We built our home on wheels!
Now we’re gonna show you how we did it so you can do it too! We’ll cover common options and what we chose through how to insure and register your skoolie.
The Build
How to build an off-grid electrical system for your skoolie or van
Overview Most likely the most complex system you’ll build out for your skoolie or van is the electrical system. While it was the most complex part of our build and we are still making improvements, it was also the most fun I have had throughout our build. But being so complex, means that it can […]
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How to build a simple shore power electrical system for your van or Skoolie
Overview When reading forums or Facebook posts in the various skoolie or van groups I am a part of I often see people looking for information on specific electrical builds. One I see more often is an electrical set up for someone who plans to have shore power wherever they stop, so they want to […]
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How to paint your Skoolie (school bus)
Painting was not done in a day. Like many projects on the bus, it took time and required more than one coat. After we had prepped the area, I was eager to get to work and see some progress! I started painting right away while Mark was prepping other areas of the bus. I think […]
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We’re Mark and Chelsea
We’ve embarked on our bus building adventure. Its equal parts looking for an adventure and an attempt at financial stability. We are working down our debt while completing the bus, and planning to enter it completely debt free, while removing rent, our biggest expense at the same time.
The Life
The Skoolie workshop at the United Tiny House Festival in Macon, GA
We attended a skoolie workshop in Macon, GA, March 1-3 2019. We learned just about everything we needed to know about purchasing, demoing, and building a skoolie. Michael Fuehrer of Navigation Nowhere, Roman of Little Groundhog, and Chris Schapdick of Tiny Industrial covered everything from framing and insulation to solar pluming and registering a skoolie. […]
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If you’re planning a bus build, take a wood working class
Chelsea and I decided to take a wood working class to build dome wood working skills prior to buying and building our bus. I had a little bit of experience from woodshop in high school and general little projects here and there, but was definitely in need of a refresher. We looked for meetup groups […]
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Preparing for a bus… with a house?
The first thing we needed in order to make this “bus life” dream a reality was a practical place to work on the bus. As both of our leases were ending around the same time, Chelsea and I decided to move in together and find somewhere that would facilitate this dream. We were lucky enough […]
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Try the FREE Skoolie Layout Tool!
We tried everything from paper cut outs to tape on the floor. It was difficult to experiment with different layouts without being wasteful or a ton of work. So I built a small app that would allow us to visualize the layout of our build at perfect scale and and drag and drop them as I please! I released it to the Skoolie community as well! Hope it helps with your build!
