Tidied up the water supply pipework in the bottom of the cupboard – this is how it looked before – a mess of cold water pipes.The plan is to create a copper manifold and shorten the pipes to fit as necessary and also do a bit of untangling. After: I also added a deeper drawer […]
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Rear box
This project started when we finally got fed up with stopping for tea and a pee and having to unload the toilet of chairs and outdoor stuff so we could use it. I also bought Sandra a sun lounger for Christmas which wouldn’t fit in the toilet anyway. A box was needed at the rear. […]
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New roof light
Permission to install a new sky light in the roof over the bed was granted following looking at some vans at HymerChill. On our return we ordered the best! A Heiki mini 400mm square rooflight. It arrived and after a wait for a couple of dry days we measured, measured, measured measured and cut. The […]
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Dashboard
Lots of people change their dashboard. It is part of the structure of the front of Heidi, spanning between the Fiat chassis bulkhead and dashboard and the bottom of the windscreen. It is a piece of 8mm plywood with soundproofing foam on the back an held in place by bolts and self tapping screws. Mine […]
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Passenger window
The passenger window had to come out. There has been a leak into the passenger side of the van for some time. The source is not obvious. In the past I have resealed all the trim around the window, removed the whole of the front of the roof trim and resealed it, resealed parts of […]
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