Me neither 😂 The skylight is currently is welded up on our table, waiting for some waterproofing mechanisms to be worked out. Honestly, shrinking 10 hours into 15 minutes was quite a workout, could have made a lord of the rings feature-length film out of it...decided not to 🙃
Hi Guy's, good job, worked out well in the end and looks good. I too found it very difficult getting the shelf the right shape. Mines not perfect but, like you I'm pleased with the result in the end. Keep up with the great videos, I love to see how you are getting on.
We think your shelf turned out great 😁 The headliner shelf is one of those things where it all comes together at the very end, before that it just seems like an impossible jigsaw puzzle
@@FreedomStrider I realized that they did not list the metal support, could they pass the measurements? if they remember this information, I am on a mission to copy your model :)
Ohhh, you wouldn't believe how much pain it really was, but I think the results were worth the pain - "they say, months after installing it, as the memory of the tears fade away" 😂
Hi, great ideas... where did you get your brackets from, and what sizes did you use? Also, did you need to adjust the plastic belt coverings, or did they fit back on top of the brackets? Thanks!
If memory serves, it was these ones: www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-Galvanised-Heavy-Duty-Angle-Bracket-80-x-50-x-70mm/p/152816 We test fitted a few different sizes as well to be sure what would work, as it depends how far down you put the shelf. The top plastic went back on without a hitch, just had to line up the holes. Any thicker, and I don't think they would fit. although the sin visors were alot tougher to get back into place (since the fabric added thickness) so we ended up getting longer bolts to fit.
As far as we are aware, not in any significant manor. Rockwool has a tendancy to do this, our receclyed plastic insulation can handle moisture in the air but shouldn't be holding onto alot of moisture and rot itself from the inside out.
Looks good I actually don't think the semi circle booboo looks bad either, I think you should post a little more often though Im looking forward to see how this ends up 😊 did you find your leak?
Honestly, we're growing quite fond of our booboo, we see a lot of potential 😂 We would love to post twice a week, but it takes 2 days out of our week to edit a video, we have to research and build the actual thing, and we also work part-time as well...we're trying to, but it's like chasing our own tails. 😂 As for the leak, we have had no further issues, we checked all the seals and couldn't find anything, and that cavity of water is gone. Our assumption at the moment is that the hole was blocked and filled the footwell with too much water, and it overflowed. I guess we'd better continuously check that drain hole!
Hi folks, is the front of your shelf lower than the back? If i rest my shelf on the lip above the windscreen and clear the brackets for the sun viser and handle then i get a sloping downwards at the front. Is this something you were able to avoid?
In all honesty, we haven't had much success with them... I think the gauge will do a good job with simple shapes (like door frames), smaller tasks like estimating the position of pipes. However, the contour gauge only gives an estimate. I would personally always double check with physical measurements. So it can help, but you can go without it - rulers and cardboard can get the job done too.
We used 4 brackets in total, 2 big ones attaching to the seatbelt bolt location (www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-Galvanised-Heavy-Duty-Angle-Bracket-87-x-87-x-25mm/p/246006) And then two smaller ones into the hole where the handle screws into We did alot of dry fitting to make sure the brackets would fit and screw into place, and every van is different 🤣 Best of luck 😁
There are already bolt holes in the frame there, since you have to unbolt the handle and the side plastic (this one is hiding under the plastic hook) so we just bolted the brackets into those existing holes 😁 glad you enjoy the videos 😊
Yeah, the paint started drying quite hard and after some experiments, we saw that we would have to go through a lot of paint for it to look like a solid colour and it looked kind of... bad 😊. So the fabric just made more sense, both budget-wise and aesthetically. And, you are right, contouring the fabric is a pain - it takes practice - and like usual, we were learning on the job, so hopefully it will be easier next time.
Yeah it looks a bit catastrophically misleading up until the very end, where you just cover it all in fabric so you can't see any of it!! As we were doing it, we were wondering "will this shelf ever get done?" as more and more stuff kept coming up, and we were just making stuff up as we were going along, but we got there in the end, the shelf is good 🤪
Yep we agree, we had our buffs and the windows/doors open, for ventilation, but since then we have acquired some masks, although we are running out of them and they are a bit tricky to get a hold of at the moment.
one word bloody superb
😊 Cheers!... btw that's 2 words 😉🙃
10hours of editing later, and there's a great video! 👍👍 Can't wait to see the skylight!
Me neither 😂 The skylight is currently is welded up on our table, waiting for some waterproofing mechanisms to be worked out. Honestly, shrinking 10 hours into 15 minutes was quite a workout, could have made a lord of the rings feature-length film out of it...decided not to 🙃
@@FreedomStrider 😂I would watch it!
nice one guys stay safe
Hi Guy's, good job, worked out well in the end and looks good. I too found it very difficult getting the shelf the right shape. Mines not perfect but, like you I'm pleased with the result in the end. Keep up with the great videos, I love to see how you are getting on.
We think your shelf turned out great 😁 The headliner shelf is one of those things where it all comes together at the very end, before that it just seems like an impossible jigsaw puzzle
Keep up the good job!
Cheers! Will do 😊
perfect !
Cheers glad you like it 🙂
@@FreedomStrider I realized that they did not list the metal support, could they pass the measurements? if they remember this information, I am on a mission to copy your model :)
Great video and really useful lessons to learn. I accidentally pressed the thumbs down button before thumbs up, so apologies for that.
Glad we could help 😄
good job on the shelf.................but what a pain in the wazu to do. well done.
Ohhh, you wouldn't believe how much pain it really was, but I think the results were worth the pain - "they say, months after installing it, as the memory of the tears fade away" 😂
Hi, great ideas... where did you get your brackets from, and what sizes did you use? Also, did you need to adjust the plastic belt coverings, or did they fit back on top of the brackets? Thanks!
If memory serves, it was these ones: www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-Galvanised-Heavy-Duty-Angle-Bracket-80-x-50-x-70mm/p/152816
We test fitted a few different sizes as well to be sure what would work, as it depends how far down you put the shelf. The top plastic went back on without a hitch, just had to line up the holes. Any thicker, and I don't think they would fit. although the sin visors were alot tougher to get back into place (since the fabric added thickness) so we ended up getting longer bolts to fit.
Hi both and great video😊...with the insulation you used does it not draw in and hold moisture?
As far as we are aware, not in any significant manor. Rockwool has a tendancy to do this, our receclyed plastic insulation can handle moisture in the air but shouldn't be holding onto alot of moisture and rot itself from the inside out.
Looks good I actually don't think the semi circle booboo looks bad either, I think you should post a little more often though Im looking forward to see how this ends up 😊 did you find your leak?
Honestly, we're growing quite fond of our booboo, we see a lot of potential 😂
We would love to post twice a week, but it takes 2 days out of our week to edit a video, we have to research and build the actual thing, and we also work part-time as well...we're trying to, but it's like chasing our own tails. 😂
As for the leak, we have had no further issues, we checked all the seals and couldn't find anything, and that cavity of water is gone. Our assumption at the moment is that the hole was blocked and filled the footwell with too much water, and it overflowed. I guess we'd better continuously check that drain hole!
Hi folks, is the front of your shelf lower than the back? If i rest my shelf on the lip above the windscreen and clear the brackets for the sun viser and handle then i get a sloping downwards at the front. Is this something you were able to avoid?
From what we can tell, ot slops ever to slightly forward but not significant enough to be annoying 👍
Hey what's the silver stuff you put over the insulation before the carpet?
I've been looking at those contouring gauges to do the flooring in my house but I am undecided. Would you recommend them?
In all honesty, we haven't had much success with them... I think the gauge will do a good job with simple shapes (like door frames), smaller tasks like estimating the position of pipes. However, the contour gauge only gives an estimate. I would personally always double check with physical measurements. So it can help, but you can go without it - rulers and cardboard can get the job done too.
Great video thank you! How many brackets did you use to secure shelf? Attempting this soon 😊
We used 4 brackets in total,
2 big ones attaching to the seatbelt bolt location (www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-Galvanised-Heavy-Duty-Angle-Bracket-87-x-87-x-25mm/p/246006)
And then two smaller ones into the hole where the handle screws into
We did alot of dry fitting to make sure the brackets would fit and screw into place, and every van is different 🤣 Best of luck 😁
@@FreedomStrider thank you! And you screwed straight into the metal frame of the van? I love your videos - very funny and informative :)
There are already bolt holes in the frame there, since you have to unbolt the handle and the side plastic (this one is hiding under the plastic hook) so we just bolted the brackets into those existing holes 😁 glad you enjoy the videos 😊
Have you though of getting the headliner from a crafter low top?????
Err no we haven't thought of that, why would we need it?
Nope your solution looks great. It was an idea I had at the beginning of the video when you were cutting up the headliner.
Any reason you guys gave up on the spray painting of the headliner? Contouring the fabric looks like a pain in the backside!
Yeah, the paint started drying quite hard and after some experiments, we saw that we would have to go through a lot of paint for it to look like a solid colour and it looked kind of... bad 😊. So the fabric just made more sense, both budget-wise and aesthetically. And, you are right, contouring the fabric is a pain - it takes practice - and like usual, we were learning on the job, so hopefully it will be easier next time.
You should of glued the semicircle mistake back and put two screws in at 45 degrees and carpeted over it.
We still have the piece of wood, so we could, it's a good idea - we'll see though, we were thinking of putting a light in there 😄
@@FreedomStrider This project turned out better than I expected.👍
Yeah it looks a bit catastrophically misleading up until the very end, where you just cover it all in fabric so you can't see any of it!!
As we were doing it, we were wondering "will this shelf ever get done?" as more and more stuff kept coming up, and we were just making stuff up as we were going along, but we got there in the end, the shelf is good 🤪
@@FreedomStrider I am sure you have disagreements that we don't see in the finished video, but you work well together, so the future looks great.🙃👍
Please remember to wear some kind of mask when spraying the high temp adhesive spray, it's packed with a whole load of cancerous shite. x
Yep we agree, we had our buffs and the windows/doors open, for ventilation, but since then we have acquired some masks, although we are running out of them and they are a bit tricky to get a hold of at the moment.
Mask up when spraying the carpet spray, cancer in there.