Builds

Windows are one of those things you don’t think about much until you’re standing inside your bus staring at fourteen of them and realizing every single one has to come out, get sealed, or get replaced with something better. I spent a ridiculous amount of time figuring out how the different window types come apart, … Read more

So you’ve decided to actually do it. You’ve measured the ceiling, stood inside with your arms up, and realized this isn’t gonna work without more headroom. Now you need to know how to actually raise the roof, not just whether it’s possible. (See our guide on Can You Raise the Roof on a School Bus? … Read more

Painting your bus is the moment it stops looking like something that picks up kindergartners and starts looking like something you’d actually want to live in. It’s also one of those projects where the gap between doing it yourself and paying someone can be thousands of dollars. Here’s what I found after digging into this … Read more

So you’ve decided you actually want a washer and dryer in your bus. Not just “can you” but “how do you.” This one is about the actual install — the decisions, the tradeoffs, and the stuff that’ll trip you up if you don’t think about it ahead of time. (See our guide on Can You … Read more

The kitchen is the one part of a skoolie build where almost every decision connects to something else — your layout affects your plumbing, your cooktop choice affects your power system, your counter material affects your weight budget. I spent way too long going back and forth on kitchen details when I was planning, and … Read more

The bathroom is one of those builds that sounds simple until you’re standing in a gutted bus with a tape measure trying to figure out how to fit a shower, a toilet, and a sink into a space the size of a closet. But people do it all the time, and the results can be … Read more

One of the first things people ask when they see a finished bus build is some version of “does all that stuff stay in place when you’re rumbling down the backroads?” You watch someone’s tour video and they’ve got plates on open shelves, a TV on the wall, a Berkey water filter just sitting on … Read more

Heating a bus is one of those decisions that touches everything else in your build — your fuel system, your electrical setup, your insulation, your budget, all of it. And there are way more options than most people realize when they’re first getting into this. After spending a ridiculous amount of time digging into heating … Read more

If you’ve spent any amount of time inside a school bus on a summer afternoon, you already know the problem. These things are giant metal greenhouses, and they will cook you if you don’t have a plan. I spent a lot of time researching what actually works for keeping a bus livable in serious heat, … Read more