Wednesday, 18 April 2012

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.