Power, floors, and insulation~oh yeah!

Soooo, posting on a blog is not the 1st thing we want to do after building a bus all day. Needless to say, we are a bit behind in posting. We have done so many things to our tiny home that it actually looks like a house, not a bus (I mean, it's still a bus, but it's cute inside now).

We are wired! We have outlets throughout the entire length of the bus. Thanks to Elizabeth's uncle John. Electricity is surprisingly simple!!! We ran many circuits to make sure and distribute the power so we don't blow a fuse everyday. There is one for the refrigerator, inverter, toilet, bathroom, computer etc, and one for the portable air conditioner that we will inevitably have to buy in August (more on that later).

Uncle John...wiring us up!

power!

power and plumbing..so modern!

We didn't know we were going to rip up the existing plywood floor, but when we found a big rotten patch of moldy wood, we thought it would be best. So we stripped it down to the original bus laminate. We didn't take it to the metal, which was the right choice for us. It was in pretty good shape so we went with it.

Crow bars, muscles, and yelling were required to
pull up the plywood that was screwed down.

Elizabeth Sawzalled (?) around the counter we were leaving in.

Angela ripping up the tiles to expose more tiles
to eventually expose the screws that we were
then unable to unscrew...thus the crowbars!

For the flooring, we knew we need insulation, because it is a metal box! We started with a moisture barrier that has a low R-value and then laid a foil backed underlayment that adds even more insulation. Then we laid the laminate floor. We didn't originally think we would do laminate, but then our friend was redoing a house and offered us the laminate she was ripping out...for FREE! so we said YES! and spent $60 total on the floor for the underlayment and 2 additional boxes of flooring. It was going to cost over $300~yay!

Both layers of insulation

See the styrofoam in between and the roll of Reflectix
waiting to be applied.

For the walls we screwed 2X4s into the frame of the bus to create a frame to hang 1/4" birch plywood. We used styrofoam insulation in between the 2X4s and then a layer of Refletix in between the styrofoam and the birch. We are hoping for warmth or at least not freezing!

The beautiful floor! and the amazing walls!

This is getting close to what it looks like now...there is more coming VERY SOON we promise!