Sorry for the lack of updates, but I've been working hard on her to get her finished, today is the first day that she has felt like a caravan for a while as I added some finishing touches, including throws and a stereo.

I picked up a gas cylinder at the beginning of the week and spent Monday connecting up the gas and fitting a new fridge as the original one didn't appear to work. I managed to check everything except the water heater on Monday and the cooker, hob, fire and new fridge all appear to work fine on gas.

On Tuesday I pulled the water heater out, its a Carver Cascade Mk 1 and gas it a clean, drained the old water from it and connected it up. I fired it up and after about 30s it went to fail, it did this about 5 times until gas had got to it and then hey presto, I could hear it ignite and then start to creak with the heat, woohoo!

I also spent most of Tuesday putting the new water pipes in, I opted for the John Guest speedfit, 15mm, its an absolute doddle to fit, unlike the 12mm flexible stuff it won't kink and I opted to run it inside the caravan to prevent and problems in winter with pipes freezing.

I spent a couple of days last week covering the walls in the bathroom with vinyl to create the wet room,  I need to seal all the edges with huge amounts of sealant, but apart from that its done, the Thetford C200 toilet is also fitted. Photos to follow.

For one reason or another I didn't manage to get as much done yesterday as I hoped, but today I have caught up. The Bed is now complete, bar a piece of Oak trim and screwing the ply that covers the supports down, I'll do that once I've put the plumbing in as it will run under the bed.

I had a scrap piece of Oak so I decided to have a go at making a light fitting to replace the fluorescent tube that used to be above the bed, the tubes consume 8 Watts of power, as opposed to the 1.8 Watts that the LED downlighter I used, the downlighter throws out a huge amount of light compared to the old tube.

I will get a couple of chrome dome headed screws to mount the lights just to add a touch of bling, I'm pleased  with the affect, they look contemporary (another will be made for the front), but don't look too modern so they don't change the character of the caravan. I have a piece of the plastic beading to cover the seam behind the light.

I finished making the cabinet for the fridge today, its oak supports with plywood side panel and the original lid.  I also managed to reused the old draw front for the access panel. To keep the weight down I remade it using the same methods as most things are made in a caravan, glue, strip wood and ply.

I decided mentally and also with some simple sketches how I would rebuild it, I then started assembling it, building the supports first, then the tray that the fridge sits on and making the rest of the cabinet around it.  The fridge just sits on some strip wood supports (12mm x 36mm), this will mean if there is a gas leak it will just vent through the floor.

I will cut an access panel through the wardrobe to access the gas pipe and 12V supply, which should make removing it a lot easier in the future.  I'll pop into B&Q at some stage and get some mesh to cover the air vents that you can see above and below the fridge.

I need to test the fridge over the next couple of days and give it a good clean down with some disinfectant before reinstalling it.

To be honest I'm very happy with how the cabinet has turned out.