Electrical Plan

Roger and I sat down with the floorplan and chose the locations for the switches, electrical outlets and lighting. Please see below. I'm sure a "real" electrician would balk at these plans, but it works for us!

Skoolie Build Days Eighteen-Twenty!

A group from a church here in Washington state came to help with the tiny bus build. We have painted the entire bus, framed up all interior walls, covered the holes in the ceiling with sheet metal, tweaked the floorplan a bit, and removed the cracked rear window. We also bought the refrigerator, twin mattresses for the bunk beds, and bins that we will build around for the closet and kitchen storage.

Driver's side walls are up!

Megan! Our amazing roof painter:)

Paint, paint and more paint! We choose Swiss Coffee for the roof and Sweet Almond for the body. After the first coat, I could see that the color wasn't as dark as I wanted. I took the paint back and had them add the same tint. So, we actually have a custom color on the bus body! Sweet Almond (X2)

The whole crew this week! 

Floorplan revised....

I’ve seen so many people talk about how many revisions there are on the floorplan once construction begins, and we are no exception! Please see below the revised plan.


We bought a tub that was larger than I had initially chosen and drawn on the plan. So, it shifted a few things around. 😉

Skoolie Build Day Fifteen-Seventeen!

A group from Briarwood Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, AL, are here we this week on a short term trip. Their first day at the tiny bus site consisted of learning how to grind off rivet heads and then re-install rivets in the new sheet metal. We then added OSB to all the interior walls. We have affectionally named this place, INSULATION STATION!

Skoolie Build Day Fourteen

On day fourteen, my mom and our friend Christi had gone back to Mississippi. So, that left the Manning family and myself. We removed the windows per the  floorplan and started the rivet removal so that the 18 gauge sheet metal could cover the window openings. A few of us tackled the rivets while the rest measured and installed the bus wall insulation!

Skoolie Build Day Eleven-Thirteen!

This week a family of four from a Tennessee, my mom, and our friend Christi came out to help with the Skoolie build. These days we are calling it the Tiny Bus Project 🎉. We have installed the moisture barrier, 1x4 supports, 3/4” insulation, and plywood subfloor! Much was accomplished this week and we give God all the glory!

Skoolie Floorplan

Below you will see the floorplan and one elevation for the bus! 

I was able to draw these once we had the bus cleared and could get some firm measurements and  check window and door locations. We are pretty excited to be in construction mode now! Our goal is to provide a space that is welcoming for up to six months for four to five people.