First sliding door card

This was basically not fun!!

8 hrs give or take to get this stage measuring- cutting- measuring-cutting - swearing etc.
When glue all dry and my back is functional again, it'll be fitting one more time to see if any of the inside face if panel shows through window when open , which I think some part probably will . I'll then have to find a way of making a frame albeit cloth or wood so it looks neat from inside.
Never expected it to be easy but bloody hell !

Update: 05/11/2016

Once the panel was fitted it did not look right that great expanse of cream suede! Also as the doors get a lot of use I feel that it will get grubby very quick! 

I'm changing the headlining to vinyl as again it could become grubby very quickly, we've chosen lighter shade of cream when its re applied we will look again and maybe use the same vinyl for the two sliding door but look at putting a different coloured panel in the middle to break up the "slab of beige" 

So when the seats have been re upholstered in a couple of weeks we will look again!

And Closed!

Rear Hatch Curtains

Vanx rear hatch curtains...........

Fairly easy to fit, for the top rail I had to shorten it by about 5" then drilled centre hole and fitted it, it needed a slight bend inwards. Then marked and drilled 4 more holes.
I then fitted the curtains, these are black out and stretchy so you need to position the bottom rail low enough to allow the curtains to sit slightly under tension. This rail I needed to bend a small amount again to match the curve. Again centre hole first etc.
The small plastic end caps on the top rail are a pain to fit. I would suggest fitting  one on before screwing into position.

The stud fasteners are then mounted in position to keep the outside hem against the frame. The screws provided are to long for the T6 so I used pop rivets .
Very happy with them.

Rear hatch panel

Covered the rear panel today, we've decided on black out curtains for it as can't seem to get pleated blinds in, even close , to the right size.

N/S Sliding Door Card

First rough cut door card.
It's a little flimsy door handle side but when the blind supports are fitted top and bottom and it's all fitted lined etc I don't think it will be a problem . But I might glue a wood brace along it. We'll see!
I used the oem door card as the template then just measured and cut the top section. Once that was right I fitted the new card , traced around the top from the outside, opened the sliding window to get half the opening and drew around the aperture this gave me exact opening I want.
Then lined it all up and cut it.
I've used 3 mm hardboard, bit of a gamble but when secured it'll be strong enough and the oem one is thinner hardboard .
When all is neat and tidy I'll reverse it and use as a template for offside slider.
There's more than enough space to fit a pleated blind in the aperture as well.

Gas Box

Temporary sealed door for gas locker. When furniture boards turn up and I've made the kitchen I'll make a hinged door so it blends in . I should also have enough space on top for a removable drawer, for EHU cables and suchlike. But it is usable and safe as is!
What I did forget is that the cylinder had a fuel gauge on top! Thank goodness for modern mobile phones!
Just take a picture!

Didn't last used to much space inside I've fitted a 25 ltr tank under the van the space will now be used for storage a sort of  "boot space" !

We have fire!

Jumped a couple of hurdles today!

1) put a fivers worth if LPG in the tank (5 ltrs) ! And didn't blow myself or the garage up!
2)  Fired up the Propex heater!

Started at the filler connection checking for leaks, then at regulator and then the connections to the Propex heater.
The only leak was on the heater quarter of turn sealed it nicely.
Then a few minutes of biting my nails whilst it sorted itself out. And then it fired up blasting a jet of heat cross the van.

I choose Propex as we are fairly unlikely to camp out in winter so it doesn't seem worth spending a lot of money on an eberspacher system.
If we do need heat at current price of 56p a litre! There's no contest and plenty of garages that do LPG in UK and most places abroad !

We had Propex in our T25 and once or twice used it in the winter and we just set the thermostat on low to keep the chill off and I see on the thermostat there is a frost setting now! So even better.