I managed to get both tanks installed on the bus. It was a hard push to get it done before the rain came back hard. I spent a day under the bus, in the dark (because it gets dark at 4:30 in the winter here), and powered through the fresh water tank install. So, now it’s on to the interior plumbing!

I installed the drain lines to the grey water tank a while back, and even connected the shower. The sink drains have been punched through the floor and installed, but they are not connected to the sink yet. In order to start that project, I needed a cabinet to mount the sink, so I could make the final connection. I powered through the cabinetry without filming because it was my first time making cabinets and I am not any kind of authority on the subject. I just watched a bunch of youtube videos, then got to work. It’ll take some more work to make them pretty, but they are solid as a rock, and I am satisfied with how they came out. I’m going to install the necessary infrastructure before I finish them. That includes the water heater, the gas lines, the water pump, the water lines, and the outlets that will be attached to the cabinets. The first major item, though, was the sink. Here’s how that went.

The vents were something I knew about, but didn’t think was a very big deal. I was going to skip it entirely, relying just on the vent to the grey tank to handle the displacement of air, until my inner perfectionist got the better of me. I figured I should probably do this now, while the bus is still in skeleton mode, so I don’t have to back track and destroy anything to fix it in the future. If I know it might be a problem now, I should just play it safe, take the extra time, and do the work. I’m happy I did. It’s one problem that I hopefully won’t need to deal with again.

Sorry to gloss over some of the work that happened between the last video and this one. I just needed to get some work done. I will post some photos to fill in some gaps, but I really don’t think you missed much. All of the other stuff I did was basic pipe-running and cabinet building. Just do what I did, and watch some other youtube videos, then jump in and give it a try. I realize that I waste a lot of time trying to perfect skills through youtube without actually trying them out with my hands. Most of the projects I do are much easier once I get my hands on the stuff I’m working with and just mess around with it for a while. I picked up how to plumb ABS in a couple hours that way. Cabinetry was a bit harder, but there are so many “right” ways to do it, you can’t really go wrong. Just be careful with your measurements.

Thanks for watching. Hopefully I’ll have a fresh-water plumbing video to accompany this one soon.

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