobs to be done this week, if possible.
We have had a nice brew, and it is time to get into the back of the transit and get on with things..
Lynne has got the sugar soap out and is washing the front 1/3rd of the back of the transit.
She cannot do anymore, beside she cannot get to the rest all the leaks need to be sorted 1st!.
I must say, what a fantastic job, she did as well, it's a shame it's all gonna be covered up, but it needed doing so the glue will stick properly.
The water was like disgusting! when she had finished! I was amazed at just how dirty the panelling is...
Now we have just gotta wait till it is dry and then we can lightly sand the washed areas and start to add the insulation :) :)
But that is likely to be a few days away...
Meanwhile I am measuring out were the bathroom will go,
As I have said before, we have not had a chance to look at how the bathroom will come together, so we are taking time now to measure things out and see how it works...
Out comes a length of Timber for the frame upright that will join to the kitchen unit.
Measure the length - longer than I need, as difficult to get accurate measurements.
Not really about the transit,until you think about it!
If it was not for the walking sticks, I would not be able to do what I am doing as quickly or easily..
But they are worn out, so at Wilco's saw some mew ferrules and now they are fitted and I can get on safer now, as before they used to slip all over the place!.
They only cost £1.99 so will be interested to see how long they last..
But for now, it will just make things easier for me, and the specialists won't see me using them..
Meanwhile Lynne has been busy washing the panels down, in the are we are gonna be working in.
we cannot wash all the insides just yet, until all the leaks are sorted and we have the space to be able to get to them.
At the moment, we are only interested in the area were the bathroom will be, but Lynne did so much more and it shows.
The water was absolutely filthy buy the time she had finished.
Now we are just waiting in the surfaces to dry and we will get them sanded ready for insulation.
We finally have the 1st upright cut to length, and it is at this stage we realise just how un-straight every surface is!
What I thought was gonna be and easy wall to build the frame for, is now turning into a much harder project.
So we are forced to sit down and think, remeasure The bathroom area and try moving things about and remeasuring and more thinking..
we turn the porta loo 890 degrees, to see if things would work better that way, and after laying out some framework timber were the walls will go, we noticed that the bathroom, made things a bit tight for moving into /around this area on the van!.
This is gonna take some serious thought, according to the spirit level the upright is straight!
But it certainly does not look straight??
Do I go with the Spirit level, or what looks straight ??
We have turned the porta loo 90 degree's and it has saved us about 2" of valuable walking space from the side door, into the rest of the conversion, But it does mean, we still do not have the room for the planed storage/bench between the bed and side door!
But we keep moving things around and in the end, we decide it is time to get dinner time, so we call it for the day.
Unfortunately Lynne goes back to work tomorrow, which
leaves me to struggle on by myself.
We have discussed whether Lynne can help me after work for 30/45 mins, but a sit's 1st day back, she does not know what time she will be home.
So we will see what happens tomorrow.
As we were eating dinner, there is a knock at the door, with another delivery from Amazon :) :)
Fingers crossed I have enough small drill bits now :) :)
And the 1st solar panels have arrived, these are for the
Windscreen and will be hooked up to the 2nd battery under my seat and 2 more at the front of the van, (location has yet to be sorted), as still deciding on what type of batteries to buy. there are also different physical sizes of batteries, all to be looked at shortly.
In fact after the bathroom is build but before we panel, we will be sorting the electrics and water pipe works, so they can all be hidden.
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