Build the Bus
 
 
The last major “show stopper” before the trip is plumbing. I was going to work on plumbing, but my cousin Jimmy who was going to help had to delay, then postpone. So, we buttoned up a million other projects and got a lot closer all the way around.
Getting there
Eric P helped today
The Haynies and Brandi painted the doors
Shakin’ paint
Keith’s task was the battery compartment door. He did a great job!
We had the last bunk wall to do
FIVE COATS of paint (two spray primer, three roller)
Still fighting the bolts
Cameron working on some electrical
Niece Abby helps run the saau
You got it!
Cameron cuts out the hole for the remote starter
Covering the fuse boxes
Eric still on that dreaded wall
Keith making great progress on the rubber hinge
Kelli’s in the barn finishing the bunk curtains
Chloe came to supervise
Cameron and Karl plan plumbing
more paint
Eric has to leave but he’s getting this wall done!
Kelli is still working on the curtains
Brandi overseeing the door painting
The generator controller mounted.
The bathroom is the central wiring location
both fuse boxes ready
Covering junction boxes (without a basement, you use a lot of junctions
Trim
Trim
ok that did=n’t work- SAND THEM!
That works
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Cutting the last “brown”
Watch and learn
Kelli, the energizer bunny
Brandi preparing the bunk for the door to not him hh
Six access panels in the bathroom
Two furesboxes in the bathroom
Cameron takes a nail gun apart to unstick it
Jacob sands the backsplash
One last look at the foam-insulated wall before v
Installing the final bunk light
Delicate microscopic wiring
DONE!
Ok, What’s next
Chiselling room for the rope light!
Now THAT works!
Trimming the wall
Ready for painting
Ready for painting
View from outside
We’re getting there.
It’s 3:30 and Kelli is STILL working on the curtains
sewing
sewing
sewing
And it looks GREAT!
Great job, Kelli!