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Hey Paul, thank you for watching and for your kind comments. They hate each other don't they!... Years of rebuilding Land Rovers taught me a thing or two so lashings of copper grease was used in the assembly and I do often pop up and check all's well. I've become a big fan of Lanoguard so perhaps next summer (year 4) I'll daub some in and around the joints and fixings.

Hi James, thank you for watching and many thanks for your kind comments. I did a similar attachment for out upper cabinets which are 30x30. Rather than use alloy angle I used an angle of ply that I bonded together. This thicker material allowed the hinge to be bolted further back into the cupboard. I'm a bit behind on the vlogs showing this but will hopefully be able to upload something fairly soon. For your 20x20 all you'll perhaps need is a larger spacer. Its always worth a bench test first. Message me on our Facebook page @ MyWay Adventure and I'll send you a picture of what we've done. Best wishes, Paul

Hey Jim, hope your feeling better. I bought 3m lengths and trimmed a little off.

Hey Steve, thank you for watching and thank you for your kind comments. The fixings that fitted the "mushroom" mount on the van I obtained from the States but are now available from Mule vans.... Expsnsive but well worth it for quality and looks. On these I had bent and drilled some stainless angle to fit the mount and bolt direct to the extruded alloy. Alloy angle would have been suit le and perhaps easier to work with.

@@vanlifemyway7806 Yeah, I should have been more specific. I was really asking about the "L" brackets. Guess I'll have to figure out how to bend some steel. I was really hoping they were off the shelf somewhere (or at least off the internet.). Thanks again. I'm starting ordering parts tonight and building as soon as they arrive.

​@@SteveMacDidThisI'd use angle alloy Steve. I bought some lengths of 100x40x5mm recently from alloy store on ebay for a bed support.

I have to keep my filters on.... unlike Nicky!

Hi Andrew and Sally, thanks for watching and thank you for your kind comments. Here's a link. Best wishes, Paul and Nicky. www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08MTDGTLB?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

Thank you for watching and your kind comments. I had my tanks made at GFG Plastics Hull. There has though been some offers on Facebook groups recently for bespoke tank builds that seemed quite competitive which may be worth enquiring about.

😂 Still working a treat and sit comfortably on my dash keeping charged.

Thank you for watching and your kind comments.

Thank you so much for watching and your kind comments. The angle alloy I found in ebay and I was fortunate to have pre-existing holes in the frame of the van with enough access to pen mark the alloy when I aligned in place. This allowed me to drill the alloy and bolt direct to the frame with a rubber break in between. However, enough rivnuts would still support quite well. Best wishes, Paul

Thank you for your comments. Its been 3 years now and 2 winters building and using this van in various states of completion and we still do not have condensation issues having engineered excellent airflow and picking materials that compliment. Please be reassured after many years in business equipping vehicles for overland and expedition use in many climates, I have aquired quite a bit of knowledge and experience.

And here's me thinking I'm speeking Queens English😂 Many thanks for watching and thank you so much for your kind comments which encourages us to keep improving as we go.

Hi, is this Mitchell? I hope you received my message on Facebook.

God forbid we miss "episodes"!

Hi Richard, stick on fablon-great idea. The little macrame curtain does look sweet. When your in bed the overhead compartment was glaring at me and looking a mess😂. The "sink tidy" was a tiny space which we thought was to convenient not too use. It's use is still pending.... Maybe storage for dishwashing equipment or maybe just storage for toothbrush/toothpaste. Thanks for watching it means alot to both of us, Best wishes Nicky.

Thank you so much for watching and thank you for your kind comments. We're hoping our "ducks line up" and we can retire early but not likely to happen in the near future. The build is a little different to the std approach and is performing well and suiting our Vanlifestyle as intended. We're considering another build as we believe there is another way to the "norm". Working to a budget we'd be building from roof down, using very little sound deadening, zero vapour barrier, only walling what you see and flooring where you walk....... What do you think? Thoughts and ideas would be appreciated. Best wishes, Paul and Nicky.

@@vanlifemyway7806 I did see a previous post, may have been FB where you mentioned about another build with Nicky leading the way. Sounds interesting and intriguing as there are I'm sure a lot of us that use our van as campers, day trippers and not full time living accommodation ( which the internet is full of at the present). Never used a vapour barrier on our build as I think it would be impossible to create in a van myself and I believe it much more beneficial to let the van breathe so to speak I maybe wrong 🤷🏻 look forward to seeing what you both come up with.......p.s I do hope all our ducks line up too 🤞🏻

Thank you so much for watching and your kind comments. It's what keeps us wanting to continue to improve.

Thank you buddy. That means a lot.

Hey Richard, the fixings are handy, especially the sprung loaded roll in nuts. The ones that twist into place can be a bit annoying to slide within the channel as more often than not they just untwist and fall out. The spring loaded has been my preferred fixing and ideal for the interior build, however, the nuts you have to pre- load are much "beefyer" and probably better for high load areas like the roof rack.

@@vanlifemyway7806 I am going to use the t-nuts and some 5 hole corner plates I have made to assemble the roof rack frame. (I was hoping the t-nuts were better than I was lead to believe on watching Humble Road videos, but the t-nuts are not as good as I had hoped). However, I am pretty confident this fastening will be up to the job strength-wise, just very fiddly fixings in practice. And not what I had imagined……which means it is better to assemble the roof rack on the ground, not on the roof, doh! My design is to fix the 5hole corner brackets and t-nuts underneath, which double as (some of) the mounts for the solar panels. Downside is it now needs to be assembled prior to attaching to the van roof, ….We have plenty of fork lifts and tractors around! Not ideal, but this is what I have to work with……. My solar panels are about the widest I can fit, that sit flush within the side profile of the van (147cm solar panels) Then I plan to attach to roof rack assembly to the roof with the t-bolts you mention. It started off as a simple project..🧐🤣 I will throw up a couple of photos on your media page

Where there's a will Richard! There can be a bit of adapting here and there. I rarely build to a plan more so adapt as I go along. There's often factors that we overlook and I find the figuring out process a challenge and add that to years of figuring stuff out we can then call experience. Looking forward to seeing some pictures.

Hey buddy, how you doin'? Considering doing the Doblo as an interim. Calling it the Activ for any who follow active pursuits over the weekends. What do you think?

Thank you Christina, how are you doing?

Thank you for watching and getting in touch. I'm struggling along with a Hero 9 which is doing well. I have an Osmo on my wish list which I think will improve things a little. Best wishes, Paul

@@vanlifemyway7806 Tanks for the reply, your hero is definitely living up to its name as I think the video quality on the channel is fantastic. That's my reason for asking what you are using.

It has done well for 3 years especially when I started shooting in 4k. Im looking to make improvements in sound quality and the hero is not great in low light but it's been a great starting point for us.

Hey Neil, many thanks for watching and glad you reached out. There is an obvious bolt at the top of the wing behind that black plastic trim in front of the mirror.... that just pops off. Unduing it and slightly prizing back the upper part of the wing gave me the access I needed to easily find, check and seal those seams. Best wishes, Paul

That'll do the job, thank you for watching and I hope the vlog was of help.

Thanks for watching and thanks for reaching out to us. This is not the most documented problem, rather the scuttle panel leaking causing water to flood the engine and specifically corroded the injectors making them ni impossible to remove. The manufacturer remidied most of these problems with the face-lift from 2013-14. My problem doesn't seem documented which I hope is, therefore, an isolated problem. However, if I have had this problem I expect others may have too. If so it would affect the whole product range. Who knows, perhaps mine was a 4.45pm Friday model and Jean Pierre had overdone the Carte de Jour? Best wishes, Paul

Thank you so much for your kind comments Lynne. It is very much appreciated and helps us realise we're perhaps heading in the right direction. Best wishes, Paul and Nicky.

Thank you Kai for your kind comment, it is very much appreciated. I do hope we can always improve content and make things interesting and perhaps humerous. Best wishes, Paul and Nicky.

I nearly cried for a week Stephen parting with that kind of money for a bit of steelwork.... It did save me a bit of effort and designing though and I must admit, steel prices have gone through the roof of late. The cost I could perhaps let them get away with considering research, fabrication, supply and demand but the packaging and finishing was "shoddy" for the money. I'm having a kidney removed for the ladder next.....we'll see how that goes.

Amen to that my friend, you did an amazing job 😆 Good luck with the kidney removal.

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Thank you Kelly and thank you for watching.

Hey Alex and Frankie thank you for watching and thank you for your kind comments. You've kept Nicky and I entertained with your travels for years, giving us the incentive to make that leap towards a better balance in life. "Where's Paco?" always gets Arreau up and running to the tele! Wishing you and your new family the very best of wishes, safe travels. Paul and Nicky. PS. Love the skillet bread.

Thanks again for watching Richard and your kind comments.

Hey Chris, thanks for watching and reaching out. Stick a camera in front of me and much can "go to sh1t". Its an L3H2. Which is suiting our needs a treat. We've built the van around our Vanlifestyle opposed to building a van and hoping it all fits and still find it nimble enough for easy parking.

Build a van on the road series? What do you recon?

😂 Still struggling to retire buddy. X

Hi Rafal, thank you for watching and thank you so much for your kind comments. We've yet to have the final weigh in and I'm hopeful we'll be well underweight. The extruded alloy is no lighter than equivalent wood but it has allowed us to use differing building methods which have omitted many materials. That been said, the additional water tank and the "Mistral" work surface we wanted may not help. Won't be long now as we're very nearing completion. Best wishes, Paul

Hello Paul. I have started to build my own van. However, I am building from 30x30mm aluminium. Have you weighted your van already? I've seen some other builders achieving 2850-2900kg. I am wodndering about your. All the best.

Thank you for watching Lian and many thanks for your kind comments. Best wishes, Paul and Nic

Thank you so much for watching and your kind comments. PS. Its also a big NO from me.

😂 Been well overdue this one as I pretty much didn't know how to approach it! I love this stuff and what it's allowed us to achieve but can't "Diss" any other approach to a build. KJN offered a great service and was very consistent with good quality products. Something I should have mentioned is that a great justification for us for the expense was we did the whole build for the price of the roof rack we could have ordered... and ended up with a better rack. Hoping to retire from our other lives to quite some time travelling in this van so it had to be right and future proof. Keep in touch and let us know how things are going. Best wishes, Paul and Nic

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I know you've been waiting Richard. This vlog took a lot of thinking, planning and executing so sorry for the wait. Talking about weight, comparing size, the alloy is heavier than wood but I dare say you can use a hell of a lot less. With hindsight, 30x30 section would have been plenty strong enough for all my units. I think you will be within budget. The fixings you'll find are the greatest expense however, I did happen upon some Chinese internal conceiled fixings at a fraction of the cost which I've used on a few "lighter duty" areas, which appear to be working well. Don't skimp on the angle brackets though, the real things are a much more secure fit. Send us some pictures as you go. Paul

@@vanlifemyway7806 I’m following Our Thriving Life channel, he uses 8020, and they also do freeze dried food ( but I don’t mind their ads as it’s their own product, and very short ads. I find Jeff a bit more digestible, and I like his video production. Jeff has built about as many vans as Humble Road.

Thanks for watching Jon and for your kind comments. Let us know your channel and we'll give you a look and a like. Paul

That's great news Rob, so glad you like the vlogs and are finding them useful. Don't hesitate to get in touch, you can also find us on Facebook at MyWay Adventure. If you can help us out by reccomending us to others, we'd be most grateful. Best wishes, Paul and Nicky

thanks Paul. I'll add you on FB and drop you a message!

Thanks for watching and getting in touch. "Copper grease" I love the stuff - after years of old Land Rover restorations. Next time, as you can guarantee there'll be a next time, it will come off!

Probably more work involved than just "buy and fit" which is perhaps what most people want. I suppose because of all the wheel variations and preferences of coatings "kit form" is perhaps the best option.

Absolutely KGB. Saved so much on buying a dedicated "expedition" style rack and owning a Patriot rack, a Funtrunner rack and a Flat Dog rack, it equals any of them. Thanks for watching. Pa