Posts containing information about the process of building a tiny house on wheels.
Adding a bathroom to our 2017 Ram Promaster 2500 Building a wall frame with 1 x 3 pineSecond wall addedCut OSB to fit snugly against the van wallRethinking our life choicesCut shower board to size, covered in adhesive and braced in placeWalls and ceiling covered in shower boardCreated a lip with 1x3 and added more …
The quick and dirty report of how much money it cost to convert our 2017 Ram Promaster 2500 into a camper While the angles aren't exactly the same, this is a decent before/after As indicated in previous posts, I thought I would update this blog every month with monthly spending reports. As the project dragged …
Continue reading Van Conversion Financial Report: Overall Cost
October was a light month in terms of spending (and progress). While it was physically a slow month, we spent a lot of time doing research and redoing some of the work we realized we had done incorrectly. Example: adding conduit to the build. Initially we didn't think it was necessary, but after hearing some …
Continue reading Van Conversion Financial Report: October 2018
How we insulated and prepped our Ram Promaster 2500 for solar power So it has been a little while since we have shown any updates on our progress during the conversion of our 2017 Ram Promaster. This is partly due to the fact that progress has been somewhat slow. In our last post, we were …
One of the hardest parts of preparing to live in a van is deciding what to take (or what not to take). Kaitlin and I have been giving away or trying to sell a large portion of what we have collected over the years together. Below, I'll detail all of the categories we deemed necessary …
First of all, don't let these numbers fool you. I didn't realize when I started recording spending that I would be writing monthly summaries so I didn't record purchase dates of the items. My August financial report was posted Sept. 16. So this report REALLY only includes the purchases to round out the month, though …
Continue reading Van Conversion Financial Report: September 2018
After a couple of weeks of using the van to haul things around, we were finally able to get started with the conversion. The first step we took was to remove the bulkhead. This was pretty straight-forward, although it wasn't exactly easy. We are converting a 2017 Ram Promaster 159" Wheelbase. Removing the Promaster bulkhead In …
Continue reading Van conversion flooring: frame and insulation
The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. -Rocky Balboa Will it ever stop raining? Probably. When it starts snowing. I'm just glad we have been able to get some work done. Although, the rain gives me plenty of time to plan ahead and now, time for writing. August was a big month when it comes …
Continue reading Van Conversion Financial Report: August 2018
You've met us, now meet our van. When we were searching for something to buy for our conversion project plan, we had a couple of criteria that we had defined based on some research. Something big enough to sleep in Something that could have a kitchen area Decent gas mileage Preferably listed through a dealership …
We are Todd and Kaitlin, we hail from Southern West Virginia, and we recently purchased a Ram Promaster 2500, Edith. The main goal is to convert it into something comfortable enough to live in while discovering what we can live without. Once we have everything all built out, we want to be able to travel …
Just Edith 