Episode 12 - DIY CARAVAN PLUMBING | Caravan Build Series | 1978 Millard Mini Pop Top

[@patsingle9175]

If anyone knocks your build, ask them to show you theirs!!. Great job👍

[@jossandell]

Thanks heaps we appreciate it!

[@antony3678]

What a great setup!

[@jossandell]

Thanks heaps! The plumbing worked out really well

[@dawayneduffy3509]

I just wanted to say something about your build. The both of u should be proud of yourselves most people who comment wouldn't have done this. Great to see both of you a young couple living your dreams. Great work

[@jossandell]

Thanks heaps for the nice comment! We are proud ourselves and of our build and love taking it away. Cheers

[@amgreg6247]

Finally someone who shows and explains what they're doing, so good! Tackling my own caravan reno thanks heaps for the vids

[@jossandell]

Thanks for the feedback! Anytime and glad they’re helping! All the best with the reno!

[@mathewrossitt9402]

Nice work mate, might even be worth insulating the hot and cold lines!

[@jossandell]

Thanks mate! Would be a good idea to. We’ve stayed in the van in -3 degrees last winter and the lines never froze over but still can’t hurt to do it I suppose!

[@donfinch862]

Yeh Joss, you're a definite handyman. You've done a great job on everything. When connecting the outside sink turn the mixer tap on (hot and cold) to stop spraying wetness all over everyone. Cheers guys

[@jossandell]

Thanks heaps Don 👍 I’ll have to give that a go cheers!

[@MiniLuv-1984]

You've achieved so much transforming the old Millard. Knowing you've done it yourselves, I know, is a huge buzz. Enjoy it to the hilt! Thanks for filling us in. I love the fact that you aren't sparkies, plumbers or cabinet makers but you gave it a go and got magnificent results. Sure, here and there you can see its home spun, but who really gives a damn? Character!!! In the walk-through, talk to us about water use, how you managed that, same for electrickery and gas.There is rarely enough of any of them, so you have to adapt to what you've got and that story of adapting is probably as interesting.

[@MiniLuv-1984]

Oh on that shower cabinet lip (with the tar coming through) perhaps you can line the front edge with right angle aluminium? Just some 12 x 12 x 1.6 should do the trick. You won't notice the extra height that the cover sits up when you add 1.6mm to the lip.

[@jossandell]

Thanks for the kind comment Ben! We’re really happy with how our old Millard has turned out! Thanks for the suggestions for our walk through, definitely great points to talk about 👍 Also, great idea for the shower lip, I’ll definitely have to add that, thanks heaps! Joss and Ell

[@Crawer101]

Just about to get into my plumbing fit my caravan resto. Some great ideas and tips in this one! Thanks!

[@jossandell]

Good luck with it all mate! Our pleasure, all the best!

[@jeffgreaves1559]

100% great job guy's well done

[@jossandell]

Thanks so much Jeff 👍

[@mattfranco8715]

Love this build aye. You guys are legends!

[@jossandell]

Thanks heaps Matt appreciate it!

[@Tom-c5y7d]

Well done loved your vids and great work and great points view you both showed. Hope you both have a great life together.👌 And I'm a chippy and you did great.👍

[@jossandell]

Thanks heaps for the feedback! Really appreciate the comment. Glad you’ve enjoyed our vids and thanks heaps for tuning in 🙂 All the best! Joss and Ell

[@georgewinters3191]

Well done , I like your solutions 👍😊

[@jossandell]

Thanks heaps George!

[@Doihavetospellitout]

Can you link me to your cabinetry video? Cheers!

[@jossandell]

@@Doihavetospellitout sure mate here it is here 🙂 kzbin.info/www/bejne/mKTceKOMd7iVgM0si=Mfgyo-_fbWCFHYzo

[@nigelclark-iv5gy]

You can get dust covers from a hydraulic hose repair shop.

[@jossandell]

Awesome will have to try there, thanks for the suggestion 👍

[@johndacosta2612]

Loved this series great work guys

[@jossandell]

Thanks heaps! Glad you enjoyed it 🙂 cheers

[@johndacosta2612]

Makes me wanna buy a caravan and have a crack 🤙

[@brucejordan3339]

To cover your ryco fittings use top half of plastic door stops.

[@jossandell]

Not a bad idea! Might have to try it. Cheers!

[@donfinch862]

Or those chair leg caps if they come in the right size

[@sayhello2pedro]

Awesome job guys and great detail. I’ve been renovating a 1981 Jayco myself and find your posts really helpful. Thank you

[@seancalcote6634]

Adding cutoff valves may help if you experience a leak. Close off single area till it can be repaired. Or carry spares.....

[@jossandell]

Yeah not a bad idea. You can buy the plugs for the John Guest fittings, I was thinking of carrying a hand full of them in case I break a fitting somewhere, at least then I’d be able to plug it to get us out of trouble.

[@kapongawhanauvids9664]

We absolutely love your vids guys, thank you. We’re on our second caravan reno although we’ve only done a surface reno so far. This next one’s a biggy. Just wondering how you managed re-certification doing the work yourselves? In NZ in order to receive an electrical or plumbing cert all work has to be completed by a licensed plumber or sparky.

[@jossandell]

Thanks heaps guys! That’s exciting! It’s a lot of work but rewarding at the same time. I did all of the 12v stuff myself which is fine but we had a sparky install our 240V wiring and compliance for that. As far as I know I don’t think you need a certified plumber to do the plumbing, I think from my understanding it’s just the 240V wiring 🙂

[@jeffblunden8307]

Hey Joss, very impressive - any chance you draw up your set up? I am thinking of having a tap that can switch between mains water or tank water heading into the hot water unit.

[@jossandell]

Thanks heaps mate. I don’t have a drawing of it sorry. I’ve been meaning to draw up what we’ve done and attach a link to it in the description. I’ll try and get around to it one of these days. The way I’ve plumbed ours up, when our van is hooked up to mains water, it’ll still work just the same with the hot water unit, the only thing I need to do different is turn the 12v water pump off.

[@jeffblunden8307]

@@jossandell ok thanks, one final question - your thoughts on the need for an expansion vessel/accumulator ?

[@jossandell]

@@jeffblunden8307 When researching them when I was doing the plumbing, I found that I didn’t need one with the seaflo water pump we used as it has a pressure relief bypass. I think if your water pump doesn’t have an internal bypass or pressure switch is when you need an accumulator from my understanding.

[@katiemiller3042]

Hi, I live in WA, have been watching your series, yesterday we bought a stripped out 1977 York Caravan, planning to use your videos as a guide. Just wondering now that you’re all done, how’s it all working out, and would you do anything differently?

[@jossandell]

Hi Katie, what a great state to live in! We love WA. That’s awesome! You’ll have to send us a photo of your 77’ York on our instagram 🙂 Sounds great! I hope our videos help you out 🙂 one thing I’d probably do differently is not put the VJ pine lining boards on the ceiling of the pop top. While it looks good, it added a bit too much weight to the pop top and with the heat and cold the tongue and grove joints expand and contract too much. I think if we were to go back we probably should have just lined the ceiling with the same 3mm polyester ply we sheeted the walls with. Otherwise, the van has held up tremendously well and we were quite surprised on how reliable and how well it all worked for us travelling in it full time.