Forum: Titles, Insurance, Registration and Money Matters
12-07-2009, 10:45 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,988
Is Comprehensive Insurance Even a possibillity?
Hi Guys!
We have been insured with GMAC insurance with a liability policy since we started converting our bus, but now we're looking for a little more.
Do any of you have comprehensive policies...
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Forum: Skoolie Conversion Projects
07-17-2008, 04:56 PM
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Replies: 52
Views: 10,775
Re: Gustav
It seems entirely impossible that it has already been a month since I last posted, but as I’m looking at the last post I see that it’s only three days shy of a month. It’s incredible. Needless to...
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Forum: Skoolie Conversion Projects
07-17-2008, 04:55 PM
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Replies: 52
Views: 10,775
Re: Gustav
Summer has arrived in the Green Mountains, and I have the barefeet calluses to prove it! It has indeed been a long, long, long, long, long time since
I have blogged. We have been working very hard...
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Forum: Conversion General Discussions
07-03-2008, 11:48 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,829
Questions about Plastic Water Tanks
Hello All! It's been a long time since I've posted. We've been very busy trying to get up and running, and we've really been learning a lot from all of your posts!
We are getting ready to...
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Forum: Skoolie Conversion Projects
04-28-2008, 12:28 PM
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Replies: 52
Views: 10,775
Re: Gustav
On Saturday night/Sunday morning we had the first rain we’ve had in a long while. I don’t remember another cloudy day that in all of April. This was unbelievably good for the plants that were...
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Forum: Skoolie Conversion Projects
04-26-2008, 09:17 PM
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Replies: 52
Views: 10,775
Re: Gustav
Hey!
Our subflooring and insulation was delivered today! Very very exciting!
We finished up with the auto paint/rust protector on the inside last night around 9pm. It looks all slick and black...
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Forum: Skoolie Conversion Projects
04-16-2008, 09:51 PM
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Replies: 52
Views: 10,775
Re: Gustav
Hi All!
We've taken the last few days off. We had a lot of sunshine all last week and were able to get a lot of work done, but we became pretty exhausted. We've been checking the National Weather...
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Forum: Skoolie Conversion Projects
04-16-2008, 09:49 PM
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Replies: 52
Views: 10,775
Re: Gustav
It’s been a busy couple of weeks! I can hardly remember all that’s gone on.
If you’ve been keeping up with the bus-cam you may have noticed that we’ve been windowless for a while now. We noticed...
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Forum: Skoolie Conversion Projects
03-25-2008, 10:49 PM
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Replies: 52
Views: 10,775
Re: Gustav
Yes, it’s been a while since we’ve worked on the bus. Be the last few days we’ve finally had some decent weather and sunshine which has given us the motivation to get out there and work. Yesterday...
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Forum: Conversion General Discussions
03-23-2008, 09:27 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,725
Striping... and not the fun kind...
Does anyone know where we can get replacement window striping? It's thin and black and separates the bottom of the window from the window sill?
As we've discussed, we've had leakage issues and...
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Forum: Conversion General Discussions
03-05-2008, 08:54 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,087
Re: toxic interior products
We're trying to figure out what to seal our floors and walls with, and have had a hard time finding things that don't have potentially horrifying side-effects. I think that this is going to be a...
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Forum: Conversion Tutorials and How-to's
03-05-2008, 08:50 PM
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Replies: 44
Views: 29,084
Re: How to seal leaky windows !!!
We also having water come in through our windows- and as the snow was melting we noticed it was an issue of it coming off the roof and into the windows. We've been tossing the idea of gutters around...
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Forum: Skoolie Conversion Projects
03-04-2008, 05:40 PM
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Replies: 52
Views: 10,775
Re: Gustav
If by corny you mean awesome, than yes.. I think it's corny. I deem that a totally valid reason to move to San Francisco. :)
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Forum: Skoolie Conversion Projects
03-03-2008, 08:54 PM
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Replies: 52
Views: 10,775
Re: Gustav
Good Guesses!
But Nathan was the closest.
We were in San Francisco, but we weren't on the Haight, we were on Columbus at Broadway Ave at the City Lights Bookstore. I'll give you 10 points for at...
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Forum: Skoolie Conversion Projects
03-02-2008, 11:10 PM
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Replies: 52
Views: 10,775
Re: Gustav
I thought I'd post a picture of us. I know I need to get our bus photos up, but this was easier as it was already on the web. I always like to be able to have a visual when I'm reading blogs....
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Forum: Skoolie Conversion Projects
03-02-2008, 10:36 PM
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Replies: 52
Views: 10,775
Re: Gustav
This weekend, I took the Dremmel to the bottom side rails of the bus to remove most of the rust spots and get it ready for priming/protecting. I also took the belt sander to about 1/3 of the floor...
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Forum: Skoolie Conversion Projects
03-02-2008, 10:32 PM
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Replies: 52
Views: 10,775
Re: Gustav
Thank you for the inspiring photos! They are really great and we've gotten a lot of good ideas from them!
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Forum: Conversion General Discussions
03-01-2008, 09:57 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,846
Water from window corners-
Hi All,
We think we've located the source of our leakage problem. In my earlier post regarding water issues, Sean F hit the nail on the head when he said that it was coming through the windows and...
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Forum: Skoolie Conversion Projects
02-22-2008, 11:08 PM
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Replies: 52
Views: 10,775
Re: Gustav
Boy is my face red!
:oops:
Thank you for setting me straight Elliot! :D
Also, much to your chagrin Elliot, I we're planning to do what you suggested against- we're going to build up wooden...
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Forum: Conversion General Discussions
02-21-2008, 11:36 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,460
Windows
You all have talked us into it, we're going to do a roof extension :)
We're planning on adding some windows and skylights to our lofted area, and I got to wondering whether or not
they need to...
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Forum: Everything Else | General Skoolie Discussions
02-21-2008, 11:26 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 982
Thanks!
Hey All,
I just wanted to say how much I've been enjoying this site, I am so glad I stumbled upon it.
I appreciate how open everyone is to new ideas,
and that no matter how silly my question...
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Forum: Skoolie Conversion Projects
02-21-2008, 11:13 PM
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Replies: 52
Views: 10,775
Re: Gustav
I am happy to report that we were able to get out and work on the bus today. We did a bit of poking around behind the metal on the walls to see if there was any major water damage, and found that...
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Forum: Conversion General Discussions
02-18-2008, 09:30 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 2,266
Re: Water Water everywhere...
Today we had a bit of a thaw, and when we went out to the bus this afternoon, the whole ceiling was covered with a thick layer of condensation. Do any of you you who have finished conversions still...
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Forum: Conversion General Discussions
02-17-2008, 10:07 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 2,266
Water Water everywhere...
We recently took up our sub-floor, and found that we have quite a bit of rust on the metal flooring.
Do any of you have suggestions on how to find where the water is coming in and how to seal off...
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Forum: Conversion General Discussions
02-17-2008, 09:56 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 4,105
Wood Stove Question
Hi All,
We're kind of stalled out for a little while on our conversion, but it's given us a lot of time to think about different things- including wood stoves. We went to this great old hardware...
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