Sunday, February 28, 2010

Carpet (on the floor) ... insulation and more holes.

Remember this …. “This weeks plan is: holes get cut for LPG gas inlet, 240v socket and fridge vents, carpet to be laid, improve brackets for leisure batterymake a bracket for the heater


Well we got the holes cut for fridge vents, 240v & gaslow and fittings installed.
Waste outlet appears to be right under the porta-potty DOH! So had to drill another hole in the floor no big deal just slowing things up.
Carpet … cut but not laid.
Leisure battery now properly safe and secure.
Heater bracket – components made ready for swift assembly once furniture arrives. I don’t want to install just yet – would rather just do it once!



Went through to see Michael from Jasmine on Saturday to discuss final tweaks and changes for the furniture. Fingers crossed should have it next weekend.



Also found that I had put too much insulation in the sliding door and it was bowing out and touching the van side so that had to come off and be replaced.

Off side insulation has been installed behind the furniture. Of note is the insulation behind the fridge. Some say don’t do it but ….. this is my reasoning:
Warm moist air condenses on cold surfaces.
The air behind the fridge will be warm …. and moist as its open to the elements and sucking in the cold night air, mist and dew.
An uninsulated van side will also be cold and condensate on the inside of van side is an obvious (to me) consequence.


So it’s well insulated with a double skin of recycled rigid 25mm kingspan - Thanks Steve - with a thin layer of recycled plastic insulation behind it. I used rigid stuff here because I don’t want it to block the air flow.


We also acquired some Fiamma drip stop for over the sliding door but that’s yet to be installed ….. it says do it between 18 and 35 degrees ! Some hope at this time of year !!!!



Plans for this week, just get the carpet down and build up strength for next week. I booked some time off work so it’s going to be fun …..