How to Make Plywood Walls | Self Build Van Conversion

[@KeyserTheRedBeard]

stunning content Our Wild Horizons. I shattered the thumbs up on your video. Always keep up the wonderful work.

[@OurWildHorizons]

Haha, thank you for shattering it!! 😄

[@joanieleijssenaar1867]

Thanks for the inspiration!

[@OurWildHorizons]

Hope it helped! Thanks for watching :)

[@b3ckyl0uiseUK]

Thanks for the lovely video 🧡

[@OurWildHorizons]

Thanks for watching 😃

[@sunnydaze6974]

Excellent work guys !! Lovin the build series !! :)

[@OurWildHorizons]

Thanks a lot. It’s been a great learning experience for us!

[@darkslider802]

Perfect this is what I want to.in my van!

[@OurWildHorizons]

Hope that it helped! :)

[@zenaflores8493]

Awesome!!

[@OurWildHorizons]

Thank you Zena! :)

[@davejohnstone1967]

Yes we should perhaps of put and extra horizontal batten across. 🤔

[@OurWildHorizons]

it still looks perfect though! :D

[@richandger]

Looks great guys and looking forward to seeing the finished product !

[@OurWildHorizons]

Thanks Ger! Hopefully it wont take too much longer :)

[@WhatsJakesTake]

I love the ply look, now we just need a nice floor and we're nearly there....

[@OurWildHorizons]

Our flooring is amazing! can't wait to get it in! :D

[@sumont5341]

I don't even have a van. Just watching. Cause its fun.

[@OurWildHorizons]

hehe I'm glad you're enjoying the videos! If you ever get a van you'll know what to do :D

[@jb-sz2kw]

Another great video. One question... @1:29 when you screwed into the metal, what did you use to grip the screw into the metal (did you use a rawl plug or similar)? Thanks.

[@OurWildHorizons]

you can drill a small hole first then use a self tapping screw. We also put some blobs of sikaflex along the batten before we fixed them on :) If you want you can buy screws that you don't need a hole first they are called self drilling metal screws, they have a weird flat bit at the end. This is kind of like a drill bit build into the end. We would have used these but we used what my dad had in his garage :) xx

[@OurWildHorizons]

We are curious, what do you prefer - Plywood or tongue and grove cladding?

[@theintrovertinitiative]

We'd decided on the same approach as you guys! Ply for the walls and T&G cladding for the roof, but possibly spaced with a thin piece of dark painted ply underneath. What thickness ply did you use for the walls? I don't recall hearing you mention it. Thanks :)

[@OurWildHorizons]

That sounds awesome! I've seen that done with the dark ply underneath and it looks amazing! We used 3.6mm ply for the walls as we needed it to be easy to bend around some big bumps. we could have gotten away with 5mm ply too :)

[@theintrovertinitiative]

@@OurWildHorizons That's great, thank you :)

[@johanlloyd8580]

Hi fantastic video just a question how thick plyboard did you use?

[@OurWildHorizons]

We used 3.6mm ply for the walls which seems really thin when you buy it but it’s been great and held up perfectly these past two years!

[@mouemendayridayri2575]

Nice work and one more question What was the thickness of the plywood (wall) thank you

[@OurWildHorizons]

Thanks, we used 3.6 which sounds too thin but actually with the battens and insulation, is more than enough.

[@adamdobias4052]

Hi guys! Thx so much for making this video! Very helpful indeed! Btw, what material did you use for insulation please? Thanks!

[@OurWildHorizons]

We used celotex everywhere we could, then finished off the small gaps and channels with recycled bottle wool 😊

[@eedom69]

Cool how thick was that plywood?

[@simonrhi6139]

Great video guys! 😄

[@OurWildHorizons]

Thank you!! 😁

[@LisaSoulLevelHealing]

Thank you for the build 🙂 how thick was your plywood?

[@OurWildHorizons]

For the walls it was only 3.6mm which we have found to be thick enough as long as you have battens underneath in places that you might screw cupboards to. Thanks for watching!

[@ellis2792]

Don’t use anymore more than 6mm Anymore won’t be flexible enough to bend around the curves

[@johnsallotment993]

Love these videos guys! Really helpful! What’s happening at 3:46? Is that a way to mark the contour of the van to cut it to shape?

[@OurWildHorizons]

Yes that’s exactly what we are doing there :) we used a small piece of wood to help us mark the contour of the van with a pencil :) then when we cut it to size it fit perfectly :)

[@johnsallotment993]

Our Wild Horizons that’s great thank you! 👍

[@RonanConlon-h2y]

love this video guys - Can I ask what thickness of ply you used?

[@OurWildHorizons]

3.6mm for the walls! Works really well if you’ve got the solid insulation behind it 🙂

[@jordyboy355]

The contrast between the plywood and cladding looks really good, breaks up the space a little bit 🤙

[@OurWildHorizons]

Yeah that’s what we though as well! We didn’t want it to look like a sauna.

[@jordyboy355]

@@OurWildHorizons let's hope that the insulation works and it doesn't become a sauna in the sun 😅🌞

[@OurWildHorizons]

Luckily we’ve got the extractor fan if that does happen!

[@marin87mne]

Great video. After so many years, how did it go, where there any issues regarding this type of cladding? Also did you had issues with vapor barrier, e.g. moisture, mold?

[@musicbeth4]

It looks so good now :)

[@OurWildHorizons]

Very pleased with how It turned out!

[@projectzorgo1085]

What size tapping screws for battens whaylr was gauge size and length

[@OurWildHorizons]

I can’t remember sorry, just that they’re short enough to not go through the outside!

[@Ash-op9dg]

Hey, I hope you don't think this is rude but can I ask what your budget was just for the van alone, before you started converting? Thnks :)

[@OurWildHorizons]

Hi! Yes it was £4900 with 42,000 miles :)

[@Ash-op9dg]

@@OurWildHorizons Aww, thats amazing. Definitely found a bargain there! I'm loving your videos! I'm inspired at how you've managed to do this without huge expenditure (relatively speaking!) Kudos to you both, you seem like a lovely couple :)

[@peanut25john]

Question “ why do some people fit the battens vertical ‘ and others horizontal? Is one way better than the other. Good video ‘ thanks 🙏

[@OurWildHorizons]

I think it depends on how you want to attach your ply or tongue and groove walls. We chose to do vertical battens since we had that main sideways ply and wanted to screw it in place more than vertical battens would have allowed! Thanks for watching :)

[@roseymarsh6749]

Fantastic series, your van is already looking great! Just wondering how you decided on the internal plan and wiring etc. before you started. Did you find any particular sites useful, what research did you do re. the layout? Many thanks, your video is really useful and so clear!

[@OurWildHorizons]

Thank you! For the layout we took inspiration from other people’s van build tours on KZbin and photos along with our own preferences. For the wiring, we saw a couple called Vanessa and Adam and they mentioned how their wiring was all in the back of cupboards rather than in the walls and we liked this idea as we aren’t 100% on electrics... And know that we want to add extra things later on. Just tonnes of research on KZbin for the main bulk of ideas. Hope your build goes well!

[@roseymarsh6749]

@@OurWildHorizons Many thanks, will keep planning and searching

[@wattiesilbery9294]

Love you vid thank u

[@desislavadevlin775]

How did you fill the gaps where two pieces of ply meet? We are doing the same but i want to cove the joining lines and holes from the screws. Will not a normal filler crack from vibrations?

[@OurWildHorizons]

We didn’t fill the gaps because we planned it so all the gaps were hidden by the bed or the counter space (then the splashboard covers the last bit) 😊

[@desislavadevlin775]

@@OurWildHorizons makes sense. :) i think on our layout it may be trickier , but will have it in mind.

[@OurWildHorizons]

Hope you work it out 😊

[@Luisa-yd3hm]

How did you hide the screws in the wall? :) did you just paint over them?

[@OurWildHorizons]

Hi! Thanks for watching 😊 yes we just pained over them! At a closer look they are visible 😊

[@briannagendron1559]

Im just trying to find a decenltly cheap option bc I plan on putting sticker wallpaper over the walls.

[@OurWildHorizons]

If you can get a hold of a selco card you won’t be able to do it any cheaper than this 😀 Thank you for watching our video!

[@briannagendron1559]

@@OurWildHorizons Thank you

[@jazzcampos5261]

Hi, just followed your channel. May I please know what size of batten did you use to secure the ply? Thank you!

[@OurWildHorizons]

Sorry I have no idea anymore but it’s wide and flat. I want to say something like 45x16mm as that number stands out but I can’t say for sure!

[@drakken109]

walls look great! how thick was your ply for them? :)

[@OurWildHorizons]

They're 3.6mm! So very thin but also very lightweight and it's proved it's strength too as we've not had any issues with it in nearly a year!

[@felicitycromack8373]

Great video! We're hoping to do our walls this week 😊 What sort of ply did you use and where did you buy it?

[@OurWildHorizons]

Thank you!! Good luck with your walls! We got our ply from Selco and it was 3.6mm (when you buy it I think it just says 3mm ply) 😊 It bends nicely to the curves of the van to save space! You could probably get away with 6mm ply too (I think it would bend in a similar way)

[@MTNestCrafts]

I bet you wish it was that quick in real life😂 I like the different textures of the ceiling and walls 👍

[@OurWildHorizons]

that would be handy, if we could do a time lapse in real life, imagine how knackered you'd be by the end of the day :) hehe

[@drewcunningham2]

Love the look of the plywood and the girl putting it up.......enjoy folks..!!!!!!

[@OurWildHorizons]

Thank you for watching 😀

[@MikeBaxterABC]

You two win the prize for? .... "Most Adorable Van Builders on KZbin" !! :)

[@OurWildHorizons]

Haha, thank you so much!

[@ninabehek]

Hey hey! Nice video... Just wanna ask you about the thickness of the plywood you used for the walls .... thanks a lot!!

[@OurWildHorizons]

Hey! So we used 3.6mm ply for the walls which is thin but is still doing us well! Kept it nice and light too 😀

[@Shan-ShanH]

Why would you drill holes in the van metal when it already HAS A MILLION HOLES ALREADY? Why not just use them?

[@OurWildHorizons]

Thank you Shannon 🥰 This was because the holes needed to be in a very specific place to fix things correctly. We wanted to be accurate with the placement of everything and it’s worked so well as everything looks perfect 😀 Another reason we didn’t reuse some of the holes is because they were too big ☺️ Thank you for watching

[@Shan-ShanH]

@@OurWildHorizons What kind of screws do you use?

[@OurWildHorizons]

Self tapping screws 😃

[@Shan-ShanH]

@@OurWildHorizons But how do they hold? Since there is only a thin metal sheet (the van wall) and nothing for the screw to screw ONTO. My screws just pull right back out.

[@OurWildHorizons]

I’m not sure why that happened to you, ours stayed in just fine. Did you pre drill a hole? Make sure the pre drilled hole is much smaller than the screw and then screw it in my hand with a screwdriver (it should be very stiff to get in) xx