How to Add Framing to a Van | Ford Transit Build Series

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How to Add Framing to a Van | Ford Transit Build Series

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Welcome to our Ford Transit build series episode 7! 🚐
In this video, we explain how to add framing to a van. We used pine furring strips and attached them to the frame of our van with rivnuts.
Before you begin framing your van, make sure you have researched your layout ahead of time and know where you want all of your furniture to go. It's also a good idea to leave paths in your framing for your wires.
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We are Maddie and Nico and we’re building out our 2020 Ford Transit to live in full time. After traveling to numerous countries and living together both abroad and in the US, we have decided to take the leap and become digital nomads! Neither of us have any building or carpentry skills. We are taking on this project completely self-taught!
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00:00 Introduction
00:13 Installing Rivnuts
02:02 Attaching Boards
06:17 Scribing a Curve
08:52 Routing the Factory Wire Harness
09:37 Adding Vertical Boards
10:19 Lessons Learned

Пікірлер: 27

@DavesGuitarPlanet 6 ай бұрын

Since I just got a 2023 Transit Trail 3 weeks ago, this was very helpful. You must be one of the first to get a 2024.

@nomadmaddie 6 ай бұрын

Ours is actually a 2020! Sometimes it sounds like I’m saying “2024” because I’m saying “2020 Ford” 😆 Enjoy your build out of the Trail!

@robinrandall4133 7 ай бұрын

Your videos are really good!! Very informative 👌🏽

@nomadmaddie 7 ай бұрын

Thanks so much!

@sheylaboucher3829 7 ай бұрын

Thank you very much. Nicely done informative video.

@nomadmaddie 7 ай бұрын

So glad you enjoyed it!

@KaraJadePhoto 5 ай бұрын

Happy birthday Nico! Excellent video. Excited to see more.

@nomadmaddie 5 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

@anatorres2513 7 ай бұрын

Yay I’m glad you guys are back! 😊

@nomadmaddie 7 ай бұрын

Us too! Took a little break for the holidays and to be sick with something 🙃 but now back to the usually scheduled programming haha

@hopefaraj5768 7 ай бұрын

Excellent vid and great tips! Happy Birthday Nico!! 🎉

@nomadmaddie 7 ай бұрын

Thanks Hope! 🫶🏼

@darian.explores 6 ай бұрын

You're so clear and concise! PS, your loctite link is the same link as the threaded screws.

@nomadmaddie 6 ай бұрын

Fixed! Thanks Darian!

@ShellyShear 2 ай бұрын

Do you have the 3D model available? As a place to start with a van build :)

@nicofaraj9098 Ай бұрын

I'll try and put a link in the video description!

@mutchler87 7 ай бұрын

Love the idea to use rivets like this. Not sure I’ve seen anyone use them like this and it’s quite brilliant. Could you provide me with the size of screw that correlates with the rivet? I’ve searched online and although I know different rivets have different diameters, it’s hard to find good info online. Any help would be appreciated🙏🏻

@nomadmaddie 7 ай бұрын

Hey! We used mostly size M6 for the rivnuts and bolts. There are also a few M8s on the Transit. We have links to these in the description since it can sometimes be tricky finding the metric sizes at hardware stores in the US :)

@mutchler87 7 ай бұрын

@@nomadmaddie awesome! Thank you! As soon as I asked I wondered if I should’ve checked the description😂🙌🏻

@nicofaraj9098 7 ай бұрын

⁠@@mutchler87 mostly M6 rivnuts and the screws we use are M6x1.0 35mm long

@Gary-um8bp Ай бұрын

I am in the designing/dreaming stage, while I search for a new/used Transit 144 WB HiRoof van … I am using the free sketch up and have bed, upper cabinets and utility (fridge, electrical) cabinet done. I just placed them in a 81” h x 70” w x 122” l box. Can you share your sketch up van so I can fit my current plan inside?

@nicofaraj9098 Ай бұрын

not sure how to export a sketch up file but i'll try and figure that out!

@eduardoisuani1394 18 күн бұрын

Canoso, deja hablar , o sos vos el que ganaste la medalla

@CarlJones14 6 ай бұрын

Framing is an absolute waste of money, time, and space. My van is sound deadened, insulated, and the walls are directly attached to the steel ribs. This saves weight, and gives you more space, and saves you money.

@nomadmaddie 6 ай бұрын

Ok. For our van, we preferred to use rivnuts over self-tapping screws (we wanted to prevent possible rust that comes with unpainted holes in the van metal). Also, our walls are thin 1/4 inch panels that we nailed into the framing, so we wouldn’t have been able to use your method for the outcome we wanted. But the great thing about building your own van, is that you can build it however you want. So, clearly this video isn’t for you if you did it a different way 🤷🏼‍♀️

@CarlJones14 6 ай бұрын

@@nomadmaddie the Ford is a narrow van, so losing around 2" is a big deal. I don't know if your van is galvanised, but my Citroen Relay (Ducato, Boxer, Promaster) is galvanised. Drill a hole, there's zero rust spread beyond the hole cut surface, and if I remember, I used a good quality anti rust paint on each hole and put the screw in while the paint was wet.

@nomadmaddie 6 ай бұрын

@@CarlJones14like I said, your method doesn’t work for our desired outcome. Our walls are too thin to screw directly into the van and we needed framing for our bed bump-outs. Both of these things saved us space and weight over screwing thicker wall boards directly into the van metal.