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Waterproofing Our Van Shower with Tanking (Recirculating Shower Part 2) | Transit Van Conversion E30

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This time we're waterproofing our van shower using the Everbuild wet room tanking kit! Our campervan shower is a very custom build to fit the space, which means we're not using a campervan shower tray and instead decided to build a custom wet room in the van. 🚿

The wet room tanking kit is a 3 step process that has a tanking liquid, tanking tape, and tanking membrane, and it was nice to have a project which is mostly just following instructions for a change!

And after spending so long making sure water doesn't get into the van, it was a bit strange to get the hose and spray it straight into the shower at the end to test it 😀

Next time we'll be adding some white PVC panels to the shower walls, and some Altro Pisces wet room flooring to make it actually look like a shower and be another waterproof layer, but it's nice to have the peace of mind that it should be watertight just from the tanking. And very blue!

Thanks for watching! Any comments or questions? Let us know below!

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↠ Long shower waste drain - https://www.bes.co.uk/shower-waste-86...

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20 Comments

@SelfBuiltStories Creator 2 months ago Pinned

➡ Get our recirculating shower book! 🚿♻ We've written a book that covers our entire recirculating shower build in detail, which you can find here: https://selfbuiltstories.com/books/recirculating-shower. It's available in paperback or as an instant eBook download and includes everything from building the shower frame, to the waterproofing, the complete recirculating setup, the maintenance we have to do to keep everything running smoothly and all the tips and tricks we've learnt along the way.

The book complements our videos and includes step-by-step instructions for everything we did, with all the parts lists and detailed diagrams as well as answers to all the questions we've ever been asked and any changes we've made since we released the videos.

We've been using our recirculating shower for the last 3 years now and are really happy with it, so we hope it will help if you decide you want to build something similar! 🙂

@craigmacdonald4987 3 years ago

Silencer was a great move!

@vicki9929 3 years ago

Hello from Wyoming USA! I’m so happy to see you back! I love how careful you are with the water seal. Great video!

@Bugs1953 3 years ago

Good to see you two again.

@Justablokeonaboat 3 years ago

Great to see you back again…the work you do is incredibly well thought out and you’re skills are clear to see. Lovely update.

@lenljbmailer51 3 years ago

Great work! The shower looks perfect. It just looked like blue goop going on but dried flawlessly.

@errolmagill1611 3 years ago

Oh those summer days seem so far away now😒. That is a lot of work, but done with your usual attention to detail. Good idea with the silencer. Thanks.🙂

@danbracebridge1582 3 years ago

Really living your build guys, amazing attention to detail!

@timhaywood2282 3 years ago

The van is looking fantastic you are both doing a brilliant job

@lincolndave1966able 3 years ago

Great progress and definitely one of my main go to van build series for my own build as its always hugely beneficial to see someone actually doing things. As usual I am looking forward to your next video.

@kirklacut 3 years ago

Another job very well done; this is going to be a fabulous van conversion when you're finished!

@sigma6725 3 years ago

YOU BOTH ARE GREAT INFLUENCER. ... LOVE FROM USA

@videodomination 3 years ago

Smashing it out the park once again - doing a damn good job! Well done both, inspirational!

@robhilton716 3 years ago

Brilliant video again, no shortcuts taken, built to last👏

@demus8757 3 years ago

Great job, as always. A lot of work to make it all waterproof but the result is fantastic.

@campingadventures8760 2 years ago

I really enjoy watching your videos,very inspiring,watching from Puerto Rico,USA

@doglabdogtraining-gus.8873 3 years ago

Great video guys, thanks to you now i know how to do my shower room.

@ianstjohn4506 3 years ago

Another great video and really good to see the level of detail you go into. It will certainly help anyone else thinking of doing something similar. Very wise to spend the extra time doing more layers of the tanking. Can't wait to see the final finish

@NevContractor1 3 years ago (edited)

Good job guys. Astute of you to identify that the air intake to the heater was making the noise, the same happens on inlets to the engine (which are silenced by careful airbox design), not that 99% of people know. Another good tip is to mount things like pumps (air or fuel) onto rubber bobbins, this helps isolate them from the chassis (which would transmit the noise more).