Wood
Most of the infrastructure of the van was built up using wood and to be more specific, softwood and plywood. In the build section there's lots of pictures and details of what got built but below is a list of what got used.
Update May 2013.
All the basic woodwork has worked out well, but while the cladding was cheap and looked ok, it has suffered badly from the changes in temperature and humidity. I'm still considering redoing it all again, not a huge effort and or cost but as it stands it's beginning to look very poor and tatty with gaps appearing everywhere. A few doors have been rebuilt already.
- 4 and 12mm plywood. This was used for:
- Lining the inside of the van, roof and walls
- Inside the walls of the toilet shower and wardrobe
- Wardrobe shelves
- Kitchen drawers
- Overhead locker floors and supports
- Overcab cupboard floor and lining
- Kitchen compartment separators
- Water heater floor
- Gas locker
- Electrics backboard
- Toilet/Shower floor
- 44mm square timber
- Used to construct the main bed/seat frames
- Supports for the toilet/shower floor
- 15 x 35mm timber
- Used to build wardrobe and shower walls
- Sawn in half, was used to support shelves everywhere
- Battery box restraints
- Wheel arch ply bracing
- General reinforcement for plugs and screws
- 12 x 30mm timber
- Spacing and anchor for ply lining
- Side cupboard supports
- Bed/seat frames and slats
- 15 x 70mm timber
- Frames for kitchen units
- 15 x 90mm timber
- Kicker board around central aisle
- 25 x 50mm timber
- Joists under floorboards
- 15 x 110mm floor boards, 4.2m long
- Floor boards!
- 7mm x 90mm pine cladding
- Cladding of kitchen sides
- Toilet and wardrobe external cladding and doors
- Locker doors
- Front seat cladding and door
- Locker sides
- Bed/seat cladding
- Under bed locker doors