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Old 08-18-2016, 03:50 PM   #81
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You guys are nuts. I'd go crazy if I couldn't stand up straight in my own home... Also, remember to check out residential storm doors as well. Most are Laminated and or Tempered glass, and my door opening was exactly 36x80... a very common door size.
Hmmm, good info to know, thanks. I'll have to measure my door this weekend. My only requirement is to have glass on the top and also the bottom, similar to the bus door I have now, so that I can see the car in my blindspot that is driving beside me.

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Old 08-18-2016, 07:47 PM   #82
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Thinking it over.... In a typical day, I sleep 6 hours per 24 hours, I'm not inside 12 hours per 24, and I sit and relax 5 hours per 24, and fix meals 30 minutes per 24 hours, 15 minutes per 24 hours walking through the house, toilet duty 15 minutes per 24 hours...

My roof is 6 inches above my head... I got this!
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Old 08-18-2016, 09:41 PM   #83
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To be fair I won't be living in mine.

For the lock on the current door you could build up with a couple pieces of bar stock then use a larger plate to mount the lock on, with the 3 o'clock bolt going through the whole stack and the door.

Do you have power where your bus is?
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Old 08-19-2016, 05:54 AM   #84
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To be fair I won't be living in mine.

For the lock on the current door you could build up with a couple pieces of bar stock then use a larger plate to mount the lock on, with the 3 o'clock bolt going through the whole stack and the door.

Do you have power where your bus is?
That might be a viable option. I'll give that some thought. Yes, I have a 3500 watt generator that provides power to all my tools.
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Old 08-20-2016, 02:11 PM   #85
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So you make even more noise then me

Nevermind removing the seats, you shoulda paid them folks to remove the ceiling panels. Mine were 44 rivets in each end. oof.
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Old 08-20-2016, 03:30 PM   #86
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Your bus is 35ft long?
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Old 08-20-2016, 05:46 PM   #87
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So you make even more noise then me

Nevermind removing the seats, you shoulda paid them folks to remove the ceiling panels. Mine were 44 rivets in each end. oof.
Yeah, if I had the extra money I would have paid them to do that too, but I figured I could do that myself without an extra pair of hands like the seats would have taken. I'm lucky in that there are very few rivets in my bus and the side and ceiling panels are held in with screws that a #2 square drive can take out.
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Old 08-20-2016, 05:47 PM   #88
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Your bus is 35ft long?
No Capt, it's 40 feet.
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Old 08-20-2016, 05:57 PM   #89
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Made some good progress today even though it was incredibly hot in the bus. I had a good friend loan me an old windows a/c unit. My bus is so poorly insulated that it only made about a 5 degree difference but it was good for me to stop and take a break in front of it to help cool me down from time to time. I was going to make a stand my self out of wood but for $39.00 this heavy duty plastic utility stand was just too good to pass up and was put together in about 5 minutes. Plus it has extra shelves for storage for all my tools.


Also was able to get the lock installed on the front door after some careful measurement. I'm happy with the way it turned out.


Got one ceiling panel down and also started attacking the floor.




Enough for one day. Tomorrow is relaxing with wings and beer .
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Old 08-20-2016, 08:58 PM   #90
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wow. Ok, that lock worked out very sexy, I love it.

Never mind the window unit, get a good fan, keeping the air moving helps a LOT.

You are REALLY lucky your panels are held in with screws not rivets. That said, #2 squares are some striping SOBs, make sure you are bottomed out and have some ass behind it when you pull them. I work awful hours, but if you wanna burn the midnight oil I can lend a fist after 10pm any weeknight to knock out the demo.

GREAT progress.
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Old 08-20-2016, 10:38 PM   #91
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wish i had a folding door so I could use a lock like that... my doot splits in the middle.. I hate having to jump out my side door and crawl back in just so I can have locking doors...

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Old 08-20-2016, 10:39 PM   #92
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my pabels are screwed in too.. I took one down and it was still a PITA.. and ten getting it back up was a pain because the oles didnt wasnt ot line up like they once did
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Old 08-21-2016, 06:39 AM   #93
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I really appreciate the offer Chili but I'm up at 4:30am every morning during the week so my bed time is usually 9:30pm. I've planned on a year and a half to get the conversion done so I'm in no hurry. Plus I retire at the end of December so I'll have 5-6 days a week to work on it then . Slow and steady wins the race.
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Old 08-21-2016, 07:12 AM   #94
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wish i had a folding door so I could use a lock like that... my doot splits in the middle.. I hate having to jump out my side door and crawl back in just so I can have locking doors...

-Christopher
Hey Christopher, if your doors are the way I think they are watch this YouTube vid. This guy mounted a security deadbolt on his bi-fold doors. Start at the 1:42 time mark to go straight to the lock photos. Hope this helps. All in all this guy did a great job on his bus all by himself. If you have free time all his vids are worth watching.

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Old 08-21-2016, 09:06 AM   #95
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January it is then
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Old 08-27-2016, 07:02 PM   #96
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Made lots of progress today. Got the ceiling completely removed and folded in half to transport to the dump.. Those panels are about 40 pounds apiece and made of steel. Makes perfect sense to have that kind of construction to keep the kids safe in an accident and or rollover. Next is to remove all that useless and nasty fiberglass insulation.



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Old 08-27-2016, 07:04 PM   #97
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Thought the surveillance system was interesting. Must have had some bad kids riding that bus since they needed to videotape them. Too bad the VHS recorder wasn't older, I could have sold it as an antique....lol.



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Old 08-27-2016, 08:59 PM   #98
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Made lots of progress today. Got the ceiling completely removed and folded in half to transport to the dump.. Those panels are about 40 pounds apiece and made of steel. Makes perfect sense to have that kind of construction to keep the kids safe in an accident and or rollover. Next is to remove all that useless and nasty fiberglass insulation.



Can you tell if you've got that black tar roof adhesive coating?
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Old 08-28-2016, 06:54 AM   #99
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I was going to look and then completely forgot to do it yesterday. I'll get to it next Saturday when I go back to the bus. If I do I'm not sure if I'll go to the trouble of removing it. I may just put the poly-iso insulation right over it.
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Hey looks great! We've got similar construction and haven't had a problem with adhesive on ours.
Are you planning on removing the windows behind your countertops? How tall are they?

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