hey there welcome to my channel where i take you on tours of tiny nomadic and creative homes
in today's video we're going to take a tour of one of the most well thought out schooly
homes that i've ever seen brian's bus features an epic rooftop deck with plenty of storage and
a fire pit for hosting gatherings meanwhile the interior is full of gorgeous woodworking
and let's not forget about the jaw-dropping tool shed with built-in power for his tools but before
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hi my name is brian welcome to wazzabus it was a bus and now it's my home
this is a 2005 duramax 66 diesel kodiaq 5500 chassis and it's on the higher chassis so i
have a lot of room for storage for the underboxes and everything like that and all the tools i carry
seven window bus it's about 28 feet long she weighs 17 000 i got about eight to nine miles
per gallon the whole hood flips forward really just gives you great access to a lot of things
the 66 duramax is very reliable and the allison transmission almost the ultimate combo
of motor and transmission that you can get
now that you guys have seen the outside follow me and we can check out the inside
so i went with this layout and i like the openness of it when you walk in
you can kind of see the kitchen from the door and the couch area
i like the fridge towards the front if you're coming in just for a drink it's easier to
just grab this is just a 110 fridge so i figured instead of having the coffee maker on the counter
to save some counter space i made this little shelf for it and then put these jars for the
coffee and sugar underneath it the live edge counter i got from a mill in warwick
same town where i grew up and same time where i bought the bus a guy had a mill in his backyard
so we went up there and i found this awesome slab ended up having to be able to have the sink land
in the cut out here so you kind of stand in here and do dishes then i did the epoxy with the river
this is the first one i ever did routed it out the river kind of just sketched it no real plan
then i took a torch to it to make a little bit black on the inside and poured the blue tint in
for the river and then sanded the whole thing down again and then did a clear epoxy over the whole
thing i really wanted a bigger sink it's just easier washing pots and pans and stuff like that
i continued the live edge through the stove and then through the desk here i wanted a
real dedicated workspace for a laptop an extra screen and then even put a scuba steve here
i went with a two burner stove which works really well and i kind of laid it out so i have a little
bit of prep space here right next to the stove so i went with this backsplash i kind of liked
how it went with the live edge and i like the stone look of it the glass so these cabinets
these are just from home depot i just thought it was a lot easier than trying to build cabinets
i didn't do any cabinets over the window here i kind of wanted to keep that open and then
here i'm thinking i'm going to do a little shelf kind of spice rack something like that
so the ceiling i went with a tongue and groove pine
and the roof hatch this just opens up real easy and then this is how i get to the roof
so the seating area i built on this side wanted to be able to have a few people in here and hang out
and have enough room just a 24 inch tv just on a swivel mount or i can i swing it out to get to any
of the storage behind it here so this here is the winter i use this as a it's a fridge or freezer
but since i have the fridge this is the freezer i knew i needed a freezer i wanted a
fresh ice for drinks and ice cream and then it's also a little end table or somebody can
sit on it as another seat so these windows i had tinted so you can see out and during the
day you really can't see in which is kind of nice and then it keeps the bus a lot cooler as well
wood here i used for the cabinets here uh this is spalted ash
i wanted a little table here to just sit and eat or work on a computer or something i went back
to the same mill where i got the countertop from and he had this little slab and i sanded it all
down and i just rounded the edges of it and then put some poly over it i have this shark here that
my brother actually made so i needed to hang it in the bus and i thought this was a great spot for it
here's the toilet area here i just went with a cassette toilet so this door was from a pocket
door it was just on clearance so i bought it and cut it down and made it work for this
my idea was the door just to separate at night i only have to really cool the bed area or heat
the bed area so it's separated out the closet here i have some hanging clothes in here some
shelves for clothes here and then filing cabinet here for other clothes for the shower i decided
to go with a three-piece shower and then i just cut the walls down and that worked pretty well
i'll use the shower here and there if i'm in a pinch i usually end up using a gym shower
so the bedroom here i wanted a nice big bed nice big area to relax one of the important
things was making sure the queen-size mattress fit in the back i really started with the bed
area and kind of worked forward as i did the build and i put some cabinets up here
uh mini split ac blower is here this bus that we're in now a friend of
mine actually told me about it was at a scrap yard and i went and checked it out
i ended up getting this bus for 4 500 from the scrap yard i believe i'm in this one
for about 25 000 to 30 000 and then probably looking at about another 20 to 30 000 labor
i was driving my bus around and somebody saw it
they followed me for about ten miles into a park guy pulls up and he's like
who built your bus i said i built it he said you want to build another bus
we went out to lunch that day and went over the whole thing and then ended up working on his build
and building out for him and then some people saw my work that i did on his bus and mine and
ended up picking up a few small jobs from there and that's where it kind of clicked like there's
a lot more potential for this i saw all that work come in i quit my job and went for it full time
so i've built four full builds and then probably worked on about 15 or 20 other builds it really
helps people because i come to them and build right on site right in your driveway or your yard
this nice drop down live edge counter which is great workstation
we've got two outlets so this is great for when i'm working on a project pull right up
next to it and i got a full workbench here to work or when i'm just entertaining we're just
hanging out it's a nice place for like a set up food buffet really works great
three heavy duty hinges here and then it's on these chains and the chains just hold it up
these are just gate latches that i used and these just hook like that and it holds it up i have a
17 foot rv electric awning i use it pretty much every day for hanging out or working on a build
so this here is what i like to call the garage this is where i have all my tools
most of them so i designed this with a handicapped door these are bucket bags
from like home depot and i just cut them in half and hung them on the door so that gave a real
real great storage space for all the hand tools really simple and great way to store everything
this arm i designed to hold all the screw guns and drills and everything like that
so this just swings right out of the way i can grab whatever i need
real quick and easy and then these drawers go about four feet in so i got two of these drawers
to hold all the smaller stuff uh grinding wheels and blades and drill bits and everything like that
one thing i've always wanted was a hose reel for the air compressor line
it's always just becomes a hassle so i did put in an air reel
so this is all business and work but i also needed nice outdoor speakers i love to have music when
i'm working or also when we're just hanging out and with a group provides a great atmosphere
welcome to the back of the bus this is just a eight foot a-frame ladder
pop two pins it comes right off and i can use it as a regular ladder or i also can
use it just how it is to get up to the roof put a bike rack back here this bike
rack one pin it just drops right down and i can access through the back door
right here is my 30 amp shore power connection and then i have my fresh water it's a 35 gallon fresh
water tank that's a fill for it here so this is my 30 gallon propane tank i went with a bigger tank
just so i didn't have to worry about filling it so much this is propane for the hot water heater
the stove and the propane fire pit on the roof solar up here i have two 450 watt panels so i
have 900 watts of solar roof edge here i used to come up it's just a lot easier a lot safer
if anyone else is coming up here so i wanted a rooftop deck ever since i started looking into
the schoolies as much space as i could so that's what i ended up doing i wanted more storage
so i put these diamond plate tool boxes up here and then it also gave a nice spot to sit and hang
out these boxes are mostly chairs and a couple other tools and straps and things like that
this box here i have my snowboard gear because i like to snowboard skateboard winter gear and then
i came up with the idea to have a fire pit then i was like i'm not gonna lug wood up here you know
to make a fire and but then i thought propane then i can just take the lid off and fire it up
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