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Van preparation: Treating surface rust

Last Updated on April 9, 2018 By Tom Leave a Comment

Rust is just a part of vanlife, if you’ve bought or are considering buying an old van, there will likely be surface rust in some places. This could be in places where the paint cracked or chipped off, near the gutters, inside doors and other areas where water has gathered and not drained. Surface rust […]

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Van preparation: Stripping out your van

Last Updated on April 4, 2020 By Tom 2 Comments

Most likely, the first thing you’ll be doing in your DIY camper conversion is stripping out various fixtures and fittings from your van. Whether you’ve bought a panel van, minibus, Luton van, or any other vehicle, there will be trim, fittings and possibly seats to be removed before you start your van conversion. After stripping […]

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Planning a campervan conversion: the essentials

Last Updated on June 1, 2020 By Tom 4 Comments

Planning a camper van conversion

Planning a campervan conversion project is an exciting process, and it’s only natural to get a little carried away thinking about all the cool things you could put in your own DIY campervan. However, there’s actually very few essentials that you need in a camper. In this guide we’ll show you the bare essentials you’ll need […]

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Soundproofing my camper van

Last Updated on April 4, 2020 By Tom 6 Comments

Converting a van into a comfortable home on wheels can be a challenge. Vans weren’t essentially built to become campers, so there is a great deal details that needs to go into a camper conversion project. One of these is soundproofing. To understand what is needed to soundproof a camper, first you’ll need to know what […]

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12v laptop car charger – powering my laptop without an inverter

Last Updated on July 9, 2020 By Tom 19 Comments

I use my laptop a lot, for work, editing photos, internet and most often for producing music. For this reason, I need a reliable laptop charger in my van. Something I can use daily that doesn’t kill the van’s leisure batteries. I also wanted a laptop charger that runs without the use of my inverter, […]

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Camper van elasticated storage nets

Last Updated on April 4, 2020 By Tom 1 Comment

Storage nets above the bed

Fitting Elasticated Storage Nets To My Camper Van One of the challenges of living in a van is storage space; you seem to always need more storage, and spend your time playing Tetris with your belongings – using every available gap to store something. Having lived in my self built camper for 6 months, I […]

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3 way camper van fridge

Last Updated on April 4, 2020 By Tom 9 Comments

Finding the right camper van fridge So I’ve spent quite some time researching before I decided on the right camper van fridge for my DIY campervan build. I had a set of criteria that I wanted, and the fridge I chose fit all these. Not to mention that it looks super hot! The criteria I was […]

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12V LED camper van lighting

Last Updated on May 19, 2020 By Tom 6 Comments

Planning my camper van lighting set-up Since I started to plan my van conversion, I put a good amount of thought into interior lighting. I have a solar panel on the roof and 2 leisure batteries, so energy supply shouldn’t be a problem, but I still wanted to preserve energy wherever possible, so I decided […]

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Van preparation: Treating surface rust

Van preparation: Stripping out your van

Planning a camper van conversion

Planning a campervan conversion: the essentials

Soundproofing my camper van

12v laptop car charger – powering my laptop without an inverter

Storage nets above the bed

Camper van elasticated storage nets

3 way camper van fridge

12V LED camper van lighting

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