2001 E-350 extended WB build

CautionToTheWind · Jul 8, 2017

^^^ great idea!

KatBalouE350 · Jul 11, 2017

Dr Nelson, I see your van is free of the metal rollbar mine has. I want mine out because from the floor to the bars are only about 5' 5". Nice van, by the way! We are only a year apart. I may be grabbing she of ome of your ideas. Loll! Goingto follow your build!

KatBalouE350 · Jul 11, 2017

Geez. That should of read "grabbing some of your ideas".

dr_nelson · Jul 16, 2017

Bummer... I have all my van build pics on photobucket, but they are blocking the pics now (unless you pay $399).
I wondered why I can't see other people's pictures here in the forum...

The following article offers alternatives:
https://www.ghacks.net/2017/06/30/photobucket-now-charges-399-for-third-party-hosted-images/

dr_nelson · Jul 23, 2017

Finally some progress on the flooring. Took me ages to make the floor more or less level, even had to use some "flexible bondo".
After seeing a couple of renovation videos and all those black/moldy subfloors, I painted the plywood with mold-killing primer and caulked all around the subfloor.

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And on top comes this moisture barrier to prevent any condensation under the subfloor:
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1.5 cans of 3M 90 adhesive spray later, the moisture barrier/underlayment was in:
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And then vinyl planks. I originally wanted another color, but after waiting over a month, I cancelled the order. Not sure what it is, I have a lot of problems with orders. They don't arrive or won't ship (e.g. my Engel Freezer took me 5 orders and 10+ phone calls. Eventually, I had to fax them my drivers license... what a pain that was).
I found cutting the vinyl planks with heavy duty scissors was the easiest.
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It started raining and I stopped, cuz I don't want to a headache from the adhesive spray.