Van Conversion Updates: Heater, Windows, & Cabinet Faces | Van Build Series

I'm back in the ATX. My turn, round two. I was a little nervous coming into this one for some reason, but since we got here, gotten a lot of work done. So what we've gotten done so far this trip is we got the heater put in. So that bad boy is right up under the passenger seat. This is the air, this is where the heat's going to come out. So that's a big move there. I didn't film a whole ton about how to do it because I couldn't do it any better than some of the videos that I watched. So we'll link a few of them below in some of the blog posts that we use. It wasn't a painless situation. There was a little hairy spots in there, but it's in. It's all hooked up. It's hooked up to the gas tank, which that part was really easy. So yeah, we haven't tested it yet, but once we get our electronic, other electrical things in, then we can give it a test and I hope it all works. So second big thing that we're working on right now that we're in the middle of is putting in the very back windows. So everything's going smooth with that. We got both of them cut out. So we were using the Colt gun, which I bought the cheapest one of. So we bought the Colt gun and we were putting on the adhesive along the side and the cheap Colt gun, the handle is, it was just bending because that crap is so hard to get out. So we were about halfway putting the bead on there, about half of it on there, and the Colt gun crapped out on us. So we're waiting on my brother-in-law to get here with another Colt gun so we can finish those up before we pack up for tonight. So I'll show you what those look like. They're all cut out right there, ready to go right there. What we also did was water, tested the water here. So we're doing a water test, a leak test for the shower and some of the other line here. So here we go, running water in the shower. So what we're doing is before we button up and close up all the plumbing there for the shower, we wanted to run a water test to see any kind of leaks, things like that. So the water, the pipes from the shower are running through this dresser here up under it. And then down the back here, and we have a water hose connected for the test. So this is from the city water, and so it's 100 pounds of pressure running into these pipes, which is on the high end of water pressure. And so once we have our water hooked in, it'll be around 60 pounds of water pressure. So it won't be this high of pressure, and so if it can pass this test, it should be able to pass the 60 pounds. We got a little leakage going on right here in the shower mixer, but we'll get it figured out. Also, by the way, I was super impressed with all the work that Catherine did last time she was here. The whole structure of the inside of the van is all in. It's so cool. I can't wipe the smile off my face because of it. I keep saying it, but it's becoming more and more real. So man, I'm getting pumped, and I can't wait for the first time we get to sleep in here, and we're out in the middle of nowhere and just enjoying it. So it's going to be fun, and it's been a tough process, but it's moving along. Okay, so it's the end of day two of my second visit here. Got some big stuff done. So we got the heater put in, like I said, and we've got these back windows in. Check them out. I can see myself in them. They look good. So happy with this. Oh, this is going to be so much better to drive with. I can see out the back now. All right, so here's our first project of today. We're making the face of this cabinet here. So we measured and cut out the top, bottom, and left and right sides, and then we use what's called a Kreg jig to make these pocket holes here. So you drill it out, and then you screw in the screw, and all four corners there have that, and pop it in place, and it looks like the face of a cabinet. Okay, so here's our dresser. We've got the face on, and we've got the supports for the drawers. So the tracks of the drawers will go along here, and we've got three drawers going there. So here's the dresser with the face on, and the supports for the drawer tracks on the inside there, and then the butcher block on top that we'll cut down to fit, and stain, and make look real nice. Really pretty. Today was one of those days where all the work we did is minuscule details, so it doesn't look like we got a lot done, but spent hours on all this stuff. So like I showed earlier, we got the face of the cabinet on, and where the supports for the sliders are going to go for the drawers. So that was the first part of today, and then the second part mainly was we got started on the bench seats here. So what we've got going is basically a support system going here for the bench top. Okay, so it's going to sit on that lip there, and the cushions will go on top of that, but you'll be able to lift the bench up right there, set it back down, get to all the goodies that are under there. All right, so we got that going. All right, that's glued and clamped in right now, and then the next time, or soon, we'll get to the other side. Well, that's a wrap on my second trip down here. Very productive three days. Got the heater put in under the passenger seat here, the face of the dresser there with some of the drawers ready to get going in there, and also the back windows, which I'm probably most excited about that because we can see out the back when we're driving now, and then started working on the benches back there. So very productive. I'm very happy with what we got done. Next up, Catherine's coming next week, I think, and then I'm coming a couple of days later, and we'll be tag-teaming the work on Brisket, so that's awesome. Things should get picking up even more. We'll be here for the Memorial Day weekend, and things are starting to come together, so it's awesome and exciting, and we'll see you then.