In this episode of our van build series, we cover the plumbing in our van. We install our water system, including our fresh and grey water tanks. Our van has a shower and a sink, so we set up our system to supply and drain water from both sides of the van (shower on the driver's side, sink on the passenger side). To monitor our tank levels, we're using a SeeLevel II by Garnet Instruments and walk through the installation process for the senders.

Aaron has worked in both water and electric utilities, so this was a fun project for him to work on!

We plan to share more about our van conversion in the next episodes of our van build series. Stay tuned and subscribe to our channel if you want to follow along!


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Chapters
0:00: Intro & overview of water system plan
4:48: Mount bench sidings
6:55: Install fittings to water tank
13:54: Assemble water pump and accumulator
16:20: Review freshwater system parts and connections
22:35: Testing the freshwater system
25:55: SeeLevel Tank Sensor/Monitor
34:04: Grey water overview
37:21: Shower plumbing
40:12: Mount grey water tank & fittings
43:42: Kitchen sink plumbing
50:57: Glue pipes and fittings together
52:11: Finishing water bench
53:44: Install manual gray water spigot & apply waterproofing/protectant to SeeLevel
58:03: Outro & BRoll

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PTFE Tape (Home Depot)
Mixer valve (Home Depot)
Plumber's Putty (Home Depot)
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11/2" Fernco Rubber Fitting (Home Depot)
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