Wow! You have done an awesome job. You inspired me. Inside of it looks so cozy and comfy. The bathroom with composting toilet is great. the counter kitchen is very spacious. The windows are awesome. This is the cutest set ups I have ever seen. I like everything inside. So functional. I really enjoyed watching your video from the beginning up to the end, Thank you for sharing this video with us. God bless to you and stay healthy.
You've got one of the best vardo designs I've ever seen. I've known many vardo dwellers, and I am planning to build my own as my home for my retirement. You've inspired me more than most of the TH-camrs I've watched on this subject. I especially liked your concept for the bed. I must compliment you on your trailer restoration, also. A tube steel-framed trailer is very rigid, and after two years of research, I've concluded it to be the best option for tiny homes on wheels. I can't say enough good things about your build. I'm definitely subscribing and watching the rest of your videos, now. Thank you for sharing your masterpiece. A vardo is truly a work of art in which you can live. You are an amazing artist of the genre.
Wow! thank you so much for your comments. It was a fun project. We are looking forward to our first trip in a week or so. Glad you liked the videos and thanks for subscribing!
Gypsy camper this looks so cute you are Craftsman did amazing job and your teamplayer also marvelous love it.especially the colors blend it perfect..thanks for sharing...
MY FULL TITLE IS, MR.CHRISTOPER. PATRICK O'BRIEN NEE DALY AND I AM A SETTLED NATIVE IRISH ITINERANT AND I WAS BORN IN MAY 1963, AFTER WHICH I SPENT THE NEXT EIGHT YEARS OF MY LIFE LIVING OUT OF A HORSE DRAWN BARREL WAGON AND I HAVE NEVER FORGOTTEN MY CHILDHOOD AND THE HARSH CONDITIONS THAT WERE PART OF THE ITINERANT LIFESTYLE BACK THEN AND MANY DECADES HAVE NOW PAST BUT YOUR BEAUTIFUL CREATION BROUGHT SOME FOND MEMORIES FLOODING BACK TO ME SO THANK FOR THEM.
Thanks for showing the step by step construction of how these moving homes etc. come to be from trailer to finish. But I was kinda disappointed that it was not dressed out to the nines. As a female and a designer. I was hoping to see the bed looking all plushed out encased in like the sleeve. More voulmn in the cushions. Making the bedding be more inviting. Much longer curtains and similar period lighting. But truly remarkable and in-depth information on the process that allows one to move from point a to point b. Thank you. Next one if you make another please make it to period look.!!!
I'm getting ready and preparing and gathering information to build my Gypsy Vardo Camper! Your video has been so inspiring and full of information! Thank you so much! Happy Trails!!! 🏠 🛣️ 🏠
You do understand gyspys are a race of people? Vardos have four wheels and two are used to turn. Vardos are livestock pulled. We are a proud race not a fashion statement for sad white people who hate their own culture.
I have been hoping to get to see the final build. It turned out great. It is hard to believe that you did this ground up build in 5 1/2 months and most of that in the winter. The colors you used for the decorations are perfect for this style of camper. Congratulations on keeping the weight so low. If you get all the hardware and tools out of there, you may lose another 50 or so pounds.
Beautiful Camper! I really enjoyed watching the progress. I'd love to build one myself, but I need to finish my Cargo Trailer Conversion first, before I start on any more projects. I hope you share some footage of your first camping excpirince in the Vardo. I hope you enjoy meeting new people, because I believe you will have lots of visitors knocking on the camper door wanting to check it out at the campground.
I really like the design on this one, especially the step you built in, and the way the bed pushes back out of the way. The trim and graphics turned out great, too. Thanks for sharing!
Just a comment. I had my batteries in an enclosed space under the bed in our tiny house r. v. The batteries were wet lead acid 6 volt trojans. They boiled on me, and the acid vapour destroyed everything in there, plus I had to replace some of the wood as it became impregnated with acid vapours. I put a sealed box around the batteries, and vented them to the outside. (the batteries are still accessible from inside for maintenance: I found, from a forum online, even if they are sealed, or A.G.M., they still should be vented, so you may want to confirm that with a professional before believing it) I have built a couple tiny houses, and now am building a gypsy wagon to sell as I ran out of money to finish the fifth wheel I am working on now. (the banker, also known as wife, said no more from our personal account until I get some more saved up) I am really impressed with your wagon, and how you were able to reuse so much stuff. I hope you post a few videos when you get to use it. I never drive by a construction dumpster without checking it out. Totally embarrasses the "banker"
You are absolutely correct. I forgot to mention that I already bought a vent witch will be cut into the side right beside the batteries. I got the type used to vent a house crawl space.
I've been thinking of building a really primitive camper (shell basically) and I've really struggled finding a trailer wide enough. The way you made it wider above the trailer and didn't have to worry about the trailer fenders, really like the design!
Great video. The contents and pacing are great. A quick overview of the build process, a tour of the finished vardo, how much it weighs and how much it cost you!!! Perfect! Thanks!
I love it. The detail on the outside beams is a favourite pattern of mine I've used when panelling ceilings in one of the houses I owned. You've done a fantastic job. Like you said just a few finishing additions needed and you will have an amazing eye catching vardo. Massive well done to you sir.
Very nice build. I would not have drawn on the house, myself but it's YOUR house, not mine. I really like how you used custom van builds interior design for both bed and dinette set as it affords much storage and is a very smart space optimizing design. Kudos to you. You must be proud of all of your hard work.
I've been following this build since the beginning and have been very impressed all the way through. Not being the handy type, I tend to watch and learn before I make my mistakes. Thank you for showing us your skills and thank you for the inspiration and ideas it generated for me. I would like to hear how the inspection goes and after a bit of time with it, how you're enjoying it, if you made any changes, if you ever got the solar panels up, etc. Until then, I'll be lurking.
Beautiful camper. Probably could fit a portable washing machine under the clothes bar in the bathroom and use the bar to dry clothes. Portable shower pump in the bathroom in a bucket for inside shower.
Beautiful Job! I built 2 teardrop trailer sized vardo's in the past. Now that my back is shot and I am disabled I want a standup height model to go camping in.
U have done a wonderful job.i watched all the trailer build so impressed I bought a 16ft trailer with 2-3,000 lb axels.i hope I do as well as you.thanks for all the education
Thank you for sharing all your ideas and knowledge with us! Great video and awesome end result! While I enjoyed this, I am also saving so that when I begin my own build, I can refer beck to this. Love your design.
Super nice job. Thanks for the weight. Been planning to build one on a 95 gmc all wheel drive safarI. I should loss that much weight after we cut the back off. Wish me success.
oh man, what a beautiful gypsy wagon! i love all your attention to detail ~ it is a gypsy's dream home ~ sigh... blessings on your life! thanks so much for posting ~ happy day!
Racially insensitive much? Romani or gypsy as you call them are a race of people who suffard the holocaust along side the jews. What if he called it a jew wagon?
@@Judathehero You definitely have a point Slim. Thank you for pointing that out. I was using his term of course. What shall we call it to distinguish it from the boring wagons most people put together? A Vardo? ... I am surprised you haven't posted a general comment to the video itself.... I had a wonderful joyful experience camping with the Romani in Sweden back in the 1970's.
@@susans7091 ironically most countries have a word for this in there words. Sheep wagon, Pop Wagon, Prairie Schooner etc. Its odd to me that people who have any amazing rich culture never look inward.
So do you have screens on the windows for ventilation? Does that nice step you built bottom out on uneven ground? Are you concerned about your batteries off gassing inside your living space? Could they have been placed out side in a box on the tongue? Will your fridge door have enough room to swing out? I like your idea of having the grey water tank outside under the trailer.
Very nicely done its been 2 yrs since this video how is everything working and holding up after 2 yrs? have you changed or plan on changing anything? What was the total cost? And what is the weight? You may have said and I missed it but what is the size the length height and width? Beautiful build, I love it, you do a great job... Thanks for sharing ❤😊👍🏻👍🏻👏👏
Due to lac of time to enjoy it, we sold it about a year after the build. To answer some of your questions, it was 6 1/2 feet wide, 12 feet long, and 7' high in the center. It weighed about 1500 lbs. We had about $5000.00 in the build.
@@deepbeeps Thanks for getting back to me. Sorry to hear you didnt get to enjoy it much but I understand life gets busy. But Its a lovely build Im sure whoever bought it is enjoying it. Again thanks for getting back to me.
@@UnKnown-zy1km One of the reasons we sold it was this: We were camping in Hocking Hills State park sitting around the camp fire. We realized it was just like being at home, but costing money to be there. This is where we live: We built it in 2012. It is our tiny house on a foundation. th-cam.com/video/npBqmW8LWkY/w-d-xo.html
It is absolutely beautiful to me! I’m just wondering why you didn’t make your closet area across from the composting toilet, into a shower? Could you have put a small shower there?
I want one. Your work is impeccable sir. Please price this out to me. ☺️Really would like to know how much. Would like a cubic mini wood stove in mine.
You did a great job! The sawdust toilet is awesome! I think you did a great job! I like it very much! Question: Is the "flashing" the same flashing used in roofing projects? Is it strong enough for the walls and roof alone? Do you have any insulation or is this a wagon for Spring/Summer and Fall? THANKS!
Do you build for anyone else Sir? I love yours and I saw another design as well. I would like to use aspects from both builds. Let me know with a comment please😀
Never heard of a sawdust toilet. If it works as well as my natural pine pellet cat litter box you will never have a smell. Would like to know how much you spent on building it and how many hours you put in. I would love one like this but would have to pay someone to build for me. This is perfect size for just me.
Just found your video. Love your design, finished work and your knowledge. Thank you for sharing. Now I find I must ask...why are you selling such a wonderful piece of art?
Nice build. After 4 years, what kind of maintenance have you done on it? How is it going? I'm considering building one and I'm curious how others builds have held up and what direction I should go in.
Thank you, well, after using it for one summer we decided we really didn't like camping that well. We live in the country and can sit around a camp fire drinking beer without paying $40 to $50 a nite to do it. So....we sold the Vardo. When I built it I tried to use materials that would need little to no maintenance. That is why I used a rubber roof and aluminum over the plywood sides.
Great video. I subscribed to see some of the others. I have some questions about the electrical. First, did you need an electrician to wire it since you have to get the vardo safetied? Second, how are you charging the batteries? Third, do you have a separate mains panel for the batteries? The one you showed was for the AC. Thanks and thanks again for the video!
Hi Frank, I did not need an electrician. I have lots of experience in residential wiring, but nobody even asked or checked it. I am charging the deep cycle battery with a trickle charger when plugged into AC. There is a main panel on the AC coming in with 2 -15 amp circuits and 1- 20 amp circuit. The DC only supplies the pump for the sink. It has an inline fuse.
For a Swede that's using the metric system, I gotta ask if that weigh is in kilos or what you guys are using. Because sometimes you do use the metric system, like in road related stuff, am I right? Anyways thanks for the video.
really nice, just curious what you did on the facia board at the front and back. Did you curve a solid board for that? Only part I havent really worked out on my build.
If you go back to my channel and search Part 5 Building my Gypsy Wagon. (putting on the roof) you will see how the ends and roof supports were done. Thanks for watching!
Great build👍👍
I like your build the best of all the Gypsy wagons I have seen!
Wow! You have done an awesome job. You inspired me. Inside of it looks so cozy and comfy. The bathroom with composting
toilet is great. the counter kitchen is very spacious. The windows are awesome. This is the cutest set ups I have ever seen.
I like everything inside. So functional. I really enjoyed watching your video from the beginning up to the end,
Thank you for sharing this video with us. God bless to you and stay healthy.
You've got one of the best vardo designs I've ever seen. I've known many vardo dwellers, and I am planning to build my own as my home for my retirement. You've inspired me more than most of the TH-camrs I've watched on this subject. I especially liked your concept for the bed. I must compliment you on your trailer restoration, also. A tube steel-framed trailer is very rigid, and after two years of research, I've concluded it to be the best option for tiny homes on wheels. I can't say enough good things about your build. I'm definitely subscribing and watching the rest of your videos, now. Thank you for sharing your masterpiece. A vardo is truly a work of art in which you can live. You are an amazing artist of the genre.
Wow! thank you so much for your comments. It was a fun project. We are looking forward to our first trip in a week or so. Glad you liked the videos and thanks for subscribing!
Its not a vardo. Vardos have 4 wheels with two being used to steer. Its a trailer.
Gypsy camper this looks so cute you are Craftsman did amazing job and your teamplayer also marvelous love it.especially the colors blend it perfect..thanks for sharing...
Thank you!
MY FULL TITLE IS, MR.CHRISTOPER. PATRICK O'BRIEN NEE DALY AND I AM A SETTLED NATIVE IRISH ITINERANT AND I WAS BORN IN MAY 1963, AFTER WHICH I SPENT THE NEXT EIGHT YEARS OF MY LIFE LIVING OUT OF A HORSE DRAWN BARREL WAGON AND I HAVE NEVER FORGOTTEN MY CHILDHOOD AND THE HARSH CONDITIONS THAT WERE PART OF THE ITINERANT LIFESTYLE BACK THEN AND MANY DECADES HAVE NOW PAST BUT YOUR BEAUTIFUL CREATION BROUGHT SOME FOND MEMORIES FLOODING BACK TO ME SO THANK FOR THEM.
Take a bar of soap to the inside of the area where the table slides in and out, this works on cabinet drawers that groan.
Well done, who in the world would dislike this???
Georgeous Gypsy Wagon. Nice details.
Beautiful Build Brother! Love,Prayers and Blessings to you and the Family! Love and God Bless America! Life is an Adventure! Uncle Jeff!
Thank you Jeffrey! Blessings to you and your family as well! Have a wonderful Christmas season. Tim
Thanks for showing the step by step construction of how these moving homes etc. come to be from trailer to finish. But I was kinda disappointed that it was not dressed out to the nines. As a female and a designer. I was hoping to see the bed looking all plushed out encased in like the sleeve. More voulmn
in the cushions. Making the bedding be more inviting. Much longer curtains and similar period lighting. But truly remarkable and in-depth information on the process that allows one to move from point a to point b. Thank you. Next one if you make another please make it to period look.!!!
I'm getting ready and preparing and gathering information to build my Gypsy Vardo Camper! Your video has been so inspiring and full of information! Thank you so much! Happy Trails!!!
🏠 🛣️ 🏠
Good luck with your project and enjoy the process. Keep me posted on how it goes!
I will! 😊
You do understand gyspys are a race of people? Vardos have four wheels and two are used to turn. Vardos are livestock pulled. We are a proud race not a fashion statement for sad white people who hate their own culture.
Every OTR Truck Driver LOVES the lovable Lou! 😅❤
I have been hoping to get to see the final build. It turned out great. It is hard to believe that you did this ground up build in 5 1/2 months and most of that in the winter. The colors you used for the decorations are perfect for this style of camper. Congratulations on keeping the weight so low. If you get all the hardware and tools out of there, you may lose another 50 or so pounds.
By the way, I would much rather use a toilet like this than some of those vault toilets at many campgrounds.
Beautiful Camper! I really enjoyed watching the progress. I'd love to build one myself, but I need to finish my Cargo Trailer Conversion first, before I start on any more projects.
I hope you share some footage of your first camping excpirince in the Vardo. I hope you enjoy meeting new people, because I believe you will have lots of visitors knocking on the camper door wanting to check it out at the campground.
Thanks goatman! It was a fun project and yes, I will be making some camping videos this spring. It will be fun to meet lots of new friends!
Lovin the compost loo, sensible.
Beautiful job and the commentary is really useful. Thankyou
I really like the design on this one, especially the step you built in, and the way the bed pushes back out of the way. The trim and graphics turned out great, too. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for your comment!
Just a comment. I had my batteries in an enclosed space under the bed in our tiny house r. v. The batteries were wet lead acid 6 volt trojans. They boiled on me, and the acid vapour destroyed everything in there, plus I had to replace some of the wood as it became impregnated with acid vapours. I put a sealed box around the batteries, and vented them to the outside. (the batteries are still accessible from inside for maintenance: I found, from a forum online, even if they are sealed, or A.G.M., they still should be vented, so you may want to confirm that with a professional before believing it) I have built a couple tiny houses, and now am building a gypsy wagon to sell as I ran out of money to finish the fifth wheel I am working on now. (the banker, also known as wife, said no more from our personal account until I get some more saved up) I am really impressed with your wagon, and how you were able to reuse so much stuff. I hope you post a few videos when you get to use it. I never drive by a construction dumpster without checking it out. Totally embarrasses the "banker"
You are absolutely correct. I forgot to mention that I already bought a vent witch will be cut into the side right beside the batteries. I got the type used to vent a house crawl space.
I've been thinking of building a really primitive camper (shell basically) and I've really struggled finding a trailer wide enough. The way you made it wider above the trailer and didn't have to worry about the trailer fenders, really like the design!
Love love love ur camper/ gypsy wagon. Cute n awesome.
Thank you!
Great video. The contents and pacing are great. A quick overview of the build process, a tour of the finished vardo, how much it weighs and how much it cost you!!! Perfect! Thanks!
Thank you, glad you enjoyed!
I love it. The detail on the outside beams is a favourite pattern of mine I've used when panelling ceilings in one of the houses I owned. You've done a fantastic job. Like you said just a few finishing additions needed and you will have an amazing eye catching vardo. Massive well done to you sir.
Thank you John!
Very nice build. I would not have drawn on the house, myself but it's YOUR house, not mine.
I really like how you used custom van builds interior design for both bed and dinette set as it affords much storage and is a very smart space optimizing design.
Kudos to you. You must be proud of all of your hard work.
I love it it is the best layout that I have seen
I've been following this build since the beginning and have been very impressed all the way through. Not being the handy type, I tend to watch and learn before I make my mistakes.
Thank you for showing us your skills and thank you for the inspiration and ideas it generated for me. I would like to hear how the inspection goes and after a bit of time with it, how you're enjoying it, if you made any changes, if you ever got the solar panels up, etc. Until then, I'll be lurking.
By the way, you did a great job on your Gypsy wagon.i love the way it came out.great job sir.
Thank you!
Beautiful camper. Probably could fit a portable washing machine under the clothes bar in the bathroom and use the bar to dry clothes. Portable shower pump in the bathroom in a bucket for inside shower.
Beautiful Job! I built 2 teardrop trailer sized vardo's in the past. Now that my back is shot and I am disabled I want a standup height model to go camping in.
Nice job! Hope you have been able to enjoy many good times and trips with your camper.
Great job. You’ve got a lot of room in there. Good camping to ya!
Very good build my friend, looks great! Happy camping!
Awesome & beautiful build !!!
U have done a wonderful job.i watched all the trailer build so impressed I bought a 16ft trailer with 2-3,000 lb axels.i hope I do as well as you.thanks for all the education
Thank you for your comments, and good luck with your build. Enjoy the process!
Thank you for sharing, it’s beautiful! 👍🏻🫶🏻
Thank you!
Gypsy isn't a fashion statement its a race
Thank you for sharing all your ideas and knowledge with us! Great video and awesome end result! While I enjoyed this, I am also saving so that when I begin my own build, I can refer beck to this. Love your design.
Thank you! I am glad you enjoyed.
Superb, I absolutely love it. Congratulations. Thanks for sharing, Becky from Kansas City
Thank you Becky, and thanks for coming on the adventure with me!
Great job, it shows in the details.
Thank you!
Gorgeous home genius design very relaxing happy adventures with many blessings to you all
Awesome job! By far the best one i have seen!
Nice job. Well done. Thanks.
You are seriously talented✨✨✨Enjoy!
Thank you Valerie!
Excellent build!
You did an awesome job!
Thank you!
Super nice build 👍 Some people use a fan driven vent pipe for any potential vapors from the commode
Nice job.
Super nice job. Thanks for the weight. Been planning to build one on a 95 gmc all wheel drive safarI. I should loss that much weight after we cut the back off. Wish me success.
Thank you for your comment and good luck with your build. Keep us posted!
Lovely, it came out so cute...lol I want one ...😍
Great video
You’ve done a good job
thank you!
I love your finishing touches, gryphons, and lions! I plan on turning my van into a vardo :P
oh man, what a beautiful gypsy wagon! i love all your attention to detail ~ it is a gypsy's dream home ~ sigh... blessings on your life! thanks so much for posting ~ happy day!
I guess it's kind of off topic but does anyone know a good website to stream newly released tv shows online?
@Madden Sterling try FlixZone. You can find it on google :)
@Madden Sterling lately I have been using FlixZone. You can find it on google =)
Its not a wagon and he isnt roma so its a Diy camper on a trailer.
Fantastic! Well done.
Wonderful build. Some great ideas here.:)
Great job,great video!
Thank you, it was allot of fun to build.
wow.. just beautiful.. you do good work!!
NICE JOB....enjoy!!
Thank you!
Love it, great job!
Thank you Holly!
Loved your griffins!
Very nice!
Thank you!
It's Beautiful.
Thank you very much!
Fantastic !!!
I love this, I want one
This gypsy wagon is adorable. I especially like the pull out bed over the dinette! Wish that was explained a bit better.
Racially insensitive much? Romani or gypsy as you call them are a race of people who suffard the holocaust along side the jews. What if he called it a jew wagon?
@@Judathehero You definitely have a point Slim. Thank you for pointing that out. I was using his term of course. What shall we call it to distinguish it from the boring wagons most people put together? A Vardo? ... I am surprised you haven't posted a general comment to the video itself.... I had a wonderful joyful experience camping with the Romani in Sweden back in the 1970's.
@@susans7091 ironically most countries have a word for this in there words. Sheep wagon, Pop Wagon, Prairie Schooner etc. Its odd to me that people who have any amazing rich culture never look inward.
Really nice job mate 👌
Thank you!
That is awesome!!!!!!
Love this! Have fun with it!
If you love this filming then check out Yorkie Greenwood Of Northumberland England Builder and painter of Gypsy Caravans most amazing skills
I like it, nice job.
Thank you!
Thank you for the detail
Nice job
Thank you Mia!
Great job i like it you guys have fun camping :)
OMG....THIS IS AWESOME....LOVEEEEEEEEEEEE
Thank you Gypsy!
Nice job! Thank you
This is so cool.
Nice job 👍 😅
Thank you!
YES I've been waiting for this
Thank you Kelli! Hope you enjoyed.
Just found that channel.... its lovely! also the wagon ;)
Not a wagon, its a trailer.
So do you have screens on the windows for ventilation? Does that nice step you built bottom out on uneven ground? Are you concerned about your batteries off gassing inside your living space? Could they have been placed out side in a box on the tongue? Will your fridge door have enough room to swing out? I like your idea of having the grey water tank outside under the trailer.
Thanks for this video
Thanks for watching!
well done
Thank you Robert!
Excellent TY
Very nicely done its been 2 yrs since this video how is everything working and holding up after 2 yrs? have you changed or plan on changing anything? What was the total cost? And what is the weight? You may have said and I missed it but what is the size the length height and width?
Beautiful build, I love it, you do a great job...
Thanks for sharing
❤😊👍🏻👍🏻👏👏
Due to lac of time to enjoy it, we sold it about a year after the build. To answer some of your questions, it was 6 1/2 feet wide, 12 feet long, and 7' high in the center. It weighed about 1500 lbs. We had about $5000.00 in the build.
@@deepbeeps Thanks for getting back to me. Sorry to hear you didnt get to enjoy it much but I understand life gets busy. But Its a lovely build Im sure whoever bought it is enjoying it.
Again thanks for getting back to me.
@@UnKnown-zy1km One of the reasons we sold it was this: We were camping in Hocking Hills State park sitting around the camp fire. We realized it was just like being at home, but costing money to be there. This is where we live: We built it in 2012. It is our tiny house on a foundation.
th-cam.com/video/npBqmW8LWkY/w-d-xo.html
I agree. I would love to build one myself little by little but I would need the guidance of a carpenter as I have never built anything out of wood.
It is absolutely beautiful to me! I’m just wondering why you didn’t make your closet area across from the composting toilet, into a shower? Could you have put a small shower there?
We talked about doing that but for our purposes we didn't really need one. But it could easily be added.
I want one. Your work is impeccable sir. Please price this out to me. ☺️Really would like to know how much. Would like a cubic mini wood stove in mine.
I sold it last spring for $7,000. I had about $4800 in materials. Thank you for your complements!
You did a great job! The sawdust toilet is awesome! I think you did a great job! I like it very much!
Question: Is the "flashing" the same flashing used in roofing projects? Is it strong enough for the walls and roof alone? Do you have any insulation or is this a wagon for Spring/Summer and Fall? THANKS!
Thank you very much. Yep, same flashing, but I bought it at a small lumber yard. It is much heavier than you get at the big box stores.
Do you build for anyone else Sir? I love yours and I saw another design as well. I would like to use aspects from both builds. Let me know with a comment please😀
Romany who first created and
Used the vardo is a romany rule is to NOT have a bathroom in the bathroom ever but nice job!
Looks great! I may have miss it but how did you attach the aluminum sheeting to the plywood?
I used small nails on all edges, then set the wood trim over the seams and nail heads.
Never heard of a sawdust toilet. If it works as well as my natural pine pellet cat litter box you will never have a smell. Would like to know how much you spent on building it and how many hours you put in. I would love one like this but would have to pay someone to build for me. This is perfect size for just me.
Just found your video. Love your design, finished work and your knowledge. Thank you for sharing. Now I find I must ask...why are you selling such a wonderful piece of art?
We are just too busy around the homestead in the summer to get out with her very much. She needs to go to someone who will use her and enjoy her more.
Great job! I love the wood colors inside! Absolutely Brilliant! What was the cost of this project?
Thank you! I had about $2500 in it when finished.
Sorry, my wife corrected me. She is the one that kept track so she knows better. She said it was $3500, not $2500.
Nice build. After 4 years, what kind of maintenance have you done on it? How is it going? I'm considering building one and I'm curious how others builds have held up and what direction I should go in.
Thank you, well, after using it for one summer we decided we really didn't like camping that well. We live in the country and can sit around a camp fire drinking beer without paying $40 to $50 a nite to do it. So....we sold the Vardo. When I built it I tried to use materials that would need little to no maintenance. That is why I used a rubber roof and aluminum over the plywood sides.
hey there! epic! love it! JUst wondering if the aluminum flashing is necessary? couldnt i just seal the wood with a lacker or paint?
You could. It just requires more upkeep and maintenance, but would work fine.
Nice
Great video. I subscribed to see some of the others. I have some questions about the electrical. First, did you need an electrician to wire it since you have to get the vardo safetied? Second, how are you charging the batteries? Third, do you have a separate mains panel for the batteries? The one you showed was for the AC. Thanks and thanks again for the video!
Hi Frank, I did not need an electrician. I have lots of experience in residential wiring, but nobody even asked or checked it. I am charging the deep cycle battery with a trickle charger when plugged into AC. There is a main panel on the AC coming in with 2 -15 amp circuits and 1- 20 amp circuit. The DC only supplies the pump for the sink. It has an inline fuse.
@@deepbeeps Thanks again!
I like your vardo very much, including the bathroom. But instead of having the drawers there I would have put in a shower.
For a Swede that's using the metric system, I gotta ask if that weigh is in kilos or what you guys are using. Because sometimes you do use the metric system, like in road related stuff, am I right? Anyways thanks for the video.
it is imperial. Thanks for watching!
really nice, just curious what you did on the facia board at the front and back. Did you curve a solid board for that? Only part I havent really worked out on my build.
If you go back to my channel and search Part 5 Building my Gypsy Wagon. (putting on the roof) you will see how the ends and roof supports were done. Thanks for watching!
Do you know how much your trailer weighs? We are looking to make one that our car can pull