hello I'm Mel welcome to my world and if you're new to my channel I'm currently
turning this FORD TRANSIT into a stealthy off-grid to go anywhere sleep anywhere
CAMPER VAN and today my work surface has finally turned up now I've put it in
place just to make sure it fits before I wrap it that's all I've got to do now is
actually unwrap it cut all in it block my sink I'm I guess combination unit
into place I don't carry on building the kitchen so simple right
well that fits err it should perfectly here's the two gas wing sink combo unit
that's going to be gun and it's been it's pretty standard practice these are
quite popular and for good reason they're really practical
they are nice unit at the end of the bike they are big expensive but um when
you're fit they do look really nice they are kind of holding a work surface some
people could be quite daunting terrifying even and it would be a lot
easier if these sinks come with a template but they don't so you need to
make your own template but how do you do that well I'm going to show you a really
simple easy way to do it using the box that the sink comes in all right I'm
gonna take this out and show you how to mark it out really simple we're doing it
right now allow me to give away a little trade secret I'm quite stoked about this
so everyone make this template for this thing is really simple it would be
simpler if they supplied you a template but they don't they don't supply the
template the reason they don't is because they aren't really simple to
make but first we want to do you determine what's hard to think we've got
and how the sink is fit to the work surface how is held down because some of
these sinks are screwed they're from the top underneath the lid this one is
clamped in from underneath so they have two different types and it's important
you are you know what when you've got it's quite simple if you like the lid
you'll see the holes where the screws go so I'll come to that in a minute
let's find out ere we mark it out first the first thing you want to do why
should determine what sink you've got you stick the lid bin just put get some
art in tight just to stop the lead out mean because we need to flip it upside
down
say flip you upside down put it on your box it's really simple process they're
just marking out of a marker pen mark it all the way around and then take your
sink and put it somewhere safe and I'll suggest you don't put it on the floor
because someone could trip over it break it so now you've caught you here here
wouldn't be good you've marked it out now if you used to cut this out to think
we simply just falls right through that's not good
you need a lip in there we need a 5 mili all these to make sinks if you work 5
mil in from that line you're gonna be pre spot-on so how do we get this line
it's really simple this is a vinyl made earlier just to save a bit of time now
all these cladding all around me is 5 mil thick so what I do you get a piece
of cladding like this just cut a strip off well this was in the scrapbooks I
place this it's come a bit closer 5 on the inside edge so this line is quite
thick because it's done with marketing so what the inside edge right up against
you side edge dropping your pencil and him marking making a line not back and
it gradually just work your way all the way when but edge and when you get to
these corners just mark it not do little half-inch line at a time all the way
around just half inch at a time eventually work your way all the way
around neck each on that corner and you end up with a line like this all the way
around and that's the line you cut so once you've marks it all the way
around you cut it out and cut it out really carefully because this isn't the
piece you want this is the part you want this is your template this is what
becomes a template not the box but you can use the box to make sure you sink
fits find you've cut it just like I did I'll make sure that the seam actually
fitting that hole in is no gaps anywhere and it fits nice and slug snug
chop done perfect so we know that if we must use this as a template we know the
homes going to be the same size as they're now getting back to those seams
with the screws is the tricky bit those ones that are screwed down if you were
to cut this out in your work surface like this when you go to screw it down
you blind have anything to screw to because you've cut it away all right
so when you get your template like this if you have got my eyes things for the
screws you're going to need in most cases you need do this just mark off and
cut the corners off you actually cut these corners right off and then when
you mark it out on your work surface you end up with those square or corners and
it gives you somewhere to screw you sink down very important do make sure if
you've got my eyes sink to the screws but once you've cut your template out
you remember to remove the corner edges where the screws have got dogs and then
when you mark it out on your work surface you're not taking that material
or why you're leaving yourself that extra bit of lip the screws to going
what I hope that makes sense well I'm gonna carry on there I'm gonna put this
in place work out exactly where it's got to go mark around it cut it out with me
jigsaw well I didn't film myself using the jigsaw and cutting a hole out
because quite frankly I wanted to concentrate on what I was doing rather
than concert title filming because I really don't like using a jigsaw it's
just so I can never quite get a nice age you know it's always diet yeah so I
bought them horrible I don't like them at all but the hell off my doll anyway
so now hopefully fingers crossed the sink will fit in that hole in height
that nasty edge oh no the only fits fits perfect just as I predicted he would oh
that's what it looks like one give you a shot at the kitchen there you go
that's another shot that's what the kitchen is gonna look like so I'm really
pleased with that that's coming along really well now that he's just dropped
into place it's only just temporarily resting there I still need to turn those
little feet and squirm to hold it down and then I'll need to
add a little bit of gas a little bit of water putting some drainage twelve-volt
we look physically for the piezo ignition and then it's all good to go
jobs by now pay attention because this part is really important it's all about
safety gas safety now I'm not a guest theater I'm not registered as a guest
fear so I'll take no responsibility okay when you've once you've fitted your gas
do get it checked out by a professional just to give it a thumbs up make sure
it's all okay now I've seen people make this mistake so this is why I want to
briefly cover this because is important now I'll do say keep it simple keep it
safe all right I always say that but in this instance there's nothing simple
about this it's humble thing about safety okay so these guess appliances
always come with just this straight piece of guest pipe a little plastic
bang on the end and I think it's just a smooth piece of pipe don't be tempted to
put your flexible hose over there and a jubilee clip on that is definitely a
no-no okay what you need is a compression fitting which goes over in a
compression fitting looks something like this it's basically three parts just
waiting for a car to go by
your son need by the way some copper pipe if this appliance is some distance
away from your gas tank don't be tempted to fit a load of flexi pipe to it use
copper pipe okay right now that anyway let's get back to a compression fitting
so the compression fitting is in three parts you've got this part I'm not and
in all if they can see it's tapered so this as you do these up it compresses
and I'll show you what I mean because when you fit these and this is the
mistake people make you put the nut on first you can see that you need slide
your olive over yeah this is where people go wrong they put PTFE tape
around it do not put PTFE type PTFE type is meant for water fittings not gas
fittings you need a guest joining compound which is like it's like a paste
and it stays it doesn't say it stays flexible so Ivan got any I've got some
but I can't find it so for the purpose of this purpose of this video let's just
pretend up with some paste on there don't mean that your fitting goes over
the top of that do it up finger tight then once that's done up finger tight
and see it's still loose so they need to spanners and you turn it around about
half a turn that's all you need and it's enough to compress it down and don't
over tighten it because you can't damage it and it'll leak the opposite of fate
it's just getting that happy golden zone just in the right spot and I see it's as
simple as that don't use PTFE type on gas fittings this
is the point I'm trying to make it's wrong don't use it it can actually
to leak over a period of time okay so that's that one then once you've got
that one nail you didn't connect your copper pipe and if you exactly a sign
just on the ovary and you put your nut if you're not close on first like this
then your olive I mean you put your copper pipe in as far as it'll go got
put it right in as far as it'll go and you simply do it up again finger tight
and in half at only a spanner I'm taking feel it you can feel sort pinched up
don't force it you don't have to over tighten them because you can damage to
your leaf and again you have the obviously affected a link and that is it
it's as simple as that is simple you don't use PTFE tape it should be up all
got you actually should put the paste on it it's like a guest joining paste some
people say don't need the paste you probably don't but it's just personal
preference so I like to put the paste on there you go actually guests sort it out
like I said don't put your flexible pipe straight over there and put a Jubilee
clip around it if you do want to put your guest pipe the flexible pipes
straight to this it's still going to need to use one of these and this is
okay if you guess bottles like really close to your appliance but even then I
don't recommend it it's exactly the same thing put your knot on first
then you olive this one's slightly different this is a barrel Olaf it still
does the same thing night that goes on put that in as far as it ago do it up
again put some joining compound in there first and then tying out with a spanner
and just just nip it aren't be done after over tighten it if you're not I
mean it's not like a nut and bolt situation all you're doing is
compressing that brass olive down around the pipe forming a seal and once you've
done all that a really little right do get it checked out by a professional
just get them to give it a good once-over in fact something assurance
companies will probably insist on getting a certificate to say it's been
done probably and that's it not have done all that then I'll flip this over
and put it down but I need to confirm your taste first remember keep it simple
keep it safe right so one of the last things you want to do before you
actually turn this over and put it in his final resting place it's just a
quick visual scan of everything make sure you haven't inadvertently unplugged
anything while stripping moving it around getting it in and out of the box
jiggling it around and all that good stuff you might have inadvertently just
pulled on one of these wires and slightly unplugged it mine I'll be
alright disconnected but it might be just slightly out so just check them all
make sure it all pushed home I mean there's two there there's a couple back
here as well um there's a bit for back there just push them make sure they're
all connected have a quick scan of all these little pipes as well make sure you
haven't unplugged anything bombs spiked yeah just give it a quick scan just to
check because there's nothing worse than putting it in place I need to find out
there's a wire off thing you got get underneath and fun struggle plugging it
back in we've all done that oh no that's the last thing that though let's exactly
what I've done I've just a quick look and I've realized I haven't mentioned
her warhead ease up yet it's just a curtain we so on these there's a red and
a black wire the red wire we should positive in your black wire is your
negative really simple and it's line voltage there's nothing high-voltage
about it's just for the ignition yeah once you've done that you're good
to go put it in the hole which is what I'm gonna do right now okay sis
something I just want to share with you because I've seen at least two people do
this wrong and let's put this seal to the plughole beam upside down and you
can always tell if someone's put this upside down because the plug hole sits
too proud now next time we look in someone's Kemper and they've got one of
these sinks just have a look at their plug on if he's sitting higher you'll
know because you'll get water that doesn't drain down the plug it sits all
the way around because this is sitting too high and the reason for that is
because they've put this ceiling upside down and it's real easy yes you can say
these seals got a shame footage on it it's easy to put it in like this and
this is what most people do well seen two people do this I put it in like this
and in bulk back down what happens is it does stay in prayer the reason it's
tears prayer because he sucks or been it's meant to be that way up even like
defies all logic he actually goes this way up and reason it goes that way up
it's because it's got this little lip under there you see that your own lip no
reason it's got that lip because this sill goes in the sink first before the
plug on top like in the camera too much
so like I'm saying a lot of people put the seal up that way because of it the
way the sink is type it in and it looks like I said I'm into God but it doesn't
it goes this way up I'm like no you poke it in the hole and that little lip holds
the ceiling price it's a bit fiddly we're going leader so now that's in
place and it's actually goes through and under so the seal goes in and underneath
and then by placing the plug go in there it's actually a tight fit you have to
wedge it in right and then the center screw goes in a sense for goes in there
like that and that's screws into this part underneath
like sign and I say you've put these sills in properly not in that once
that's screwed up that will pull that down nice and flush and then the water
can run down if you put the ceiling upside down the wall it doesn't go over
that and it gathers all the way around here you end up with the dirty ring
around your plug all can always tell when someone's proper in they're wrong
because that's what you can touch with
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