My Favorite project EVER! (4K)

[@JodyKnowlton]

You 2 are a riot!!! All the accents & the laughter, especially in the really frustrating moments! A great comedy team & a beautiful ceiling! Well done, boys! 😂

[@AllisAllAboutminis]

So great to hear of a father supporting their childs dream

[@pokergypsy55]

Wonderful. Nice to see father and son doing this together. 👍😀

[@ErikJohnson2020]

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed watching! 🥰

[@kenholycross960]

This is one of the most enjoyable van build videos I have ever watched. Not only was the end result absolutely amazing, the father and son team work made it a great watch. Thanks for sharing.

[@ErikJohnson2020]

Wow, thank you!

[@aremisstudios5149]

Great job, gentlemen. My son and I are doing the same on my 2023 T250 148HR..lots of fun. Nite: I recommend metal bits and cutting oil in those hard to drill areas. ☺️

[@deirdre444]

I love your playful relationship with your dad. And what a beautiful ceiling. Lengthy videos reveal the more realistic aspects of a van build. Thanks for sharing your process and your humor. Very, very nice.

[@ErikJohnson2020]

I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@michaelschneider-]

+1. .. Nice view World Class carpentry work.

[@ErikJohnson2020]

Thank you very much!

[@SkyEchoPencilAcademy]

This is so awesome! Thanks for the video. I’m getting inspired

[@joycedigiovanni9719]

Looks beautiful, thank the Lord for Dads!!!

[@mgjr009]

You are so fortunate to be able to do that with your dad. I'm converting a transit as well and oh how I wish my dad and brothers lived closer so we could work on stuff together and bond like y'all do. The ceiling looks amazing! You guys are true craftsmen, keep up the great work!👍🏽

[@ErikJohnson2020]

Thank you!! I'll be sure to remind my dad how lucky he is. 😉

[@a.kasper7186]

The smell of sawdust always reminds me of my Dad. What a great tribute to your father! And what a great project to do together. It looks beautiful!

[@ErikJohnson2020]

🥰 Thanks for leaving a comment Kasper!

[@SDGamer99]

looks great!!! What a great moment for you and your dad :)

[@ErikJohnson2020]

Thank you! It absolutely was one of my lifetime favorite experiences.

[@effie2206]

Hi Erik, I watched this amazing work again and have a question about the LED strips, what did you use and how did you installed it, looks like it's inside the dark accent strips.

[@ErikJohnson2020]

Thanks Effie! 🥰 I used these LED lights: amzn.to/3D76RjX though I'm not sure that I would use them again. They have a unique "sideways" profile vs a flat LED strip, so it made recessing them inside the walnut accent strips a lot easier. However, they have been absolutely miserable to custom solder to connect them to power. Maybe I just suck at soldering, but they do not like any kind of movement after soldering, and I've had to replace nearly every section of light at least once (thanks to my repeatedly taking the ceiling fan covers in and out, which disrupts the wiring, and is the main cause of fatigue on those soldering joints, but regardless, has been an absolute headache.) You can see how I installed them, and measured and cut the groove for the LED lights at about 13:50 timestamp on the "How I Made a CUSTOM Tongue & Groove YACHT Ceiling | DIY Transit Van Conversion | Ep. 19" video.

[@effie2206]

@@ErikJohnson2020 Thanks, of course it's all there, not sure how I missed it. 🤔

[@jeffsteinmetz7188]

Beautiful ceiling! Perhaps more weight than ideal up high but beautiful. I used 1/4 “ T&G with 1/2” strapping. Did it with no help and one “pushy pole” . To mitigate that transit curve I lowered/added 1/2 inch of strapping to the cross beam just before the curve. This little bit of a lower starting point for that curve was the difference in multiple tongue breaks in trying to make that curve.

[@judyweber9855]

I found this fascinating process. I love the comradeship between you and your father. Brought back memories of working on projects with my own father using similar braces to plasterboard a ceiling. A beautiful finished project (the ceiling). Less fiddling with fitting that I would have thought.

[@ErikJohnson2020]

Thank you Judy! The first few boards took the longest to get the fit right, but once they were installed, everything else fell into place rather easily. The biggest trick was simply trying not to ruin what we had already installed. 😅

[@emibanana]

I laughed, I cried, I loved it. Beautiful to see you and dad making this art in your van. 🦋

[@ErikJohnson2020]

Lol, you described my exact same reaction as I was editing this. 🥰 I'm glad I'll have this to look back and reminisce years from now.

[@torbot_]

Aaaamazing job! I’m pretty envious of the relationship you have with your father. I was able find a transit trail a couple weeks ago. I lucked out as the one I ordered wasn’t supposed to be here for many months. I went by the dealership just to look at one..turns out the guy that ordered an ext high roof (much bigger and way more pimped out than the one I ordered) backed out a few minutes prior to my arrival. 5 hrs later I traded in my 2016 transit connect and drove the 23’ trail home! My dad and I were supposed to do some electrical, ceiling/walls. But he left town for the winter without even telling me. Oh well.. I’m used to it at this point. Just another example of how I won’t treat my two boys. You can learn a lot from situations like this. I’m going the route of your father..100%. So when my boys are older and they need my help with a project, I’ll remember this video as you said it was one of if not the best times in your life. 😊

[@ErikJohnson2020]

I'm sorry to hear about your dad. Genuinely. But also, don't put too much stock in online perceptions. I promise you this isn't the most complete depiction of my dad and my relationship. Nevertheless, I'm lucky to have him.

[@ellisdee2013]

Amazing install! It looks great. Very well done.

[@ErikJohnson2020]

Thank you!!

[@Victor-mt2fu]

At 28 minutes in, when you can't drill the metal... You may have hit one of the boron steel areas of the transit. Check the ford transit BEMM (body and equipment mounting manual)

[@donnaheinz199]

That is one bee-you-tee-ful ceiling!

[@davidse4486]

Next time to do the holes for mounting run a piece of tape make the holes them pull the tape as a guide

[@timdunmyer4549]

As I'm watching this I'm thinking one of those flooring tools that you use to put laminate flooring up against the walls would have come in handy. But hey you all got it done and it looks great 👍

[@drewbennettphoto]

Erik! Dude, the time you put into your videos is so appreciated. I'm just starting converting a Ford Transit this year and I've watched a ton of KZbin videos and even in the process of reading a few books on the topic. By far, your videos have been the most helpful resource I've come across. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

[@ErikJohnson2020]

Thank you, Drew!! Sincerely! You'd be amazed how big of an impact your comments have.

[@BHermann11]

Nice looking ceiling... I did something similar. If you ever do it again, it's much easier to remove the blob, run the boards all the way to the front. Then cut the top of blob down to fit over the boards. 😉

[@ErikJohnson2020]

Thanks for the tip!

[@AJourneyOfYourSoul]

Wow, what a project. You guys slayed it. Looks amazing.

[@ErikJohnson2020]

Thanks so much AJOYS! I gotta say, I'm beyond proud of how it turned out, but the experience of doing the install with my dad was the best part.

[@dwaynetoney3429]

Just freakin' Wow! You and your dad are awesome. Please keep going, it's amazing! :)🥰

[@ErikJohnson2020]

Thank you! A new video should be coming out pretty soon here.

[@fernandosouza_souza9790]

Muito bom! Gostei da forma de execução pois está na mesma linha de raciocínio a qual faço análise de projetos.

[@librtyhair]

cool workmanship

[@ErikJohnson2020]

Thank you!

[@Ddccpp2152]

Very nice 👌 😊

[@pampettingillrealestate3412]

Congratulations! It's beautiful! You did another great job, Erik!! 🙂

[@ErikJohnson2020]

Thank you!

[@onewayofliving]

Looks fantastic, but why did you not put any lighting into the ceiling? also.. how much weight is added and do you notice the added weight up high when driving?

[@ErikJohnson2020]

There is lighting - two LED strips run the entire length of the ceiling. As for weight, I'm not sure what it all came out to, but I can't tell any difference when driving. Honestly the van itself is thousands of lbs and the ceiling is probably less than 200lbs

[@shoutingatclouds1050]

Loaded up with water ready to camp you looking like your on your way past 3 tons on the scales 😮 Quality is one thing but mu God man this is going to be one heavy pig of a rig! I hope you ordered 2 inch lifted leafsprings already?

[@mariaholman1407]

awesome

[@scottfranson4215]

488 views Jun 19, 2022 1.87K subscribers Yacht Ceiling In My Ford Transit Dad and Son is Always Awesome , You can pass the Van on to your Child. 5*s Video Hope to see the complete build .. I thought I `d have mine done by the end of September. now with Biden and the country's cut loose from many things that were working , I`ll wait and learn more from You,

[@joejohnson4698]

What are the things for that hang between the boards every 2 feet or so?

[@ErikJohnson2020]

Plastic (Delrin) washers! They did a great job protecting the wood, giving an expansion gap between boards, and worked great as a fit indicator so we knew when we had the boards correctly lined up.

[@yummyxyz2286]

Hey just found your channel and this looks awesome man. Can I ask why you were pulsing the screws as opposed to driving them straight in? Thanks!

[@ErikJohnson2020]

Thanks!! So the finishing screws we used have super small heads which makes their visual impact rather minimal, but also makes it extremely easy to drive them too far into the wood, so short bursts makes controlling the depth you drive the screw a lot easier (for me) to control. Hope that helps!

[@clarechoate6058]

I ve started watching your videos before my van conversion. I’m wondering what your total conversion cost?

[@berndkretzschmar6765]

Just curious why did you not use plastic moisture barier over the insulation?

[@ErikJohnson2020]

So moisture barriers are probably the single most debated topic in van builds. Hypothetically they should provide an impermeable barrier to prevent moisture from collecting on your metal van wall, however that also assumes you van is built air tight, which likely isn't the case, and if any air transfer takes place the vapor barrier might in fact trap water and moisture in your van wall cavities, creating rust over time. There isn't any definitive answer on the effectiveness of vapor barriers in van insulation, but given the possible risk over time, I opted for active moisture management instead.

[@softshoes]

It's nice that you edited out the times you wanted to eat each others faces. Inevitable in tight spots no matter how much you love one another. It is a great looking ceiling. So glad you didn't have the "hey dad was this wire supposed to be inside?" at the end.

[@ErikJohnson2020]

Ha! I'm also glad we didn't have some forgotten wire!

[@stevendollar7905]

Why the music ? Waterboarding without water I can't stand it . I need to here you .

[@FBall-im8ui]

stupid and annoying music in the background so unnecessary