Caravan Renovation - Its time for colour!! Bertha starts to take shape!
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- The time has come!! Its time to add some colour to our beloved Bertha!! Let us know what you think!
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Keep us up to date about those gas bottles good/bad?? Review 6 or 12 months
Will do
Keep up the great job love these videos so informative
I'm blown away by the effort you are making on this reno. Epic stuff. The green looks very stylish. Congratulations again on the progress. I'd feel heaps less anguish watching you work if you wore clear safety specs when using power tools. Eyes are super precious!
Thanks! Definitely do put the clear specs on when cutting/ grinding!
Loving these colour choices guys! Love the floor too… it will look fabulous!!
Thanks!
The colour is actually stunning!! Not something I’d have picked myself but seeing it come together it just looks beautiful
Thank you! 😄
I know I've said it before but you guys come into your own working on the van - you are doing a great job. The bigger Dometic compressor fridge will be great.
Thanks mate! We are really enjoying it!
Man, watching you guys work on this caravan brings back memories to when our family renovated our little 13 footer. Buying a new caravan is great and convenient but working on an older caravan basically from the ground up makes it so much more special. The build is looking amazing so far and can’t wait to see her finished. P.S You did a great job with choosing the green colouring Erin, it looks amazing 😉
Thank you so much! I think it makes it a little bit more special when you can stand back and say we did that!
I've been hanging for your vid today and it didn't disappoint. Alex in the tunnel boot made me lol, hilarious! Love the colours too.
😂 it was a tight squeeze!
Thank you!!
Absolutely love the green, it really pops. You are doing an amazing job, can't wait to see the finished project 😘
Thanks so much! 🙌🏼
as for the fridge but the new one is $2700 . re the hitch i believe the set up of breaks is the answer i spend 15 minuits down the road trying and retying the brakes until you can't feel a difference in car or van braking and then there is no trouble dirt of bituminum
Love that green. Already the van looks so different. I'm glad you kept the floor too. 🙂
Thank you!
Someone's going to get burnt with the height of that microwave...hope not but just an observation
Yes it is high but was very limited in where it could go, just have to be super careful!
@@nowornever_aus hey guys just so you know you guys are a great watch, been following you with my wife from the beginning, van looks awesome too
Thank you so much! 😁
Is all starting to come together so well done.
Certainly has changed the appearance of the inside and it’s looking 👀 great.
Thank you!!
Love sundays! Just so I can catch up with your van progress
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Noooooooo…….you finished too quickly!!! I’m enthralled by this process ❤great DIY video. Loving what you are doing. Can’t wait for the next one 👍🏻
PS you looked like you needed the chiro after you unfolded yrself from the tunnel boot🤣
😂😂😂 we have so enjoyed the process of renovating! But can’t wait to show you the final result!
Been renovating a 1968 Hillebrand Panther made in Adelaide. The same sealer was used in that van. Messy stuff but probably cutting edge back then.
Horrible stuff to clean off isn’t it?!
The floor is great, looks like genuine parquetry. Glad you arnt replacing it. At the end if the day, save your money. I will never have 2 pack gloss at home or in the van again. Shows up every fingerprint. The white is so refreshing and the green/khaki will look good once the van is finished. Tarpogy is much more accurate. Easy to install. Can bluetooth to phone. We fitted it as an after-market as the BMPro was so inaccurate. Love the Sirocco fans. We have individual fans above the bed. Best decision ever. You will love the front loader washer. So convenient for washing socks, jocks, t-shirts. Dont put the stick on tile look please😢
We are glad we kept the floor, we like how it fits with everything else ☺️ and that we saved the money!
Funny, our last motorhome was called Bertha after my Nana. We now have a 12m housetruck called Beast 🙂
Wow!
Alex, you really have to learn to put the silicone on BEFORE you screw things together 🤣🤣🤣
😂
Thanks Alex, I thought I better check my anode rod on my 2008 van before we head of, low and behold there wasn't much left of it. Have ordered a new one, so thanks for giving us the heads up to check ours.
Glad it helped you!!
Guess you have an idea of what being born in like now getting out that boot space 😁
Here n UK we call the flooring pattern herringbone, it's fake parkay and the vinyl is great stuff, especially when laid like yours is, under unit's. It always moves if you try to replace.
As for the colour ain't a fan of green anyway however, I think judgement has to be reserved until it's finish and kitted out. Comin on great tho' 👍
Haha yep I have been re-born!! 😂
Thanks so much!
Fantastic work. Love the colour scheme. Very classy! Hanging out for the finished reveal.😊
Cheers!!
You are doing so well, it’s looking amazing. I really like the floor 😊. Looks like a lot of hard work but are you enjoying the process?
We are loving it!
Totally enjoyable and informative to watch. I think the floor will hide a lot of sins especially travelling with your pup, plus there are things called mats to change up the look 😂
Thank you! And yes so true, a few mats and you hardly see the floor!
Love love love the green!!! Was wanting a deeper green for our caravan bottom cupboards, was told they do not do that color, nobody does green, why would you do green. May just send them your vlog to say, look, green is in!! The amount of money our van is costing I cannot even have the color scheme I want, not happy.
You should be able to have whatever colour you want!
Nice tunnel boot manoeuvre but,
Not sure about the green...but it's about what you guys like...nice work.
Thanks!
I *personally* love the green. My wife likes shades of blue. Naturally our cabinetry is blue.
We love it too!
Hi Mate. Wondering what product you are using to seal things up to make them waterproof? Thanks
We used Bostik V4 sealant 👍🏼
My wife and I love the colour scheme! We are currently in the process of renovating or own van. What are the colour name and brand of the paint you used?
Well done, it looks awesome.
Sorry for the slow reply! Had to chase up the names of the colours, the green is wilderness colourbond and the white is natural white both in Dulux Aquanamel paint 👍🏼
Hi, very interested in details for the dust suppression system from Mountain Air as I was just about to pull the trigger on a Carafan. Can you provide the link for them please.
Sure can!
www.cgearmats.com/product/dust-suppression/74?cs=true&cst=custom
If you have any troubles with that link shoot us an email now_or_never@outlook.com.au
😂😅😂 I've got the same tile as well.
Stop copying me 😂😂😂.
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Good progress, you have achieved a lot so far. With the compressor fridge are you concerned about the noise of the compressor running at night? Does it run on 240 volts as well as 12 volts? I am not a fan of the three way fridges due to the high current draw if running on 12 volts and so you need to use gas when free camping but just had a reservation about the noise from the compressor.
Thank you! No not concerned about the noise, they are relatively quite from our experience
I saw your first vid today im catching up. All I can say is wow what a wonderful job your lounge looks so comfy.
🙌🏼 cheers!
LOOKING GOOD. Bravo from Victoria Australia
Thanks 🙌🏼
We did stick on subway titles in our outdoor kitchen on our hybrid camper. Brought them from online at the time. They look great and we have had no issues with them at all.
Oh that’s good to know!
I do like it and I said before you chose it that I thought you would go for that colour. I must have ESP
You must!
Thats Mastic Sealant it never drys non-hardening sealant remains permanently flexible
Ah ok, thanks for the info!
Think white and marine blue would look better
The white definitely lightens up the van will look good at night
Thanks!
well done guys we did the splash back with the hexagon design from Kmart and what a difference it makes cheers and all the best look forward to the next Vid
Thanks!
Those gas bottles interest me. Will have a look and see if they will fit my 4.5 kg brackets.
They are great! We now have a discount code “NOWORNEVER” if you end up purchasing to save some $$
Coming along nice guys the van looking great , to buy an older quality built van or ya already got one then to improve it to ya taste has to be heaps cheaper than getting a new van built to ya liking, , if ya happy with the lay out of ya older van then renovate it must be cheaper than spending 150k on a new one i hope
Definitely! Thanks!
how did you change your water tanks system to get full 95 litres
We haven’t been able to unfortunately!
Will be redoing the whole plumbing system soon 👍🏻
Awesome work guys, all that hard work is paying off. Love the colour. Is different to anything else out there and works really well with the floor. Cant wait to see all the doors etc go back on.
Thank you mate!!
Looks great, I totally get it about the green, but it looks like it's going to work really well. Love those Kmart tiles for the splashback 😉
Fingers crossed! Thanks!
Ha you've done amazing job and I really like the colour
Thank you!
The bluetak stuff will be butyl tape, most the old vans have it everywhere.
Ah ok, thanks for the info!
smart move mate. i fitted gas instainious hot water. the curved roof is a pain in a lit of ways. i am to old or i would build a new van on the new square shape.
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I would of gone a bit more light sage green. But I think it looks heaps better than before ❤
Thank you!
Nice to see it coming together, we used stick tiles for our van too, they've held up really good and a lot lighter then normal tiles. Can't wait to see the end result 👍
Thank you! Good to know your tiles worked well!!
Once had a van with timber frame never again
Why didn't you just get the extension lead for the topergee
Didn’t have time to wait for one to be delivered unfortunately
remember the guy has the last say 'YES DEAR"
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Did anyone else notice the caravan giving birth to that man. 😂
😂😂😂
Where’s the link for Mountain Air ds
In the video description,
I’ll chuck one below though!
www.cgearmats.com/product/dust-suppression/74?cs=true&cst=custom
Doing a great job mate but I’m starting to think $37k was a little high?
My wife loves the green cupboards but I hate it. Sorry. I would have gone with antique white USA on the cupboards.
If we had of known about the damage we definitely wouldn’t have paid the $37, market is forever changing with 2nd hand vans and at the time of purchasing it was on the lower end of the price scale 👍🏼
@@nowornever_aus the green cupboards are growing on me…hehe.
I’ve seen a whole range of newer and older caravans hit the market in the past 2 months.
Pay $120k for a caravan, do a lap and then sell up for $120k a year latter.
I think though some of the crazy prices for older secondhand vans is coming down.
@biglap.australia haha yes I (Alex) wasn’t sold on the green either until I saw it all come together!
I love the green colour. It’s looking great guys.
Thank you!
Wow. Stunning. Well done great colour choices
Thank you very much!
The floor is a no brainer
Awesome 👌 Beautiful legends 😊
Nicely done ✔️ 👏 Greetings and cheers 🍻 mate from south africa 🇿🇦
Thank you mate!
The floor reminds me of a New York apartment, I love it!!
02:20 what a genuine effort!
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Looking good and educational 😊. Enjoying watching your progress. Travel Safe and Enjoy 👍🏼🇦🇺
Thank you!
Great vid guys 🤙🏿
Cheers!
You're doing an awesome job!!! 🙂 No use asking my opinion on colours as I thought your white primer and the blue plastic on the floor worked well together. LOL 🤪 Can't wait to see the final product. 😎
Haha, might have been on to something with those colours hey?!
Loving the Reno guys. Your very handy. Can’t wait to see the solar, charging, battery system. We have the same fridge and it’s great but does use a fair amount of battery. Keep the videos coming. It looks awesome.
Thank you! Make sure you check out the video on the battery system if you haven’t seen it yet!
We do like the colours.
Hope you utilised the space behind the washing machine
Love your work
Cheers
Johnny&Rene
Thank you! The washing machine ended up taking up most of the space!
Mate one of the best videos,👍
Thank you mate!!
Enjoying your van build. Thanks for the videos. I like the white .
Thanks mate!
Amazing transformation 😍
Love, love the green😍😍
Although green is my favourite colour 😜
Thank you! Glad you like it!
Nice work...loved seeing Alex fitting into the under bed storage😂😂😂😂
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Looking good guys We did out 1992 12 foot van up using the Dulux paint and used the Tic tac tiles. They've stood the test of time over the last 2 years A little lifting in places but push back on fine Looking at upgrading to a newer van but thinking of doing a Reno again as can add our touches instead of the modern glossy finish of all the new vans these days. Not to mention $$
That’s great to know!
Yes can definitely make an older van into exactly what you want!
Love your work, it’s great seeing how things can be done on a lower budget and not just buying/given a 120k+ van…. Can’t wait to see final result 👍
Thanks mate!
Love it 👍.
I've done very similar colour with a light grey 🩶 & black ceiling.
Oooh sounds nice!
Wow looking good 👍 👌
Cheers!
I love the green colour Erin, great choice! I'm enjoying watching it all come together, it reminds us of when we reno'd an old Chesney caravan during covid lockdown.
Thank you!
The colour looks good.
I have always worried about wall mounted washing machines when traveling off road
Thanks!
We didn’t have any experiences with the last one so fingers crossed none with this one!
Colours look fabulous. So cool that you get to design your space. Loving the build vids, coming along nicely.
Thank you very much!
It’s coming up a treat. I love the green and the Kmart tiles are going to look fantastic. I did have a close my eyes moment when you had to get into the tunnel boot. I’m claustrophobic and I couldn’t breathe 😂. Can’t wait for next weeks episode
Oh no that would be a terrible feeling for you!
Thanks for following!
Good choice, love it!
Thank you!
Really enjoying watching your progress on this 👍👍
Good call on not using oil based, it’s a prick to clean up
It sure is!! Thanks mate!
looking superb. I wasn't sure about the green initially, but as the van is coming together. its really growing on me. Awesome work team.
We felt the same at times!
Love the green ❤
Thanks!
Love the Green,
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DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB, THIS IS GOING TO BE FABULOUS.
I LIKE THE GREEN, AND SPLASH BACK, GREY.
BUT I THINK ITS GOING TO CLASH WITH FLOOR.😮
Thank you!
We’ll find out when we put it all together!
Hi thanks for reminding me how good a multitool is went out to the shed and blew the dust off mine! This is such a great video for how it's achievable for a great van on a realistic price! Thanks
Haha no problems! Thanks!
Absolutely love it, and as for the floor, I love that as well, she is a bit of an old girl so there's no use in trying to make her modern. I love your van better than the other one you had. This ol girl has personality. Love what you've done
She has so much personality and we are absolutely in love how she is finished! Just got to get back out on the road now!
Wife really likes the colours doing a great job and yes I don't mind the colours either
Thank you!
Taking shape real well, pumped for next video👍
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Love the colour …. Stick on tiles are a great idea …. But pleeeeaaase trim the top to give it a straight edge… it’s doing my head in 😂😂😂
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Thanks!
the green and white with the timber floor is ok.
i'd paint inside the cupboards white, i find it hard to find stuff in dark cupboards.
Thank you!
That’s a very good point!
Love watching the reno. Learnt a lot watching your content. Excited to see the finished product and see you guys back on the road.
Thank you!
Love you guys ,keep posting always looking forward to seeing your vids
Thank you! 😊
I think if you love it it’s what’s important and the floor is funky 👌👌
100% 🙌🏼
Looks fantastic guys like the colour but i think it is going to male the van look small but i hope i am wrong keep up the great work.
Thanks! I think you’ll be surprised when you see the finished product! 😉
Looking great .. colours are awesome 🎉🎉
Thanks guys!!
This is the vid I most look forward too each week. A great episode.
Thank you!
Wow its really lovely good work carnt wait to see the end product and the floor is awsome
Thank you!!
I love the green. You two are doing a tremendous job in renovating.
Thanks!
Love your colour scheme looks amazing 🎉❤
Thanks!
Stick on tiles are upside down as the straight edge is to the top
We thought the same at first but not the case! The way we have them is how it is on the packet and instructions 👍🏼