Insulated sliding bulkhead door | EP44 | Ford Transit Campervan Build

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3 жыл бұрын

My this episode I fix and address the issue with the sheer amount of heat lost ( And condensation build up ) via all the glass at the front of my self build campervan. building a sliding door bulkhead which is both insulated and for a privacy.
Door slide using a "Henderson Marathon Door Sliding Track System
My name is Alex Frood, I’m a UK based Freelance Expedition Leader and Outdoor instructor. During a Uk Covid-19 Lockdown I am converting my 2018 Ford Transit Mk8 L3H3 into a full-time Camper.
These videos are not How-to videos but showing my process for my conversion. feel free to copy me but id always recommend doing your own research as well.
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Пікірлер: 94

@RichardGate-UK 2 ай бұрын

Just watching all your build videos. Can’t believe I haven’t heard mention of an electro magnetic catch for the sliding door, wired to the ignition!

@MispronouncedAdventures 2 ай бұрын

If definitely an idea for the next one. I would need to bypass switch as i often go in and out of the cab when at idle at time. But you are right a electro magnetic catch would be a good idea. A few of my friends use them on draws

@bonafideadventures8425 3 жыл бұрын

Super sweet Bulkhead door maybe you should get the motor from a minivan so you could have it on a keychain remote open and close ha ha Ha

@MispronouncedAdventures 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I do quite like automation but that might be a step to far me!. I found out if I turn a corner hard enough for the right or the left I can get the door open and close it haha. I need to add some retaining magnets or something for the open and Close position

@thomaslindh9971 Жыл бұрын

One of the best van builds I've seen.

@MispronouncedAdventures Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@traderace6575 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant - you're living my dream. Watching you work is both daunting and inspiring... Maybe, just maybe, a doughnut like me could convert a transit. Thanks for taking the time to show people how to do things. Take care in Caledonia...

@MispronouncedAdventures Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Glad you fidn my work inspiring! Hopefully not too daunting! I’m sure you could! This van was a first for me.

@David_11111 3 жыл бұрын

Yay ... There is a bed :)

@MispronouncedAdventures 3 жыл бұрын

Definitely is! Probably next video

@robertvass2756 3 жыл бұрын

Hi! Run into your channel at Ep.44, and instantly loved your work, so started watching the whole series right away. You are absolutely fantastic! Everybody, who did not do their conversion with this level of detail will be sorry, and re-do it within a year. You are one of the best! Thank you for letting us watch you!

@MispronouncedAdventures 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much :) it’s the best bit of a self build ( and extra free time with lockdown ) is you can more time on the details.

@robertvass2756 3 жыл бұрын

@@MispronouncedAdventures ok, now that I've watched all the episodes I have to tell you: You are my #1 favorite person on planet Earth! I'm not kidding! (Also, I don't have friends XD) We have 95% identical thinking, even coming down to the orange-blue theme. I could watch you tackle almost everything I gonna have to face and now I have a brilliant example to follow. Invalueable! I also love, that you don't just go and say, "ok, now I put it together" and switch to the finished product, but we can actually see the process. You, Sir, are remarkable! I wish you many many beautiful years in your new home, and all the joy and adventure in your travels!

@MispronouncedAdventures 3 жыл бұрын

Good job on catching up on all the episodes! I deafly try and get across see how I construct and build things in the video. At least from that viewers can take away ways they may want to do it or ways they may definitely don’t want to do it

@ThisIsABargain Жыл бұрын

Genius! I'm stealing this idea 😃

@MispronouncedAdventures Жыл бұрын

Please do

@olivetrees342 10 ай бұрын

Well that was massively helpful! I am currently trying to figure out how best to install a pocket door and this video has given me great insight into how best to approach the task. Thanks for posting it.

@MispronouncedAdventures 10 ай бұрын

No problem at all! It’s one of my favourite things I built for the van. Makes such a difference in the arctic winter

@barrysoutthere 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent !

@deadpoolvanlife8988 3 жыл бұрын

Looks great

@constructioneerful 3 жыл бұрын

Great job!!

@leeporter70 3 жыл бұрын

looks great

@bogged9820 3 жыл бұрын

Looks top notch!

@PumpTheRod 3 жыл бұрын

Looks great well done.

@doglabdogtraining-gus.8873 3 жыл бұрын

great video again.

@V.Hansen. 3 жыл бұрын

Creative solution

@RustyRoseAdventures 3 жыл бұрын

Neat job! Looks great 👍looking forward to it being finished almost looks done now!

@intransit2822 3 жыл бұрын

Great video buddy. 👍

@BasinBjorn Жыл бұрын

THAT looks really good! Amazing!

@MispronouncedAdventures Жыл бұрын

Thank you, it’s been amazing on My Arctic winter trips

@MC-dd8ls 2 жыл бұрын

Hey! It looks good. Got me inspired! Thanks!

@MispronouncedAdventures 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much

@shellebelle89 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing such a wonderful bulkhead design detail and install on your Transit!

@MprivetM 3 жыл бұрын

Great job and smart solutions I'm going to still some ideas ;)

@markchurchward482 3 жыл бұрын

Great finish on your sliding door 👍 How about a mirror on the hab side, it might make the space feel bigger. Also it will help with a bit of beard trimmidge te he 😂

@897aa33 3 жыл бұрын

Great videos keep it posted. I got exactly the same transit and really enjoy watching how you tackle variety of issues. Thanks

@marks-0-0 3 жыл бұрын

Well done Alex, thats a great solution to close off the cab and very well executed.

@chriscameron5873 3 жыл бұрын

Great job!

@MispronouncedAdventures 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@DavidJohnston58 3 жыл бұрын

You are doing everything I want in a van! I just didn't know it until now! You are doing an amazing build. I think I will be binge watching on Saturday.

@mark7218 3 жыл бұрын

Clever man great job

@MispronouncedAdventures 2 жыл бұрын

thank you. it makes it's a thermal difference to the van

@pogg01 3 жыл бұрын

great work

@MispronouncedAdventures 3 жыл бұрын

Much appreciated!

@terrynewey5313 2 жыл бұрын

Very clever way of making your bulkhead more cosy ..and your bedroom is a brilliant design...

@gadgetfellow 3 жыл бұрын

very nice

@MispronouncedAdventures 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@mrsexytime_ 3 жыл бұрын

epic door boss!

@MispronouncedAdventures 3 жыл бұрын

Cheers, i’m rather happy how it turned out

@gashead2 3 жыл бұрын

Good work

@MispronouncedAdventures 3 жыл бұрын

Much appreciated!

@letamorgan6819 8 ай бұрын

Wonderful video...tks

@MispronouncedAdventures 8 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@theoteam4641 3 жыл бұрын

Looks good, well done :-)

@theonlywoody2shoes 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing progress as always, and perfectly timed considering the weather we had recently. Looking forwards to the next one, hopefully showing the bed install.

@MispronouncedAdventures 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! That’s definitely the plan! The bed video should be the next one!

@deanprthero5413 3 жыл бұрын

good job im going to do a self build in april loving the tips keep up the good work so i can steel ya ideas 👍

@MispronouncedAdventures 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much and best of luck with your build! Always welcome to steal ideas!

@stevestrange2004 3 жыл бұрын

Spy hole in door Looking good, good job

@MispronouncedAdventures 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I thinking along the lines of a peephole like hotel room doors.

@RagingChicken 3 жыл бұрын

this is my top 3 van builds. I'm borrowing lots of your ideas for mine coming up in a little bit

@MispronouncedAdventures 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! That’s definitely how I did my van build, watching many others and picking things I particularly liked and adapting them from my own use

@FirstStudios1 3 жыл бұрын

Great video, on my transit I was planning on a curtain, after watching this, I'll definitely do a curtain

@MispronouncedAdventures 3 жыл бұрын

I think my original plan at the beginning the build was to not build anything or just sort of have a curtain which is what I had temporary rigged up during November and December. But since I had just enough of a gap even at a slight angle to have a sliding door I thought I’d go for that

@FirstStudios1 3 жыл бұрын

@@MispronouncedAdventures Good on you for making a good solution. The beauty of doing your own build is that you do it for you and how you want it. Nothing is designed by committee or restricted by convention

@FreedomStrider 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome job, love the design of that, so great for insulation and stealth!! Beats a curtain, huh?

@MispronouncedAdventures 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I had a curtain set up for November and December which worked well but way happier with sliding bulkhead.

@milestrotter2772 3 жыл бұрын

Flippin' well gid! I'm in Scotland building a transit custom camper - Would be cool to meet up when restrictions allow!

@steveflanagan46 3 жыл бұрын

Top work and great informative video as usual bud. You try a little Speak Easy style peek hole

@doglabdogtraining-gus.8873 3 жыл бұрын

you can get a dash cam (review mirror style )and wire it to another monitor by your divider door so you can see whats going on in the front of the van.

@rudivandoornegat2371 3 жыл бұрын

Nice job! I can only imagine how much time it took, for especially, the door post (left side).

@MispronouncedAdventures 3 жыл бұрын

Definitely some figuring out and I particularly wanted to make everything using the current wood I had opposed to buying more. Generally the only thing I had to buy and couldn’t make was the door rail. all the other bits of timber wood, PIR Board and ply were leftover from other parts of the build

@Matrix9723 6 ай бұрын

🔝

@MispronouncedAdventures 6 ай бұрын

Cheers?

@Matrix9723 6 ай бұрын

@@MispronouncedAdventures 🍻 😃

@janemack1933 3 жыл бұрын

Love what you’ve done - and want to ask about how to mainly keep the cab area closed off except for an emergency. Does your driver’s seat fold forward, by any chance? I’ve been wondering whether it would be feasible to fit something like your set-up so the sliding door is part of the shower unit to make an emergency access to the cab. In other words, go into the shower, open the sliding door panel and climb over the folded driver’s seat to get into the cab. Flip driver’s seat back up and drive away from the bad people. The shower side of the sliding door would, of course, be protected by a shower curtain when in use. Am I thinking way too far out of the box with such an idea?

@MispronouncedAdventures 3 жыл бұрын

The front seat can definitely slid and fold forward. So if you did want to make a permanent bulkhead with a emergency hatch via a shower room that could work.

@donaldgordon1908 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Alex do you have a link for the sticky 7mm insulation oh and videos were good to watch keep up the good work

@MispronouncedAdventures 3 жыл бұрын

Sure do. You can find it on this website link below. Sold by the meter or in rolls www.harrisonstrimsupplies.co.uk/

@AsTheTreeBends Жыл бұрын

I'm just about to embark on a very similar bulkhead/sliding door using 25mmx44mm batons & 5.5mm ply for both wall and door. Did you end up putting 5mm ply on the cab side in the end? I was wondering about just using the carpet straight over the PIR board/wooden frame to save a few mm (every little counts when you have an L2 transit!)

@MispronouncedAdventures Жыл бұрын

I didn’t end up put much 5mm on. The cab side in a thin plastic then just carpet. Hab side is 5mm on the bottom and fabric on the top to match the van

@DazSheepy 2 ай бұрын

I'm wanting to build a wall behind my driver's seat similar to yours. Did you just bolt into the already made holes for the metal bulkhead or did you have to come backwards slighty due to the chair adjustments?

@MispronouncedAdventures 2 ай бұрын

Yeah I used the bulkhead threaded hole when I could. So the seat adjustment, I’m the only one would drives the van so I’ve built it in a way would works for me but does limit movement a little

@garagefaff 3 жыл бұрын

What’s the blue trim material? Has it got any stretch? Where did you find it?

@MispronouncedAdventures 3 жыл бұрын

The light blue stuff on the top of the door section? no stretch I’m afraid but quite easy to apply on flat panels with a spray adhesive. That’s from the uk eBay “blue linen fabric”, was my search, lots of sellers selling the same material in many colour. The light blue is called “ denim” ( just colour name is a denim, it’s not a denim Jean like fabric ). The dark blue elsewhere in the van is “midnight” . many also offer a small samples .

@tillin90 8 ай бұрын

Do the door hold in place when you drive the van?

@MispronouncedAdventures 8 ай бұрын

Good observation, as I don’t have a locking mechanism in place during this video. General driving, not really, but if I do swing it around a roundabout, it will move. To be fair, this could be easily fixed if I put a lightweight magnet on either side.

@johnporter6459 3 жыл бұрын

Alex, did you ever commission the 12v immersion element?

@MispronouncedAdventures 3 жыл бұрын

Not just yet. As it was always planned as a solar dump load, as it’s currently UK winter it’s sort of got put on the back burner. Until I’ve got excess solar. But I am in the process of running out of jobs to do so I’ll be rigging it up at some point soon.

@johnporter6459 3 жыл бұрын

@@MispronouncedAdventures Thanks. Because I'm about to buy the Bobil system and was considering putting one in with a manual control, as it could be used when driving (kind of like with a calorifier) using the B2B charger.

@RealEstateOttawa 9 ай бұрын

Are you saying Spray Carpet ? What is that ?

@MispronouncedAdventures 9 ай бұрын

If I said “spray carpet” I must of muddled my words. “Spray carpet” would of meant, 4 way “stretch carpet” which is applied by spray glue

@CriftinsCampers 2 жыл бұрын

Sort of Snap! I had intended to do exactly the same thing but in the end I couldn't quite make it work & went for two hinged doors. I had a lovely time making that dog legged shaped bit for the vans sliding door side as well! In the raw: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/btNjqNKalc3LlKc.html and this is it trimmed and almost finished. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eMemnLN228CZoKc.html

@MispronouncedAdventures 2 жыл бұрын

Looks great it’s been fantastic for me up in the Arctic. 20° in the back of the van, -20 in the cab!