When we built our first van in 2018, the most controversial thing we did was to not insulate under the van’s subfloor. We still stand by that decision because it was a standard height van, and every inch we could eek out mattered. Choosing not to insulate the floor gave us an extra inch of […]
Van DIY
Cutting Holes in Our Van: The Van Life Diaries 4
Updated on October 15th, 2024The scariest part of a van build has to be holes into the body of the van. It isn’t particularly hard, but the consequences of doing it wrong are VERY high. And on top of that, it happens super early in the build and so you haven’t quite gotten into the […]
Planning and Prepping: The Van Life Diaries 3
Updated on August 22nd, 2024I am a big fan of the planning phase of any project. Prepping? Not so much. Planning is the dreaming and organizing, two things I’m great at. Prepping is just all the little stuff you have to do before you can actually start on any of the fun stuff. It’s tedious […]
We Bought a Broken Van: The Van Life Diaries 2
Updated on May 24th, 2024We bought a van with a broken transmission. Not just shifting a little funky broken, but truly will not go into any gear broken. Was this a good idea? Probably not. Andy and I have done a lot of crazy things over the years and this doesn’t even register in the […]
Van Diesel Heater Install
Updated on September 29th, 2020As summer turned into fall, and quickly to winter here in New Hampshire, we realized that if we wanted to keep using the van in the winter we would need some sort of heater. We wanted to keep using the van, so we started researching options and landed on doing a […]
Planning a Van Conversion
Updated on September 29th, 2020Planning for a van conversion is probably the most important step in the van build process! Like most DIY projects good planning and prep will save you time and money, while not planning leads to headaches and in our house a lot of yelling. We bought our van on September 29th […]