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2012/10/08 By John Leave a Comment

She’s Coming Undone

Deconstruction

Today, we finished taking apart the interior of the bus. The benches, bunk bed, and countertop are all in pieces, and waiting to be moved and stored until they can be re-used. The veggie system is still firmly in place, as are the two captain’s chairs in the front of the bus. That will have to go next, so we can start tearing up the flooring.

The floor of a bus has a few layers (this varies a little model to model): rubber on the top, ~1/2″ plywood under that, and lastly, the metal subfloor. We’re pulling up both the rubber and plywood, and starting from bare metal. This way, we can insulate the floor, and install a high quality floor on top, while not eating into headroom. I’m 6’1″, and the bus is 6’2″ at it’s tallest point right now. I don’t want to go any lower.

When we finished, it was too dark to take any photos, but when we work again on Wednesday, I’ll have a photo showcasing the carnage. The weather this fall has been a bit cooler than I was expecting, and a few dreary rainy days have kept us from getting quite as much work done as I was hoping for. As a result, I’m tweaking my goals, and re-evaluating my expectations. It seems likely that we will finish gutting the interior, and changing the veggie system, but nothing else until the snow starts to thaw.

That is still quite a lot of work in not all that much time. Over the winter I’ll fill out the rest of this website for any aspiring bus-owners. While the resources out there are fantastic, there were still a lot of things I had to figure out the hard way, and I’m going to do my best to address that.

Filed Under: Updates Tagged With: Demolition, Flooring

2012/08/21 By John 3 Comments

What We’re Working Towards

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This magnificent bus was created by some lovely folks in the Pacific Northwest, and has exactly the aesthetic I’m aiming for. One quality I can’t stand in most RV and Skoolie floor-plans is the claustrophobic feeling that comes from narrow walkways and floor to ceiling walls. In an effort to cram as many household conveniences as they possibly can into a small space, they lose any sense of place it may have had. It just becomes a collection of rooms in a box, none large enough to hold their own. That is not for me.

This open layout does accommodate less stuff than traditional RV designs, but in exchange there are breath-taking views each and every direction you look. The full length of windows are open for viewing, which makes the space feel that much larger. And the bus itself can be seen and admired. Though it gives up a fair amount of storage space, all the essentials are there.

I’m not looking to sacrifice much, either. Through careful planning and clever engineering, I’m looking to have a full functioning sink/tub with hot and cold water, a two burner stove, 12V and normal AC house power, a composting toilet, and a woodstove to keep things toasty in the winter months. Ideally, the final layout will be able to sleep six comfortably, and even more less comfortably.

I’ll get into the nitty gritty later, but the above image really helped to focus my thoughts on the project, and it seemed an appropriate note to start on. There are even more pictures of this bus here, though sadly I haven’t been successful in contacting either the creators or the present owners.

Filed Under: Updates Tagged With: Inspiration

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