Well that was really interesting guys. Good job on the carpet Dave (luckily the supervisor only popped in once)! And it really looks a good job. Some more good tips for us on this one - the boot box is a great idea. I expect the Frog needed the loo too 🤣🤣. Amazing!!

Very snazzy music whilst doing carpet fitting timelapse. Almost disappointed that Helen didn’t appear with jazz hands. The carpet looks very smart.

Dave you’ve made a good job of fitting the carpet, we’ve seen you fit carpet to the soundtrack now let’s see you dance to it 😂👍 Lunchtime tomorrow I’m off for my last trip of 23, always feel a little bit sad. 🍻here’s to Touring 24 😁

Fantastic job Dave, well done. The bedding from Helen just finishes it off brilliantly. Happy winter caravanning. Enjoy your time ;))

Great idea, never understood why they use such light coloured carpets far from being serviceable. The frog is preferable to the spiders that could have been in the shoes

Love the carpet Dave I think carpet right are looking for you 👍

Well done dave and Helen on a fantastic job the new carpet looks good and will be much warmer and hard wearing I have always wondered why they put such light coloured carpets in the vans! Love the new bedding Helen and looks great! You made me laugh with your stowaway!!! The boot box is a great idea and saves lots of mud that’s something I’m going to do especially with two young sons! Happy caravanning to you both Daniel

You’re looking very smart 👍for winter touring Dave & Helen and the new runner gives the illusion of a longer caravan. Looking forward to the CL’s you stay on, there are some really good one’s out there. All the best, Rob & Gail 😀

You made a damn good job of that Dave. 👍👍👍.

Looks great & instantly looks ‘warmer’ well done apart from the fact my other half just seen this & thinks it would be great for us 😂😂

Great job, carpet fitter extra-ordinarie……….

Omg we are definitely copying that carpet. We have 2 dogs and our carpets had a lot of wear. Thanks for The tip

What a great idea with a runner , that will be our next job . Thanks for all your tips as we are caravan newbies

Nice job with the carpet... looks great...p.s we've got a 3 bed house needs doing.......!!😂

Hello Dave and Helen, Happy belated birthday wishes to you Helen!🎉 Dave you did a grand job on the carpet laying, great idea and very practical. 'Looks very smart. Also putting your boots into a plastic box was a good idea. Our wellies are kept on a welly rack outside and they are very damp and uncomfortable to put on (as well as freezing cold!). If I had your shoe box, I'd consider putting a small fleece blanket on top of them to keep them warm too.

Absolutely love what you have done and love the shoe box idea x

Lovely! I really like it, great job 👍 and excellent idea x

Looks absolutely lovely 😃xx

Fantastic job, looks great 👍

Great choice of carpet, we have the same down in the Moho, it works a treat. You did a great job fitting it. Your van is now ready for Winter trips and there’s plenty to choose from in Norfolk. 😊 best wishes H&M.

Ronnie's runners!!

Hi Dave and Helen. Great vlog and great job on the carpet. Its looks fab.👍. We also use a lidded box to store shoes outside. Cheers.

Great job Dave 🎉

Our normal runner has decided it has had enough. This winter we have some dirt cheap runners which have worked so far. LOL I thought you were going to say he was off across the site in your heels Helen, 😂😂

Hi Helen and Dave, that bedding set looked like a great find, will be looking in to that and the Carpet is a super idea. Our standard fit is looking a bit shabby after a recent wet trip. The black pants were a great look compared to the tradesman butt crack too! 😁

nice job, well done.

Morning Dave: I thought I left a comment last night but it's gone :o). You must have a secret microphone in our van. We had a visitor on Sunday to the van and the boss took up the covers because she wanted it to look nice. She was only there 5 minutes and we were horrified at how quickly the carpet gets dirty. We discussed taking it up and changing it for something else. Obviously the something has just been reviewed by yourself. Excellent review. I will be phoning my carpet fitter (i'm a builder) this morning and sounding him out for some cheap ;o) runner. Keep up the great buddy. Mossy (& Mrs Mossy)

As always a fantastic vlog. Do you have a secret microphone listening to our conversations…. We always have covers over the carpet but was having a visitor on Sunday morning while away, we lifted the covers while she visited and the carpet was so dirty we discussed changing it. The runner looks superb. Thanks again Dave……

Hi both, have you considered an Isabella door awning. It just covers the door and is really useful keeping the rain out in the winter...

Great little project Helen and Dave. Well worth spending a little time and money on the winter decor. We like the boot box idea too 😃👍🏻💙 Trev n Sue

We have put the same carpet runner in our last 3 caravans it's great

Hi Dave and Helen, Runner looks great, I will show Heather I’m sure that we will be following suit as our current carpets are getting tired and like yours are light coloured, but a good inexpensive but pleasantly tasteful solution, just a thought, I’ve always wondered why there’s a Norfolk and Suffolk, but no Effolk or Weffolk, and Essex Sussex and Wessex but no Nossex, enjoy the Winter ‘vanning just watch the weather we went to The Lake District one Easter, woke up Easter Sunday to 4” of snow, and we didn’t have a 4x4 back then (1990’s) 😂 we stayed a few days longer than planned !

Well done Dave, that wasn't an easy job and you made it look easy plus it came out fabulous! Helen knocked the ball out of the park with that bedding set too, everything complements each other perfectly. :)

Dave, you really have done an excellent job! Filling in the gaps, actually made the carpet look better and the stripes are very conducive to hiding the joints and making the carpet look as if it is actually a far larger (wider) piece of carpet. Being in Japan, wearing shoes in the caravan is as much of a faux pas or sacrilege as wearing shoes in the house, so I have made an upside down tray that fits over the top of my step and the top (or the underside of the 'tray' if you like) is covered with flooring looking cushion floor. I use a thin rubber mat on the floor to take off the shoes and put them in a plastic drawer that slides under the caravan (much like your idea of a box) and then use the step just in socks. I do use a simple car side awning I got online (the rainforest site) and sewed on a beaded strip to attach to the awing rail. The beauty of it is that it has two fibreglass poles to create a dome effect (much like a tent) and the lower part can therefore be pegged directly to the ground, thus creating a kind of 'lean-to' porch. Two poles and two pegs - that's it! Because it is intended to be used this way, there is also a window in the lower half. It isn't particularly wide and really should be thought of as an old-fashioned porch on a cottage.

Hello Dave and Helen. I am à New subscriber from France🇨🇵. I do own à Hobby caravan 410 sfe. Your videos are very good.thank you both. 👍

Well done Dave , your carpet laying looks great and certainly gives your van a great look for the winter tours ahead.

Great job Dave & Helen. You both take real pride in your caravan and it really shows because it always looks so nice. 👍

The caravan looks nice and cosy. Looking forward to seeing some winter trips.

Nice job done there dave we use runners in are's 👍

Hi Dave and Helen. Great job on the carpet Dave, I must say you are a braver man than me to tackle that! Laid like a professional. Hope Helen enjoyed her birthday. Another great vlog as always, cheers Terry

Great job Dave and Helen getting winter ready both with the budget buys and doing the work your self. you can never have enough awnings lol have you looked at some thing like the Dometic Raly Air Pro 200s exspensive I know but can get simular for much cheaper £150 range. Last year we had to push the snow off our awning before we could open the door fully to get out, yes we love winter camping

How did you remove the welcome mat please. What you have done there is get a factory finish. Looks really smart.

While the carpet looks very good through the van & fits very well -the manufacturers should take note and do the same! One place a carpet should never be is in the toilet area!! First thing we did in our van was remove the toilet carpet vaxing it (just in case!!) then stored it ready for when/if we sell! We use a set of standard bathroom mats, easily removed & washable. Great idea for the main area!! Take care, all the best.

Nicely Done folks, new carpet looks very professionally done, very nice indeed. Enjoy your winter touring xx

Great job on the carpet Dave looks really good. Glad you had your big pants on!! 🩲🩲Lol 😂

Think you have made a lovely job of your carpet Looking forward to seeing your new cl sites.think that's a nice Idea

Wow, loving the new carpet, fitted very professional.

Hi Dave and Helen, love the new carpet, excellent job. Also love the new duvet bedding. ou are certainly winter ready. Lovely video x Julie and Tony x

That carpet looks really good well worth doing. Our winter caravanning consists of buying more gas and early nights cosy. Nice vlog thanks.

Hi Dave and Helen ,carpet job looks professional ,well done!!!👍

Good choice good job the carpet runner looks classy

Do you rent him out for caravan upgrades? looks really great. nice job crack on

Hi dave n Helen, just watching your carpet fitting skills ,lovely job ,caravan looks cosy ,my wife noticed the valance on the bed is it a special fo the bed or have you bought a standard valance. Keep up the good videos

That is another one of the advantages of towing the caravan with the campervan, in bad weather, instead of a caravan awning, you can just pull the wind out canopy towards the caravan as an outside shelter, that you can put away wet if needs be. As far as cold floors go, we just wear slippers but we have got away from the cold a bit on our next outing, this Saturday, for a week, by booking up a hoseasons log cabin in the highlands at Invergordon as a base, onwards from there, out and about in the campervan. Hardly any dearer than an expensive camp site, this time of year and no long nights stuck in the caravan all dark evenings from 4.30 p.m. renting a 5 person lodge instead, with TV, pots, pans, cooker, shower, toilet, heating and beds / bedding etc.all in the large 2 bedroom cabin, as well as deer and wildlife to look at from the lodge balcony, lake, All for £330 with a blue light card. Been there before - love it !

Great job, looks absolutely fantastic!! 👏 😁

ive just bought a low wattage oil heater for my winter caravan stays so i can leave overnight without a noisy fan as my heating is blown hot air.

Hi Dave and Helen, Looks like Dave has found his new job, it looks really neat and tidy, job well done. Bad news you have cost me money as we are winter vanners too, and the boss thinks it's a great idea 😢. Can I please ask do you use the towing cover in winter and if so how do you dry it once on site Wonder vlog as always. Take care. Paul and Joanne 👍 😊

Hi D & H, you've winterized the van really well, TC and safe travels, Neil

Hi Dave and Helen. Great video on the carpets. You've done a great job something like we tried to do, but yours is looking awesome 👌 😊 Paul and Sarah

Love you two. Dave & Helen. Always a pleasure to watch your videos. Used them frequently for where to go. Wouldn't be surprised if that stays down quite a while. You've done excellent job of fitting it In a previous life I was a carpet fitter. In fact the first in Nottinghamshire to have passed the NICF) National institute of carpet fitters) diploma

Great effort with the carpet fitting it looks great. Happy winter caravaning 😀😀

Hi Dave & Helen Great post as always. I’m full time carpet fitter, Dave that looks like a really good job. Nicely cut in. 😁👍

Very neat, good job! Next time you do it, you might want to consider a domestic carpet off-cut and underlay off-cut from a shop 👍 got ours for less than £50.

Great job but I shouldn’t have watched …. Now Mrs McKay is having thoughts 😅😅

Excellent jobs looks lovely

I had the same problem with the backs of the original carpet crumbling my fix which seems to work very well is clear silicone sealant use a plastic flexible spreader squirt the silicone onto the back of the carpet I just did the areas where it was crumbling then with the spreader work the silicone evenly over the affected area and leave overnight to dry, it worked great and also makes the carpet none slip 😁

Lovely job. As a 'put on', I got some of the cheap rugs from Temu which seem to keep the heat in and when the dogs trail in the mud on their paws, they can be washed in the washer. Think the idea of a lidded outside shoe box is brilliant. One to copy I think. Love your vlog and some of your ideas have been really helpful in our first year of caravan ownership. Looking forward to our first Christmas in the 'van at Kingsbury Water Park.

Super job Dave. I hate that silly fixed mat inside the door. Any idea of the name of the flooring? Sheringham a bit too far to pop and get some! With the weather we’ve had it will be useful all year.

Hi Dave and Helen hope you're both well. We're also trying to continue going away over winter. We've got a few days over Christmas booked so far. Great tip with the carpet runners (cheers Ronnie). 😅

Carpet looks great love the idea of the box for shoes. We're away at the minute at Chirk and shoes by the door inside. (Looks a mess). Sending keith tomorrow to BM'S in nxt town. Thankyou. 😂X x

Hi Dave. Great job on the carpet. I was thinking about doing the same thing. Looks really good. I have a question. What size TV’s do you have. What size do you have for the front and what size do you have for your bedroom? I have got a Swift challenger and it looks exactly like your van inside. Great Video as always mate. 😊

Great winter idea on the carpet, what is the material called that you cover your cooker with ? thanks, I got the rugs you suggested on Amazon

Great job Dave. Can i ask - did Helen make the valance for the bed or bought. I don't like looking at the plastic surround on ours xx

The only thing is, I now need a knee replacement 😮

Great video, where are the cushions from

Wow looks amazing what a fantastic idea well done Dave you did a great job and Helen can I ask is that a standard bed valance on your bed or a special valance and how is it attached please Janey x

Great job DD AVE - where's the link to buy you a beer?

Did you paint out your caravan

Is there a reason you’re not fitting proper carpet along the passage ways? Obviously, not in bathroom areas xx

Meant to ask what was the design called