Woohoo! I finished installing the subfloor! I haven’t been able to get out and work in the bus for a few days now, so I was really itching to go make some progress. The plan was to get started early, and to give myself all day until dark. Turned out I only needed about six hours to finish it all up!
Small update on the Housebus today, I didn’t get out to pick up more paint, but I DID finish gluing pennies down in the mudroom area in the front of the bus. So, as soon as I get more paint (tomorrow, most likely) I’ll be ready to jump in and finish protecting the floor for the whole front of the bus. At least, that’s the goal for tomorrow: Patch one small rust hole, apply weather sealant and reinstalling a large metal plate over the engine, and then painting enamel on the remaining areas of Section C. Woo!
I’ve decided I’m going to start making just small updates every time I manage to get ANYthing done out in the housebus, rather than saving stuff up for one big update every couple weeks or so. So, here’s today’s latest!
After grinding out all the rust on Section C of the floor the other day, I went back out today to glue pennies down to seal up all the holes leftover from the seats and the metal trim down the center aisle. First though I decided that, since I’m already working at the front end of the bus, it didn’t make any sense to not also do the subfloor for the cab/mudroom. So, I finished pulling all the rubber and metal panels off of that area, and the little angled metal faces of the driver’s seat platform. The new floor is going to come up close to the same level of the platform, and this is easier than trying to build around it. Besides, it was held on with little plastic screws, so it was hardly structural.
After I cleared all that up I did go ahead and glue down the pennies in Section C, and then spray paint all the new screw holes in the cab. I’m really excited to be making progress in the mudroom, I honestly wasn’t sure where it was going to fit into my overall plan other than ‘someday down the road’.
But, since I just painted the holes today, I can’t glue pennies down in that section yet. So, rather than be constantly a day behind in the mudroom, I’m going to go out tomorrow and catch up: glue those pennies down, and then friday I’ll be able to go back out and do the protective enamel in both areas.
Except! I keep forgetting I discovered a hole in the center of the front floor area where rust has clearly eaten through, so now I need to look into repairing that hole, preferably without welding. That might put me another day behind, but I hope not.
So hey, have some pictures!
Hard to see the progress here, unless you look closer……and see all the pennies that have been glued down!The cab floor, cleared of rubber and ready for pennies.I’m really looking forward to seeing what I can do with this space. Some kind of shoe cubby/book rack, I’m guessing.
Hey, gang! Just another quick update today to show the progress on the subfloor over the last couple weeks. I continue to do the subfloor in sections, working forward from the back of the bus and moving all the build materials back to clear off the next section of floor for working. The area I finished up at the beginning of the month was Section A, and today I wrapped up Section B.
