Installing Bus Conversion Sheet Metal | The Bus Life

[@rosetta6285]

Your guys ingenuity and drive is so inspiring to follow from when you bought the new bus to present day. My wife and I are planning are skoolie build (2 kids). I've drawn a lot of information off your build and website. Thank you so for your perseverance and sharing your experience with us. Much love & God bless from Colorado Springs, Colorado.

[@ginabrogers]

Our family is so excited to see the outcome... Cannot wait to see the finishing touch. By the way thank you so much for letting us to come by and visit amd go for a tour on your bus.... You have a beautiful family, and it was very nice talking to Julie (Gina) Blessings, the Rogers Family (RVUS) ♥️

[@TheBusLifeShow]

+ginabrogers we are so glad you stoped by too. The visit was very nice.

[@evah787]

Hallaluja. ...I have gone through 2017 and now about to hit 2018. How your children hqve just grown. Little Seth, young Keira has turned into a little lady. The middle 3 boys are ssoooo helpful and I am sure you are also so grateful for the 2 older ones who are quite young adults already. (From Australia 😊)

[@maddierogers6372]

It was really nice meeting you guys today can't wait to see the new bus as it progresses

[@TheBusLifeShow]

It was great meeting you too!!!

[@donnabarnes4930]

looking good. love how you guys are doing it yourself. it is lovely to see in your viseos of the conversion that the kide are getting involved and helping with their new home too. you have great kids. i like that they arnt sitting around with headphones on looking at screens the whole time

[@TheBusLifeShow]

+donna Barnes the kids are always eager to help. There isn't too much they can help with right now until we start on the inside.

[@friedaschmidt1861]

I will faithfully watch all this welding and cutting and metal work but I gotta' tell you...I'm really waiting for the interior design to begin coming together. THAT'S what turns my crank!

[@TheBusLifeShow]

+Frieda Schmidt lol! We will reveal the interior plan soon.

[@danakibby627]

i love how detailed you are!

[@TheBusLifeShow]

+Dana Kibby 😃thanks!😃

[@ozarkbound]

My Harborfreight welder has lasted me for over 10 years. I abuse the heck out of it. Still going strong. I think I paid $80 for it. Keep up the good work! Loving the progress, good job!

[@TheBusLifeShow]

+NateDogg22 glad to hear we can expect many more years out of this welder.

[@LivingCoast2Coast]

Y’all are doing an amazing job on your home. I am so excited to watch your build. We are wanting to do a bus conversion now. We have 3 kids. Y’all are in our prayers everyday.

[@TheBusLifeShow]

+Living Coast 2 Coast thanks, we appreciate your prayers. God Bless!

[@mikeknutson415]

Wow cap facing forward... ready to weld cap flipped backwards... looks like you're now a certified welder self-taught... amazing LOL

[@TheBusLifeShow]

lol...is that what welders do?

[@Superduty_59]

Very nice metal work Shane and Julie! I know you did not have the confidence at first but I think you are doing a lot better with a little experience now!

[@TheBusLifeShow]

+j jones thanks! We have received a lot of criticism.

[@evankolar8957]

Love the merchandise! And I can’t wait to see what this bus turns out looking like! Looking great so far!

[@46lfries]

Evan Kolar got to get me one too

[@TheBusLifeShow]

+Evan Kolar thanks! We are excited to see it take shape.

[@gosper55]

Got my T shirt yesterday. Great quality and fits perfectly. Very cool looking shirt. I even had someone ask me about the shirt. Love watching the videos.

[@TheBusLifeShow]

+Gary Gosper awesome! I'm glad it fit you right.

[@hedgerow.homestead]

You guys are doing a great job! I can’t wait to see how it comes together

[@johng5295]

Thanks in a million. Great content. Awesome imagination. Grade: A++💥

[@donhgr]

Impressive that you took this project on and it looks like the results so far are awesome. I've watched since your first build but this whole raising the roof thing is quite an undertaking this time around

[@TheBusLifeShow]

+Flat Top it has been an undertaking but it is turning out great.

[@jamesmoore3346]

Im going to have to raise the roof if i get the bus im looking at as im 6'-4" tall, fell like a little head room would be nice. Ive found through lifes adventures that anything man builds can be re-built. Ive been a mechanic all my life, the cancer thing forced me into temporary retirement which i hope does'nt last much longer. We're still planning the 'hit the road' thing, no better time than now.......

[@adrianmainar6984]

Wow, there is a lot of work.

[@TheBusLifeShow]

+Adrian Adrian Mainar there sure is. We can't wait to start on the interior.

[@floridagirl6686]

Looking good!

[@veraopdebeek9183]

Love it! Love it! Thank you very much for the very detailed video's! We start with our busconversion in March. A little bit the same bus like you have. A Vanhool schoolbus from France...

[@TheBusLifeShow]

+Vera Op de Beek your welcome! Thanks for watching. 😁

[@darrenwm2798]

Wow the is taking shape. Great job. Love to videos. God bless

[@TheBusLifeShow]

+darren wm thank you very much!

[@kathleenleitner6627]

again wow!

[@nowhereman8422]

Looking good

[@jamesmoore3346]

I glad you decided to screw the panels instead of welding them. Welding galvanize produces a form of cyanide gas, much bad for you. You got enough criticism, ya don't need me adding to it, lol. Great project you got going on, love it.

[@gaelfuentes2747]

OMG!! Thanks!! I was waiting for this video since yesterday! LOVE IT

[@smalexander1828]

Your family is amazing! Are you keeping a log of the hours of work and cost of materials and equipment? The sheet metal work looks great. Can’t wait to see the layout design, but we’ll wait. Thanks for sharing your adventure with us.

[@TheBusLifeShow]

+SM Alexander Ashton is keeping records of everything. We will let everyone know near the end.

[@DavidSmith-sr7xm]

you sure do great work for a amature ,looking good.

[@46lfries]

David Smith this ain't his first rodeo lol

[@TheBusLifeShow]

+David Smith thanks!

[@veraopdebeek9183]

Hello Shane and Julie, we stripped our bus till the 'plastic' walls and roof. Next weekend we take the windows out. We want to replace them with galvanised metal sheets. How thick are the sheets you used?

[@holler2235]

Catching up with your vlog and need to ask what gauge of metal you used? Awesome ideas.

[@norriscoleman3141]

Plan on doing a Roof Raise on my Skoolie build also, but I have no welding skills. You seem to make it sound so easy to do. Others have said. Go For It'" and practice make the welds perfect.

[@TheBusLifeShow]

I never did any welding until this project.

[@mrsauce7771]

Hey guys - great videos man! Sorry if you have answered this question a million times. What is the thickness of the sheet metal you used for your side panels? Did you use specific rivets?

[@jameswiththegermanshepherd6628]

Cool shirt.

[@yoels.]

Wow impressive! How did u lift the whole roof. Did u use some sort of drain.

[@TheBusLifeShow]

If you go a couple vids back you will see how we did it. Floor jack.

[@janjiguere638]

You all have lots of patience. Doing awesome. May I ask a question? What do you all do about drs and Dentist? Especially now when insurance is horribly expensive?

[@TheBusLifeShow]

We do everything we can to prevent a need for a dr. and dentist. Eat healthy and encourage responsible behavior that does not result in broken bones. The times we have needed a doctor or dentist they have usually been kind enough to work with us on the price.

[@janjiguere638]

The Bus Life That's awesome....I wasn't trying to be noisy. Bc you all seem to be very healthy. Praying for you all and the new little one♡enjoying watching the bus and the progress amazing...

[@yuiorinthiasanada9448]

i love your video i'm really learning alot about how i want my homemade bus/rv/tiny home.but i'll need someone to help build it for me.

[@jamesveach6918]

I have a question have you decided to use the metal framing and drywall to cut down on the weight instead of using wood to before which would add a lot of weight can bus and cut down on your gas mileage I think using metal studs would be a better use and drywall to help cut down on the weight but the bus will be carrying what do you think?

[@TheBusLifeShow]

Drywall is actually very heavy. Much heavier than wood paneling. I will probably use 2x3 and 2x2 wood to frame with.

[@teamultimateexposurewillia7310]

What was the thickness of the sheetmetal that you used to cover up the window area?

[@debbieohneck2645]

Hey Shane and Julie , how long was the red and white Good News bus? I was just wondering

[@TheBusLifeShow]

Hey! The Good News Bus is 35’ long.

[@sherrywhite1457]

How long do you guys plan on living the bus life?

[@TheBusLifeShow]

No idea...😆

[@46lfries]

Saved a lot of cash welding it yourself you went thru a spool of wire lots practice lol ,one ? We use rivets on the race car with washers on the inside or expolding rivets ,I get the screws they work 😁 rivets better 😁 we buy aluminum rivets from race car engineering in Lakeland FL Im not criticizing you Shane aluminum rivets are very easy to redrill out if you need to do that we have had to replace a lot of body panels 😁 they use steel rivets on the bus building its a pain the butt to drill um out lol on new race car trailers the panels are glued at the seam overlap they are smoother and there's no dent in the metal these are just my thoughts you are doing a great job just a little info on what we do 😁

[@Superduty_59]

When I do my roof raise I will probably use rivets too but this particular bus any many others used screws form the factory. He is re-using the factory screws that he took out of the bus and he is re-using them. I think that the bus factory thought they were strong enough so they should be but like you I probably would still rivet them instead. Would you use blind rivets or the kind you have to buck?

[@TheBusLifeShow]

You got to remember that adding the sheet metal will actually make the structure even stronger than it was before. I used rivets on the Good News Bus but on this one I figured if the screws ever give me trouble I can still rivet.

[@Superduty_59]

Yes, screws would be more than plenty. The bean counters at Thomas said it was more than enough from the factory. You will probably never have any issue with the screws. You also added the panel adhesive which almost takes dynomite to get it apart! lol

[@TheBusLifeShow]

lol...that’s true.

[@rmstopmotion4561]

I’m subbed to Trash Can Films!

[@TheBusLifeShow]

Cool! Isaiah is making some cool vids! 😎

[@rvwall-e]

Just out of curiosity is there a reason why you chose to screw the sheet metal on instead of riveting it on?

[@TheBusLifeShow]

Everything for the most part on this bus is screwed from the factory. We just followed suite. I can always go back and rivet if I feel it’s necessary. We also used a very strong panel adhesive. I don’t think we will have any issues with it.

[@wright_vibes]

Did you buy or rent the welder machine?

[@TheBusLifeShow]

Bought it

[@ThrottleStopRacing]

Little bit at a time. Glenn Lever

[@dean4075]

you should of used 16 ga sheet metal i can see dimples and wavy were you riveted, others are using 16 ga

[@TheBusLifeShow]

Honestly, I think 16 gauge would have been too thick. The sheet metal is not wavy at all. It is very solid. There are places where the metal has dimpled. Not much could have been done to avoid that. I think after it is all painted it will look great and hide most of that.

[@revisionindustries667]

Still think 16 would of been to thick?

[@diyhometheater4199]

FYI DO NOT weld anything that is galvanized!! It can do serious neurological damage if you inhale the fumes.

[@TheBusLifeShow]

Yes...I have heard the same.

[@josephallen4569]

I would love to Purchase your Old Bus for my family?

[@TheBusLifeShow]

we are open to offers 😉 [e-mail]

[@waudio777]

Do those kids spend enough time studying?

[@TheBusLifeShow]

I’m not sure I understand the question. Are you asking if they do all their school work? If so, then yes! Learning is more important than studying. If they can learn and comprehend quickly then they have more time to be kids. 😁

[@46lfries]

CLICK THAT BELL FOLLOW THEM ,SUPPORT THEM TOO !

[@yoels.]

......crain?

[@michellebeebelewisfrith1544]

Looking good