Those little girls are sooooo precious omg!

So far probably the most comprehensive and best van build series.

Ha! The girls are adorable. I have very happy memories of doing stuff like that with my dad.

Nice work. Eden is such a good helper to dad and teacher to Faith. Glad you included Faith singing.

Ive been watching uk van build vids for 2years and yours is the best all round vid of them all. Well done

great to see your kids helping,you have so much patience

Wow it looks amazing well done 👍 Big help from your girls and there so cute and lovely seeing them help 😀 I loved it when my two girls helped me on my DIY jobs paint everywhere lol 😆 There now 27 and 24 😊 Bring on the next update Cheers Stevie.

I have been watching all of this series videos, your work is amazin and i'm learning a lot. But as a parent, this one is just so cute and lovely! Cheers Mate.

These videos are amazing man,. At the beginning of a van conversion and am gaining so much wisdom from you. Massive thanks.

Good Job 👍 Also the litle ladies are fantastic painters😁 thanks for teaching jong and older😚 Have fun camping in the van. 🚙🍀🙏💞🔆💋

Glad to see the kids helping, making memories there. 😊

ADORABLE! There is only ONE Restoration Couple/Family on youtube! Super going love it....... :)

Your girls are so beautiful!!! Your wife as well, you are a blessed man!

Thank you for sharing. You have a beautiful family.

A simply heart warming video from 'The Restoration Quartet'

Totally adorable Tim! It's amazing to see how well the girls improved over the course of their painting. Really wonderful to see your older girl teaching her baby sister. Great work getting the van to this launching off point, with customization next. As always, thanks so much for sharing your experiences with us all. You are appreciated more than you can know.

Just about to start Converting my van watching your videos has been the best I have seen up to now and i’ve watched a lot You put your videos together in such an easy way that anybody can understand what you’re saying And doing exciting project good on you cheers H

Coming along nicely, you've done a fantastic job.

You are a spectacular dad, and those little girls are darlings!! Y'all will have so much fun using the van. Obviously you must go somewhere where there's bathrooms?

One more video to go then I’m all caught up! 👍🏻 I’ve used the same white painting process with egg shell throughout our house too. Love the finish it gives! Now to watch the more recent video which I’ve been looking forward too since you posted it. I want the same thing in my mess of a garage/workshop/Utilities/Guinea pig and rabbit room but I wanted to keep the videos chronological. Keep up the good work!

"You're just shaking your head" lol

Your oldest is a little Miagi (karate kid movies) ...up & down. :) looks good. Can't wait to see the furniture/beds. Thanks for another great video.

Lovely girl's co-worker! You are so lucky. Greetings from S.Korea.^^

"I dont know" so sweet that was

@TheRestorationCouple

6 жыл бұрын

Keep watching it back myself, she does come out with some classics!

Vans looking very nice I like your work

You are a lovely family.

Looks realy good

If you want to cover the rear doors, a 6mm sheet of ply would scribe around them just fine. You could then drill small brackets to the doors that would surround the ply. The brackets are used in commercial vehicles and they allow the wood to seat away from the door ever so slightly, so that's good for curved doors. Or be really creative and build a door lining just inside the doors and create your own doorways that hide the rear doors, with cut outs for the windows. Love all the videos!

@TheRestorationCouple

6 жыл бұрын

Working on it in my head.... think we should able to do something with some table saw trickery and bendy ply. :-)

@myfavouriteeverythin

6 жыл бұрын

The Restoration Couple You'll do it, no worries. You've crossed every bridge so far! Good luck with it all ☺

@markharrison2827

6 жыл бұрын

CarpentryWannabe do you have a link for those brackets?

very very GOOD JOB !!!! :)

I would be interested in knowing the total amount of time that this van conversion had taken you as I've watched about ten videos now. You have put a lot of work in to it with plenty of attention to detail, I applaud you. 👍🙂

4:38 green ninja turtle 😂😂

How would you have managed without the little helpers. Loved the five year old giving instruction to her little sister.

Great fun dont forget the minimum wage for the little helpers. Thanks for the update.

@TheRestorationCouple

6 жыл бұрын

They got a gingerbread man per hour, which is the going rate here! ;-)

I think you should have put some type of primer on the walls and ceilings as it will prevent the wood from soaking in the paint which ultimately means less coats of paint but I mean hey ur family was there and it was nice to watch ur kids paint.

Blimey, you have got the girls well trained, I was expecting chaos - but they were really rather good - and a great experience and level of involvement. As for the doors here is what I have done. using 1x1 inch batten - stick around each door about 1 inch in. cannot remember if you are having windows - if so box around them. You can now insulate upto the level of the battens. Then Ply on each door as big as you can get the overlap and still freely open the doors. Double over the centre gap by about 3 inch. I would carpet or cover in foamed upholstery fabric the ply before attaching, This leaves a grove all round the doors that you can fill with closed cell foam (like pipe insulation) or swimming tubes from pound shop. (In fun colours) Just make sure it does not interfere with the rubber door seals. The difference in the feeling of comfort at the back of the van is substantial.

@TheRestorationCouple

6 жыл бұрын

They did a great job and painted all the spots where the cabinets are going! ;-) Doors sound interesting but not 100% sure I understand the finished look. Any pics you can email? restorationcouple@gmail.com

@Nick23Wood

6 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately I don't have any pics for this yet - I really should have said this is is what I am doing rather than done - but my van has just failed the MOT and I have had to strip out the Interior so it can be welded :( Also my doors are not quite the blank slate yours are, they are much smaller (LDV Pilot) I have added home made windows and floor vents. so I was just started with glueing the battens. I will try and find some pics from someone who has used the same method. Basically if you don't have windows the ply fills as much of the back door as possible overlapping the edge. because the battens are inset you can place the foam strip under the ply in the inch gap all round the door upto the batten. Before you add the ply you can cover it with your choice - paint, carpet, or for me antique bus upholstery on the bottom half and white vinyl on the top. For the centre line I will be adding a 3 inch wide extra strip of covered ply permanently fixed to the nearside door which opens second on my van. This effectively blocks all drafts and bare metal. I did mock it up so I know what it feels and looked like but didn't take any photos as I thought I would be doing it the next day. Hope that clarifies it a bit.

@Nick23Wood

6 жыл бұрын

Finding some pics has proved very difficult - here is one not quite as complete (at top) and a padded middle but near to the feel. www.practicalmotorhome.com/reviews/motorhome/36175-shire-conversions-phoenix-xlr-twin

@TheRestorationCouple

6 жыл бұрын

ahh ok I see what you mean. Sorry to hear about the van! We have a bit of work to get done but fortunately under the bonnet only. Think I am going to try and get creative with the table saw and work the window curves into the design, or at least give it a shot!

Looking smart going to be grate

Awesome job with the "crowd control" :D I miss those times, when my little one was in age of your girls :D So much fun :P!! Btw in going trough all your playlists today (spending whole weekend at "work" ;) ). Tremendous job with woodworking skills & van conversion!! Was that paint also "vapour resistant", didn't catched that.

Brilliant job, loving the videos. Where the walls meet the ceiling how are you going to finish that off.

@TheRestorationCouple

6 жыл бұрын

There is a small wooden trim between the two.

14:42 At this point you look as though you're about to be bundled off to the funny farm.

@TheRestorationCouple

5 жыл бұрын

:-) I sometimes feel like I live there! That will teach me for wearing my Wife's overalls!

Aw, too bad, I've been looking forward to how you'd make the van doors for months, hoping you'd show a way to conceal the awful metal. That's the one thing I almost never see in vans and especially the exposed back doors make it really uncomfortable (could be just me tho)/visually unpleasing :(I'm still looking forward to the next video. Having your girls in this was really cute.

@TheRestorationCouple

6 жыл бұрын

Perhaps I’ll try and get a bit more creative with them then. 👍

@janebarnes4449

6 жыл бұрын

Have you considered making them slightly octagonal - as in angle across the corners so as to keep from obstructing the glazing? It would be a bit more work but could look quite interesting. You're doing a great job by the way.

@TheRestorationCouple

6 жыл бұрын

Possibly but that would mean visible from outside slightly but painted black they might not show too much with the tinted glass. Think I might try and bend the curve with some tablesaw work now.

Nice job, great to get the family involved! could you get an iron on veneer on those curvy bits on the back door to finish it?

@TheRestorationCouple

6 жыл бұрын

Possibly but with the two way curves not sure how well it would work. I am sure I will figure something out. :-)

You could probably swap the hoses or even the filters on the shop vacs.

@TheRestorationCouple

6 жыл бұрын

If onlt it were that easy! They are completely different machines so not really an option, (without a roll of duct tape!)

What about flexi ply to line the rear windows, you may have to epoxy the thin strip to the door, then cut the opening in the facing to fit, only other way is to batten it out a bit to fix the flexi

@TheRestorationCouple

6 жыл бұрын

Thinking something similar.

Don't know how you survived breathing in that filler inside the van - it gave me a headache for the rest of the day just using it outside! Also, look into making yourself a thien separator for vacuuming. I vacuumed my entire loft space with 50+ years of really fine powder from lime plaster and rat families. Saved me at least 14 bags and 2-3 filters.

@juliangardner3357

6 жыл бұрын

Laver Lamont i

Did u use knotting before u painted the ceiling dude. Looks a fun build.

@TheRestorationCouple

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, think it was covered in one of the earleir videos. :-)

Could you estimate the added weight at this point?

Hi could tell me what wood u used on the walls please

Is it time for TRC t-shirts yet?

Perfect Job! Can I ask the model of the camera? Any other equipment besides the camera? What are those? I appriciate for your answers.Thank you.

@TheRestorationCouple

6 жыл бұрын

We use our 70D for most of the DIY/messy videos. Otherwise we some times use 5D and 6D. The hoses are electrical conduit which the wiring for kitchen and lighting run through.

Yup. Had to drill into a concrete slab overhead to install some LEDs. Just about killed my arms.

Good job mate ,are you going to beef up your suspension a bit as you are adding all this weight, think about it,seek some advice

@TheRestorationCouple

6 жыл бұрын

Van is a 3.5t and at this rate we should be well under, (well that's the plan at least) so should be fine with everything stock.

Now if you wanna run piping or new wiring inside the walls, what do you do?

@TheRestorationCouple

6 жыл бұрын

Run it in the cupboards or in the pre routed conduit. That said everything we intend to use is already wired in place.

@longhairmullet

6 жыл бұрын

Oh my! Fill holes, sand, cover knots, paint, paint again.. again. Wheew, you have a great work attitude “ lets get to it” and the girls really caught on in the end painting like pros. Well done.

@longhairmullet

6 жыл бұрын

At 15:00 its gone from a sauna look, to an asylum , with you in a straight jacket. Lol ok ok just funing. Great work as usual.

Did you ever consider using using laminated sheets instead of wood .just a thought for weight,though you've done a really good job of your van I realise your a family man and money can be tight

I'm trying to figure why you didn't roll that paint. Even a small roller with a thick nap to get into the recessed lines would have saved you hours of work and probably been a better finished product. Keep the small brushes on hand to cut in and clean up any slop that the roller created. Great work though and your daughters are just darling, so willing to help.

@TheRestorationCouple

6 жыл бұрын

Rollers just don’t get in to the v groove and if you do it clogs the grove and doesn’t look as clean so you would end up using both roller and brush anyway. This white acrylic ends up much more flat and textured with roller whereas the brushed finish gives a better sheen and cleans better. I have rolled and sprayed this finish but still prefer brush, certainly but the quickest option though. 👍