I've watched alot of van build videos, you are the best host; straight to the point, clear and give the measurements of materials you use. Thank you!!!

Thank you for going into such detail right down to the screws, these are essential details most other youtubers miss but are important for DIY dunces like me 😊😊

@PilgrimPods

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers David! 🙂🍻

Well done, that’s the way to go! Looks great! Take care, stay well and safe!

@PilgrimPods

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate, appreciate it. 😊👍

thanks, it is very helpful. very detail walk through and simple method

Really good video guys, so exciting that your getting to this stage now - can’t wait to see what you do inside xx

@PilgrimPods

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks guys! Slow and steady wins the race! 🐢😄😁

Loved this video Craig. Well set out, presented and formatted. It’s clear and easy to follow which me and the wife love. Looking forwards to the next stage. Stay safe. Best wishes from Dave and Mal in Stoke

@PilgrimPods

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks guys, appreciate that. Hopefully it will be in a state to use come next spring and all being well everyone can get back out there and enjoy the great outdoors again. 🙂

Great detail in your videos, sets you apart from the rest

Thanks for this great video! We worked through all of this on the weekend in our van and made great progress 👍🏼

@PilgrimPods

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! That's great to hear you found it of use. Thanks for taking the time to check it out.

Thanks for sharing your build and I’m just about to start my build. I’m based in Walsall and you sound very local 👌🏻

Nice work! Yep did my van totally different 😂👍 looking forward to the rest of the build👍

@PilgrimPods

3 жыл бұрын

I don't think any two self builds have been built alike. There's so many ways to tackle most stages. Looking forward to seeing what you do with your own! 😊👍

It’s definitely going well so far! 👍

@PilgrimPods

3 жыл бұрын

Slow and steady Andrew, slow and steady! 🐢😊👍

Great series, keep it up, defo will be doing similar on my build 👍

@PilgrimPods

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers! 🙂🍻 Best of luck with your own build mate. 😁👍

Thank you so much for doing the videos.

@PilgrimPods

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Atma, thank YOU for taking the time to check them out. 🙂👍

Very good and v practical video. Well done. I'll def watch your insulation video . I've seen many other put down floor batons with no lateral batons inbetween

@PilgrimPods

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Paddy! 🙂🍻

Super helpful, thank you

@PilgrimPods

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching it.

Just found your blog. First time I saw your van had to look out the window. My friend up the road has exactly the same van. Blue with peeling paint 😱😂 his van is still there 👍

@PilgrimPods

2 жыл бұрын

There's quite a few of them out there with the same issue. Tell him to get it rollered! 😁

Great video

@PilgrimPods

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers Kev, thanks for watching mate. 😊🍻👍

great job well done

@PilgrimPods

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers Aaron. Thanks mate. 😊👍

Great demo. Thank you. I will be back.

@PilgrimPods

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Shey!

As always very informative and made to look easy. FYI I fitted the same Wi-fi and puck aerial the only difference being I have a 3sim. So far everything is working brilliantly without issue.

@PilgrimPods

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers Brian! 😊🍻 Good to know our chosen wifi solution stands up to the test out there on the road. Sounds like our research will pay off for us. Our phones are on 3 and we're more than happy with the coverage. The plan was to have the router sim on a different network to give us options should one network have a spotty signal. If the 3 sim plays as nicely as you say with your router we might have to rethink our phone networks to pick up the mobile sim for the van. Thanks for sharing. 😁👍

This was perfect, cheers. Just hit a wall with wooden cladding the sliding door side of transporter, without doing battens. Found out this evening that the beam immediately next to the sliding door is at a different projection than the rear. Battening will hopefully level it all out.

@PilgrimPods

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate and good luck working on that transporter of yours. 🙂🍻

Great vid mate, cheers. It’s the first time I’ve seen you guys, so I gave you a sub, as I’m interested to see how you progress.

@PilgrimPods

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for taking the time!

nice one fella

@PilgrimPods

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers Robert. 😊👍🍻

Great content thank you. It would have been great to have seen how much meterage you guys used

Craig, thanks very much for these videos, sometimes good to watch someone else's van when you hit 'the wall' on ideas! I seem to spend a lot of time measuring, sitting, thinking and then finally doing (and sometimes redoing) stuff. I'd be interested to hear what your ratio of 'thinking time' to 'doing time' is!

@PilgrimPods

3 жыл бұрын

Thinking/doing ratio... It's really hard to say as we've been watching campervan builds for about six or seven years now in the hope that one day we'll eventually be able to do our own. We've wanted a campervan (originally a T25) from about 13 years ago and when we collared onto the self build thing we've been glued to KZread build vlogs ever since. In that time we've absorbed a lot of information (right and wrong) on how to tackle most aspects so when we tackle a section it's probably fair to say we have a good idea of how we'll approach it. Of course things don't always go to plan and that's when we'll do some head scratching and turn to the internet for answers! Hope that kinda makes sense John. Good luck with your own build! 🙂👍

@pilgrimpods thank you for the great video! To clarify please - the reason the doorway needs more battens is to distribute the weight of people's steps more evenly? Just wanted to check 😊 thank you!

Looking good guys, my L2H2 is still at the empty box stage. Feels like sometimes its not progressing 🙈🙈🙈🤣🤣🤣🤣

@PilgrimPods

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers Anton. 😊🍻 You'll get there mate as will we! We just break everything down into steps so it doesn't seem as daunting. This video is another chalked off the list! 😁

Great video. Did you use the 32mm screws in the roof battens? I thought theyd be too big?

Hey Craig, what's the benefit of having Battens for your plywood walls/ceiling vs directly drilling the plywood into the walls? At the crossroads at what to do for my own conversion!

not bad m8, not bad at all!

@PilgrimPods

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers mate! 😁🍻

Hey Craig, I'm enjoying watching these videos as I convert my T4. I will be putting my ceiling batons on tomorrow. I was wondering, do I just screw directly into the metal or use pre existing holes? Many thanks.

@PilgrimPods

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Sophie, apologies for the late reply. Hope you sorted the ceiling out without issue. Personally I just screwed them straight in without a pilot. 🙂

We're just about to build our van. It's more or less the same as yours once was! Did you drill pilot holes for you batten screws?

Hi when you put your roof cladding did you remove the interior back light (cargo) one? I want to delete my one but I don’t know if I’m going to have a signal on the dashboard (boxer year 18) thanks

I’m not sure if I’m being dim or not, but, how do you screw the screws into the metal? Do you use the holes that are already in the metal ?

Has anyone ever told you you look like david michell from peep show 😂

What screws do we need to drill in to the metal

Did you use self tapping screws for this?

3:27 How are you fixing this batten to the van please?

Fantastic video with all the useful info needed. My only complaint is why the music needs to be so loud compared to the narrative? Having to turn the volume up and down is annoying?

@PilgrimPods

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for checking them out and the feedback Jeff. I think the volume issue differs across devices. However you're not the only one who's mentioned it detracts from the videos so I'll definitely be rectifying in any new videos going forward. Thanks again! 🙂👍

Hi- thanks for the useful video- really appreciated...can I ask, after 2 years or whatever it is- are the battens still stuck? Have you had any problems with the screwless ones on the floor?

@PilgrimPods

Жыл бұрын

No issues at all. 😊

Before you build anything else go invest in a 18v impact driver and some impact screw driver bits. Too late for your lining but would make life a lot easier for putting screws in.

@PilgrimPods

3 жыл бұрын

I actually thought that was one item I was missing from my toolkit when tackling screwing the battens to the ribs. Driving those screws in was much harder work than it needed to be! I'll add one to my shopping list for future investment.

@noskills9577

3 жыл бұрын

@@PilgrimPods good on you, you’ll wonder how you worked without one after a while. Even a cheapo brand one will help ryobi/erbauer etc etc.

@PilgrimPods

3 жыл бұрын

@@noskills9577 thanks for the advice. If a decent one pops up in the list I'll pick it up. As you say, I'm sure it'll come in useful for lots of things over the years.

@Kal-ir9ze

Ай бұрын

What screws drill in to the metal

Hi just wondering if you’ve got any update on your mifi ? All the best 👍🚐👍

@PilgrimPods

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Jeff, not just yet sorry. We'll definitely do an update when we're finished with the conversion and out and about using it. A few others on Facebook groups who have the same setup have mentioned how well it works for them so we're hopeful our research will have paid off. 😊🤞

@jeffrichards7150

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate realised this after I sent the message. All the best 👍🚐👍

Hi Craig. above the middle of wheel arches. Whats that spacer your using?

@PilgrimPods

2 жыл бұрын

Hi, I 'think' you're referring to a little supporting bracket which was already there behind the original ply lining.

@Adam-su7vj

2 жыл бұрын

@@PilgrimPods Ahh I see! No worries, thank you.

Hi mate, at the 3.28 mark there are some black clips on the lower mid structural support member . . .Did these come with the van when you bought it? Would love to know if you can buy them! Or indeed what their actual name is :) Cheers!

@matthewmoore9301

3 жыл бұрын

Probably better view of these at 4:26 :)

@PilgrimPods

3 жыл бұрын

Hey mate, they came with the van and supported the original ply lining. Had a quick nose on eBay put couldn't find them with my searches but then again I don't know their actual name. Hope that kinda helps. 🙂👍

@sinanuysal8496

2 жыл бұрын

I have those black clips in my van also. But don't trust them. They are made of thin aliminium and can be bended easily with bare hand. I drilled them out.

Hi there. Just a bit of a question if you don't mind. I've got a merc that is slowly being converted and I've put 20mm wooden battens across the roof struts using screws and PVA glue. My question is; with your use of wall battens, screws and glue, how much weight are you expecting to hang off the wall battens. I'm not 100% sure how much batten penetration is required to hold up x amount of weight. Ie if I sink 15mm screws x 10 say in to 20mm wood battens, would that hold up 20kg when bumping along the rode?

@PilgrimPods

3 жыл бұрын

Our overhead cupboards aren't going to be very large because the campervan is only going to be used for short trips away. If we were going to live in it they'd be much larger for the extra storage space. I've seen videos with folks really going to town with their fixings and others who haven't. My own thoughts regarding my build will be should we have a crash have I applied enough fixings to hold things in place? I think it's a 'how long is a piece of string' question and all any of us can do is apply common sense coupled with research to questions such as this. Sorry I couldn't be of more help Ian.

@iancoe3044

3 жыл бұрын

I've seen the same wrt the large discrepancy. Also the same with not a massive amount overhead as in a roll anything can come lose. Heavy weighted items and spiky projectiles will be under the head which is steel and bolted in to the van. No worries. Thought I would ask to see what your considerations were. I'm about to go and see if I can work out the sloping angle of the van walls before putting the batons in

@PilgrimPods

3 жыл бұрын

@@iancoe3044 best of luck mate with the battening and beyond and have a great Christmas.

@iancoe3044

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers buddy you too

It's probably obvious but I'm wondering why people use treated battens for the floor but nowhere else??

Hi Craig Can I ask why you went for a medium wheelbase and not a long wheelbase, reason I ask is I am in the thought process of doing a camper van, as I am 65 this will probably be my last big project after having done 3 popup caravans over the years. I will probably go for the Citroen relay but still undecided on medium or long wheelbase 🤔 Anyone else please feel free to offer your thoughts 👍🏻

@PilgrimPods

2 жыл бұрын

It was all about getting the right van for the right money to be honest. I had my eyes peeled for anything between a MWB and XLWB in a Boxer/Ducato/Relay and had a rough idea of what I'd do with each. Each length had it's pros and cons for us and the likelihood was we would get a LWB as there are more about and they're the middle ground in size. Just so happened our van came up for £1500 and had recently had a load of maintenance done to it at a local garage, was a PDSA van so chances were it hadn't had a hard life and ticked a few other boxes too. Don't regret the decision but I do wonder whether the width ways bed might be too short for me.

@HammyHunting

2 жыл бұрын

@@PilgrimPods Thanks for that, I am pretty set on the relay so just need to find a good one👍🏻 only is the two of us and two wee dogs but may opt for the LWB. Stay safe and happy touring 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍🏻

What glue did you use please .

@mylesjeffers6148

Жыл бұрын

I'm not him but heard great things about Stixall extreme stick adhesive. That's what I'm about to use for my conversion

Looking good, thanks for the follow back over on Instagram 👍

@PilgrimPods

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers Mark. Looking forward to following your own journey mate. 😊👍

stix all im sure is made by Sika who do sikaflex so its very similar and much cheaper

@PilgrimPods

3 жыл бұрын

I seemed to recall that too though I wasn't sure if I was just making it up in my own head! 😄

@thedicksons1284

3 жыл бұрын

@@PilgrimPods im sure the tube says...made by sika...i think lol

@PilgrimPods

3 жыл бұрын

Again, I think you're right. I'm sure I heard somewhere it's chemically pretty much the same stuff but loads cheaper.

My husband used these plans from Stodoys and he is very pleased.

@PilgrimPods

3 жыл бұрын

Great to know, thanks! 🙂👍

@shantayprueeissen8914

3 жыл бұрын

@@PilgrimPods Glad you love it friend 🤙✌️

What size battens are they?

@PilgrimPods

2 жыл бұрын

They're just plain old roof battens.

@michaelwatson7223

2 жыл бұрын

@@PilgrimPods great work on the channel, your the go to bloke for how to do your van. Keep it real !

why dont you get Oz , Bomber. Nev and the rest of the gang to help, you will have it done in no time

@PilgrimPods

3 жыл бұрын

Who's that make me, Barry? 🤔😂 As you can probably tell, we're not in any great rush to finish. As long as we are done come March we'll be happy. Thanks for watching Mr Bloggs! 😁😊👍

@spongebobsquaretits

3 жыл бұрын

@@PilgrimPods yeah lol, it wasnt a dig, we all have accents and your always reminds me of him. Slowly but surely the best way, rushing it can result in errors, enjoy the vids, keep them coming

@PilgrimPods

3 жыл бұрын

We've had a couple of hiccups going slowly too! 😁

Good video but I think you would have more views if you cut your hair.

@PilgrimPods

3 жыл бұрын

The hair is getting out of hand! Future manbunn incoming!? 🤔😄 Thanks for watching me dude. 😘