Thank you so much for your comment. Yes I was surprised that I didn’t found more of this on the internet, it is really not much more an effort to do it that way

@@NikolasPulka I agree with you. I work with Natural materials in renovating and Building new houses and Natural materials are easier and safer to use :)

Hello Adrian. Thank you so much for your comment ! I love Argentina ! abrazo

Thank you !

Hey man, thank you so much for that comment ! Really appreciate it ! New videos are coming this week 🙂

Thank you so much Aashutosh ! And special thanks for you for your support, you have no idea how much it mean to me :) I'm working on new episode of the eco van build, I'm a it slow because I'm working on a social project in South America right now, but I will be ready to film new episodes when I'm back to the van beginning of December :)

I don't speak your language, but thanks for the comment... I guess...

Thank you so much Teo. Yes I will try to share as much a I can and hopefully it will help some people to convert their van too :)

Hey Kimberly! Thank you so much for your comment😊 it mean a lot 🙏🧡

@@NikolasPulka 💗 I look forward to seeing more of what you create! Someday I wish to accomplish something of this nature and live this way

@@kimberlykay1495 yes I continue to upload new videos to share what I did :) I hope one day you will be able to do it 💪🤘

Merci so muchh Breagh, I really appreciate it :) Yes more is coming 🧡 🧡 🧡

Thank you so much for your nice comment. I will continue to update my buildings and trips on KZfaq :) thank you for the support

Yes it is so true, a ton of work that people don't see, but now with the winter coming, we don't see it but we definitely feel it, I'm happy that I have put time and energy on it because I'm not cold inside and it feels good :) Thank you so much for your comment. Take care

@@NikolasPulka I know the subject of insulation is a hot topic so I commend you on your choice of materials. My worry with these is that they regulate humidity, as in they take it in as well. Do you have any concerns with this rusting away the metal of your van walls since it can not breath on that side or is the spray cork a vapor barrier?

@@ab-ym3bf Hey. Yes actually spray cork is kinda a vapor barrier because of its water proof ability. This is why both are a great combo. But also hemp panel regulate humidity, but dry super fast vs other eco-insulation like wools, so it lowering the impact of humidity already. And to be extra safe I prepared my metal with two layer of anti-moisture paint :)

@@NikolasPulka Olá, thanks for your reply. After typing the comment I saw and watched your insulation video's, and found other spray cork vídeos. I think it is the solution I was looking for, living off grid in a badly insulated container house. Thanks!

@@ab-ym3bf Hey, this sounds like a great idea, I have this project in mind also to build a ecological tiny house in a container. Hope you will share some picture :) I will share soon a video about solar panels, maybe it could help you also. Have fun with the project. Take care.

Hey Kate ! Thank you so much ! You should make one in Vancouver and if you want at some point we swap ! :p

Merci mon gars ! Ça fait plaisir :) Dis moi si t'es les z'Europe bientôt !

Ohhh thank you Alegra, thanks for your comment :)

Thank you so much :) I’m really happy to live in it now :)

Thank you for you comment, I'm really happy you find it helpful, I'm making other video talking about all the steps of the van build, hopping it will help others with their van build :) Thanks for your support !

Thank you for watching and taking the time to write a comment. I appreciate that.

Bonjour Eddy. Merci beaucoup pour ton commentaire, ça fait plaisir à lire, j'espère continuer à partager des choses utiles. Je te souhaite aussi tout le bonheur du monde et une belle année 2021 !

Thank you so much ! I’m planning to make video about every steps of the conversation. It’s going a bit slow this month because I’m working in French Guiana right now, but I will be back to van build in two weeks :)

Thank you so much :)

Thank you so much Daniela. :)

Oh thank you so much :) I try to create a moody ambiance that remind the cottages :)

Racheeeeel ! Thank you so much :) sending you hugs !!!

Hey thank you so much for your comment. Wow if you are a carpenter and electrician you probably gonna come out with an amazing van ! That's exciting. Also boat life must be really interesting too, I'm thinking maybe next year to sell the van and get a boat, sounds to be a fun project too :p

@@NikolasPulka Hahah well i certainly hope so! I've certainly had a ton of practice it would be nice to finally build something for myself! Boat life is really cool too. I think it's a very similar sort of vibe to van life in terms of who enjoys it. It's nice to have bigger water and fuel tanks for longer trips but you trade that for considerably more operation/maintenance costs which can be a drag. Ulitmately if you're enjoying van life i'm pretty sure you'll enjoy the boating life. If you ever decide to look into getting one I've got tons of experience buying boats. Been living aboard for the last 20 years

Thank you so much Filip :) comments like yours help to keep the good work !

Hey merci copine ! c'est full nice ton petit commentaire :) J'espère que tu vas bien, merci encore 🧡

WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY ?? you are..... UNBELIEVABLE !!! Haha i miss you my friend

Merci beaucoup Seb ! C'est très apprécié :)

Oooh Obrigado !!! Thank you so much for your comment. And sending lot of love to Brazil, love this country! Eat some Paçoca for me 😍

Merci beaucoup, ça fait plaisir :)

Thank you so much man ! I really appreciate it, hope one day we will be able to cross each other in a frindge again !

Oh mon amie ! Thank you so much for this comment, it mean a lot to me, I did learn a lot during the process, really happy about that :) I miss you !

Thank you so much Lakisha :)

Hey man ! Thank you for your comment, I really appreciate it. It definitely saved a lot of space in the garage, but in the other hand I don’t have access to the driving seat from behind. But it’s fine for me, it depends what is important for you :) Take care 💪

On k

Merci beaucoup :)

Thank you so much Marco

Thank you so much Giorgio :) Really appreciate your comment and your support :)

Thank you so much :)

Thank you so much man ! :) I'm enjoying it so much now :p

Thank you so much :) really happy to read this

Many many thanks

Merci la sista ! :) Je t'envois pleins d'amour !

Thank you so much !

Hey, thank you so much for your comment :) it is really appreciated. More content is coming :)

Thank you so much Enot, really appreciate your comment :)

Hey Charlotte, Merci beaucoup pour ton commentaire, j'espère que ton projet va bien se passer. Hésite pas à donner des news de la conversion! Have fun

Thank you so much :)

That's awesome ! Sounds like a really good project ! Keep the good work

Obrigado 😊 thank you for your comment! I love Brazil and I miss it, I’m happy I have subscribers from there 🧡🇧🇷

@@NikolasPulka 😍

Obrigado mon ami !

Peter !!! Thank you so much for this comment. it mean a lot honestly. I really appreciate it. Hope we can have a beer in the van together soon :)

Oh thank you so much, I really appreciate it :)

Oooooh muchas gracias amigo ! Me encantaría viajar a Guatemala! muchas gracias por tu comentario.

Los algun día llegan, ya tienes un amigo que te enseñara la diversidad de culturas , selva, comida chapina.

Thank you so much for your comment :) It is really appreciated.

Thanks buddy 1

Hey thank you Annie. Thank you for watching and write a comment, I really appreciate it :) Take care !

Oh thank you so much :)

Thank you Dustin ! really appreciate your comment

@@NikolasPulka you’re welcome brother. Definitely subbed and look forward to more videos!!

Hey man !!!! Thank you so much, when do we cross again ? We have some video project to do :p

@@NikolasPulka HELL YES

Thank you do much :)

Merci beaucoup :) J'ai essayé

Oh thank you so much, I really appreciate it :)

Oh muchas gracias amigo :)

Thank you so much :) thanks for your comment and support

Thanks for watching

Thank you so much :)

Thank you so much for your comment :)

Hello Jacqueline ! Thank you for your comment, I'm really happy to read that my video inspire people from around the world, I wish you good luck and lot of fun on the building of your kombihome! take care !

Thank you so much :)

@@NikolasPulka 🔝

Thank you so much :)

Thanks man :) Just the fruit of lot of time and lot interest :)

Oh wow, that's awesome ! Thanks for your comment ! And have fun on the road in Japan, nature must be so beautiful there !

Merci beaucoup pour vos mots :) oui je profites très bien du van maintenant, je suis principalement en Suède en ce moment, c’est un vrai plaisir de vivre dedans!

@@NikolasPulka C'est intéressant que vous soyez en Suède ! Moi j'habite en Norvège, donc pas trop loin. Dans quelle ville êtes-vous en ce moment ? Faites attention à vous-même car le Covid-19 est très répandu dans les grandes villes en Suède, comme un peu partout d'ailleurs. 🙄 Passez de bons moments ! 🤗😉

Thank you so much Ivan :)

Thank you Brandon. I’m currently writing the video explaining the loop shower, hopefully I can film it soon. I know it’s been a long time I talk about it, but it’s coming soon !

Hello Eva. What a great comment, I really appreciate it, thank you for that. You got it right with the cut corners, even if it can bit still tricky if we are 4 peoples eating around the table :) I don't have any fixed cooktop because it's a way for me to avoid the camping car homologation. I have a movable 3 burners stove working with gaz, that I put on top of my counter, if it was non movable I have to legally (in France) became a camping car, with a movable one I can still be a van. For the cost it's depends, exemple the insulation is more expensive because I use ecologial materials, but it cost me in total 500e for the all insulation, so it's not insane. I saved lot of money on many things because I bought a lot second hand, that is more sustainable than buying new stuff all the time and cheaper, exemple I bought the tap for the sink for only 25 euros, new it costs 110 euro, so I saved money and it's eco-friendly, but you need to spend lot of time on internet searching for the good deals. I used also lot of second hand woods, but you need to spend lot of time sanding the pieces to make it beautiful again, in general this second hand approche is cheaper and more eco-friendly but it take more time. The biggest expense in the van is the solar panel system, that cost me around 2400 euro, and you can't do much second hands on this, my convertor is second, but all the rest is new,. Hope I answered your questions. If you have other questions you can contact me here or on Instagram, and I also have my website where I'm writing more blog post. Take care !

Thank you so much :)

Bonjour Mick, oui ma première langue est le français, je suis originaire de Guyane Française, j'ai déjà habité en France mais c'étais il y a très longtemps, depuis j'ai habitais 8 ans au Canada et maintenant j'habite en Suède. Merci pour ton commentaire et ton support. Bonne année à toi et à bientôt !

Bonjour bonjour !

Hey Kellie. Thank you for your comment. I spent some time talking with the boss of the insulation store I went to, and for a van the guy told it's better to use hemp because wool take a really long time to dry, so if because of the rain or something else some water get into your insulation or just because of the humidity in the van the wool start to get wet it will actually take a really long time to the wool to dry, when hemp dry super quickly. Also wet wool can develop some strong smell, when hemp doesn't. Wool is a really great option for insulation for house, but because of this difference for a van I prefer to use hemp :) Hope this is helping you, don't hesitate to contact me if you have any other questions. Take. care

Hey man, thank you for your comment, I really appreciate it. For the expenses I'm not sure yet, I lost track, but I'm planning on making a video about budget relate to van build and van life, so I will go back through all the expenses and will talk about exact numbers soon :) Thank you again, take care !

@@NikolasPulka NP mate nice to see the build in timelapse

Thank you so much man ! Really appreciate it. The van is from 2008 and have 217 000km when I bought it.

Hello Mélina, merci beaucoup pour ton commentaire :) Mon van est un Iveco Daily de 2008 modèle 35S14, c'est la version rallonger qui fait au total 7m de long :)

Hello, it's hard to talk about the weight of the wood specifically, but the weight of everything inside does have an effect, empty I use 9l/100km to drive, now I'm more often around 10l/100km on flat land and I definitely feel it when I go up hill the consumption can go to 16l/100km up to 22l/100km on very steep hill. Luckily I'm not in the alps so it doesn’t happen a lot. Hope I answered you question. wish you a great day

Hello Ozkan. Thank you so much for you comment. It is hard to estimate accurately , I want to make a video where I'm passing through the expenses, I kept the receipts, but didn't calculate yet, but If I have to guess I think I'm under 10k, but don't take it go granted, I don't know exactly yet (video is coming)

Thank you so much for the comment. Yes it is a Iveco Daily, 34S15 exactly :) Yes I'm thinking a lot about doing a full tour, but I want to do more "tutorial" video to get more confortable and then do a full van tour, also waiting for better waiter because I have a few summer outdoor options that I made on the van :) So i will make tutorial all winter and do a full van tour on the early warm days :)

@@NikolasPulka waiting for it.

Pas encore. J’en ai un, je pense l’installer cette hivers. Sinon pour la douche j’ai un chauffe eau instantanée au gaz, c’est un Ridgeyard, c’est pas le top du top mais ça fait la job comme on dit :)

Hello Hello, this is the specific brand that I bought www.biofib.com/biofib-chanvre/ And I found them in a small store 1h away from my parents place, they don't have a website I just email them to know if they could have the hemp panels. I don't in what country you are living, it may have different brand there.

@@NikolasPulka I'm in Sweden. But this helps a lot. Thank you thank you thank you 🙏🙏🙏

Merci beaucoup :) non j’ai volontairement boycotté la VASP

Bonjour bonjour ! Pour le système de douche, j'ai construit la cabine avec une structure en plywood recouvert par du PVC, avec une receveur que j'ai trouver dans une magasin de campingcar. Pour le système en lui-même c'est une système de douche infini (loop shower) qui fonctionne avec une pompe, une accumulateur de pression, et plusieurs filtre, ainsi qu'un chauffe eau instantané pour le confort :) Pour tout ce qui est raccords électriques et eau, je pense vraiment que c'est dans la capacité de tout le monde de le faire, c'est juste qu'il y a des règles à connaitre et a respecter. En soit je trouve qu'il y a rien de compliqué à "raccorder" des cables, mais faut être sur de les raccorder au bon endroit, le plus complex ça va être de créer une schéma électrique qui a de l'allure, si on est pas sure on peut faire verifier son schéma à quelqu'un qui s'y connait bien, et des fois c'est pas les erreurs mais quelqu'un qui s'y connait bien peut faire un schéma qui va simplifier certaine choses pour sauver du cables à tirer en trouver des raccourcis, après la partie raccordement est pas très sorcier en sois je trouve. Je suis dans l'écrire de deux articles de blog et deux videos qui vont passer à travers tout les choses aux quelles ils faut penser pour installer de l'électricité dans un van, et passer à travers toute mon installer vous expliquer comment j'ai fais et pourquoi j'ai fais ça. Si tout vas bien les articles et vidéos verrons le jours mi-décembre :) Je t'invite à suivre la chaine et activé les notifications pour ne pas les rater :) En ce qui concerne l'eau j'avais très peu d'expérience la dedans, et la chose la plus compliqué que j'ai trouver c'est trouver les bonnes dimensions de raccord dans le magasin haha je trouve que la réalisation n'est pas compliqué mais les tailles de raccord en plomberie c'est vraiment chiant, c'est jamais les mêmes d'un appareil a un autre donc faut tout le temps utilisé des adapteurs ou des réducteurs, sinon si tu t'assures que tes joints sont bien étanche, tout va quand même bien :) J'espère t'avoir aider, hésite pas a me contacter si tu as d'autre question. Je te souhaite une bonne journée.

Bonjour bonjour, merci beaucoup pour ton commentaire, l'argent y a pleins de moyen pour arrivé a un beau résultat sans dépensé comme un fous et le temps par contre oui c'est sur que ça prend beaucoup de temps, après le temps ça peut s'organiser, moi j'ai perdu mon travail à cause de covid, donc je me suis lancé à plein temps pendant 10 semaines, je travaillais dans le camion de 9h à 21h du lundi au dimanche, mais avec un travail et une vide de famille à coté c'est aussi tout à fait possible de travailler dessus seulement les week-ends et donc de prendre le project sur plusieurs mois plutôt, travailler dessus à mi-temps tout l'hivers pour l'avoir prêt l'été prochain c'est quelque chose de possible :) demander de l'aide aux amis aussi c'est quelque chose de possible qui fait plaisir, en échange de quelque bière et de la pizza c'est sur qu'il y aura des volontaires :) En ce qui concerne le budget exact c'est très difficile à dire, j'ai garder traces de toute dépenses mais j'ai perdu le compte, j'ai dans l'objectif de faire une vidéo dans laquelle je passe à travers toute les dépenses du van, elle sortira prochainement après les vidéos sur l'isolation. J'espère ne pas trop vous faire attendre la dessus :) Merci encore pour ton commentaire, c'est très apprécié. Je te souhaite une belle journée.

@@NikolasPulka merci pour ta réponse 😊. Jai hâte de voir tes prochaines vidéos !

I don't speak your language, but thanks for the comment... I guess

I found it in an insulation specialized store, not even ecological insulation store, but they could order some, took a few weeks, but I had access to the quantity I wanted. There is more details on hemp here. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mqlpdtSLtZuZeHk.html

Thank you :D

I don't speak Russian, but thank you :D

@@NikolasPulka Russia 🐷

Haha where are you based ?