much as possible leave our rental and bills behind  to move into the van full time to save money and  

it ended up being the decision that changed  our lives are you thinking of building a van  

hi guys today I'm going to show  you all the details of our van

the kitchen is divided in three sections in  the left we have the stove in the middle we  

have the prep space and on the right we have the  black faucet and the black sink the faucet has  

two options on one side we have the filtered  water and in the other one the regular one  

for the stove we decided to go with a gas stove  the material that we chose for the countertop  

is a stone with a marble finish because we wanted  this kitchen to be as resistant as possible since  

it was going to be our full-time home and it has  worked perfectly this is the main storage space  

on the right side we have a closet that goes from  floor to ceiling on the top part is where I keep  

all my clothes we have several organizers  depending of the season we have from winter  

clothes to summer clothes in the bottom part  is where we keep our camping tables and chairs  

and it's where we also hung our coats and  keep extra bulky things like the pets food the  

ladder to access the roof Etc and on the left  side we have the 12 volts fridge and freezer

and in the top part we have three sections in the  bottom one is where we keep all the vegetables and

extra food these two parts are for Pepe's clothes  and in the top part is where we have the safe and  

on the left is where we keep the wax for surfing  the pulls are solid brass with recently installed  

these locks and the finish of the doors cabinets  is a white glossy in this top section is where we  

keep our pillows on bed linens and also a good  piece that we need to make the bed we wanted to  

build a separation wall because we have two pets  and when driving is safer for them to be on the  

back of the van and also it was a good decision  that we made it because the front part of the car  

gets really hot during the summer we went with a  21 millimeters plywood piece because it was sturdier

and a good insulation material the wall is  divided in two pieces and we decided to put the cut  

of the wall behind the closet so when you look at  it you wouldn't see it from the front we decided  

to cut these two openings by hand and it was the  first time that we were cutting straight lines  

so in order to make it look better we put these  metal trims and then painted everything with a  

matte finish the kitchen is composed by these  two side doors the middle section is composed  

with three drawers at the beginning we wanted to  keep it all minimal and installed in invisible locks  

but it didn't work when we were driving on bumpy  roads the top drawer has mainly all the cutlery  

the middle drawer is for all the food that we  keep like everything that we have in bottles  

the salt pepper and the bottom one is for  the pans and pots that we use for cooking  

on the left door we have the gas tank for the gas  stove and the water heater originally we wanted to  

install here an oven but the gas tank wouldn't  fit so we decided just not to put it on  

this right side is where we keep under the sink  all the cleaning supplies and trash can and then  

the top part of the kitchen in the left side  is where we have our plates and glasses and  

on the right side is where we keep the  extra food that we have mainly flour  

beans and rice these invisible locks work well  in this top cabinets and we kept all of them  

here we have the bathroom we waterproofed the entire  bathroom before putting all the finishes and for  

the walls we chose this waterproof glossy plastic  which goes from floor to ceiling we custom made  

this shower pan in a gray finish for the fixtures  we went with black finish for the shower and also  

for the soap holders and here on the left we have  the cleaning tool that we use after we take a shower

and in the ceiling we have the light and the  extractor for the toilet we went with a chemical  

toilet mainly because it was more affordable  but instead of using chemicals we were able  

to find a natural solution and then we installed  this door to make the whole bathroom waterproof  

last but not least the bathroom  volume has this hanger for the towels

you're a natural man and in the back of  the van is where we spend most of our time  

we love to open the rear doors  and hang out here in the couch

we went with a U shaped  couch mainly because we needed more  

storage space and in this part is where  we have our outdoor shower is where we  

keep our toilet products and also the  water hose which you can all access

and this is real life it's not a van tour anymore

this is where we fill our water tank it has a lock, and then we just...

the table is on a Lagun mount so you can mov it freely and we can also remove it in order to make our bed

and this is the bed it's a 175 by 140. which  is perfect for me not so much for Pepe

and this is how long it takes to take it off

in this side we have two regular outlets here we have  the controller for the diesel heater  

and in this other side the  switches and two usb chargers

here in the bottom we have the carbon monoxide  alarm and here in the back we have the diesel  

heater pipe in these cabinets is where we have  the control panel that controls all the van  

the switch for the inverter and the switch  for the water heater in the last cabinet in  

this part of the van is where we keep mostly  toilet paper and kitchen paper and incense  

in this side we have a bigger space for towels  and for the iron and also extra extra storage space  

we have to fans a big one in the back that we use  

for cross ventilation and a smaller one  in the front that we use for the kitchen

now I'm gonna explain more  technical things about the build  

here in this left bench is where we have all the  water installation a 132 liters water tank a 5  

steps osmosis filter then a 5 liter tank for the  filtered water this is the water expansion tank that  

you need to install after the pump and this is  actually the 12 volt water pump, we used two color  

pipes blue for cold water and red for hot water  and that's all it is in this winch now we move  

to electrical bench this black box is actually a  10 liters water heater that runs with gas you can  

see the copper pipe right above it that brings  the gas from the gas tank this blue box is the  

mppt solar charge controller it's a piece that  goes in between the solar panels and the battery  

and it speaks to both controlling the charge that  the solar panels provide to the battery this gray  

box here is where we made all the electrical  connections of the van here we have three fuses

all these blue and brown cables come out of the  gray box and connect to the main control panel of  

the van we can control pretty much everything  from the screen the water pump lights battery  

charge water level temperature Etc this is the  battery we changed recently as you could see  

three episodes ago nothing fancy an AGM deep  cycle battery 12 volts 172 amps hour and it's  

a strapped to the floor this is a main switch  that connects and disconnects the battery to  

the system this black box here is the 1400 Watts  inverter basically what it does it transforms the  

12 volts of the battery into 220 volts for any  normal outlet this is the fuse for the inverter  

and the breakers for the 220 installation this  black pipe here brings the hot air from the  

diesel heater that we have installed below the  van and heats the van through this air entry and  

then on the roof rack we installed 350 watts of  solar panels this solar panel is 150 and this  

second one is 100 watts and we installed it a little  bit later because at the beginning with 150 watts  

only it wasn't enough now with 350 we haven't run out of electricity ever even when we stay  

in Norway we didn't have any issues with the  electricity so that's pretty good and also the  

battery is connected to the alternator of the van  so in case that there is no sun for a few days  

then we can just turn the van on and charge the  battery are now working on a detailed video of  

the van build it's gonna show the whole build from  start to finish with all you know all the details  

of everything that we did and it's gonna show  like how two regular people like us were able to  

build the van that we just showed you and with  no previous experience we didn't know anything  

we didn't have any tools I never even actually  used a grinder it was a big challenge and we're  

very happy that we actually went for it and did  the van because actually changed our lives this  

Cabin over here and this Workshop was also built  by us after we built the van and we didn't know  

that we had it in us until we started we planned  for a while to have the van guide available for  

you to purchase and you know like we have for the  Cabin and the Workshop but this time we want to do  

it differently we want to do a free video for you  all to have all this information and maybe help  

some of you that are are looking to build a van like  ours without having to spend any money so that's the idea

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you want us to answer let us know in the comments  of this video you can ask anything any detail that  

you want and we will share it with you guys we are  also going to be sharing costs and all the specs  

and materials that we used if you want to watch  us building the cabin or the workshop we have  

full playlist of the whole build the first five  episodes or so are a bit rough because you know  

we didn't know anything about filming or editing  and we needed to learn everything from scratch  

our skills improved over the time in case that  you're interested in starting your own YouTube  

channel you will be able to see our improvement in  in filming and editing through all the videos for  

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if you would like to see how we use the van we  recently came from a trip that we did to Norway  

we are going to leave all the links  of the trip in the description box