Interior Walls. Maybe something new/different.

[Chaz]

OK, let the controversy begin! 

  I was thinking about my walls on the way home yesterday. I have seen paneling, plastic wall board, carpet, padded vinyl, etc. I was thinking about the idea of being "unique" again. WHO ME??!! Go figure. 
  I was thinking about foam insulating the interior and then putting Drivit or Sto over the top. (you know, the stucco on the outside of allot of houses. Including mine. I did my own.)
  One of the drawbacks is I need to be sure where all the wiring needs to be, FIRST! But then again, if you spray foam your walls and put board over it, ya need to be sure about that anyway. But I think it could be kinda cool since you can get it in many colors and even do some interesting sculpting with it. The accent around my doors and windows are just insulating foam board that you glue to the substrate and then stucco over.  I am into the Southwest decor so it would play right into my hands. And you can get it pretty smooth too.
  Has anyone ever seen it done? I'm going to have to give this some thought. It might be neat.

     Playing with my demented mind,        (time to put it back in!  )
            Chaz

[H3Jim]

I would be worried about vibration loosening it.  same reason I would never want to even think about putting drywall up. 

My walls area just 3/4 cherry veneered plywood, with pocket holes in the top and bottom.  very strong, light, and pretty wood.  If you want to sculpt something, do it in wood.  But hey, if you find a cool way of doing it, and it looks good, far be it from me to criticize you.  From the looks of your work, you're very creative and do quality work.  So have at it, and take pictures too!

[Nick Badame Refrig/ACC]

Hi Chaz,

After seeing your skit on HGTV, I think you should cover your bus wall with acid treated copper, then

top it with ornamental iron and your famous hand hammered leaves attached to the ends. Then,

you can have water comming down the middle into a troff that is filled with a couple Coy...

What do you think? 

Good Luck
Nick-

[Chaz]

Nick...................... ya never cease to amaze me.     Too bad copper is WAAAAAAY to high priced now!!  lolol
 
  I think there would be virtually zero chance of it coming down. Have you ever played with that stuff?? It's as bad as Super Glue!! And the Sto (that's the stucco I used) is very adhering. So the "mechanics" of it don't scare me, but I'm curious what other drawbacks there could be.
  I'm just going to kick it around for awhile. Maybe one of you guys have some pro's or cons that you know of.

  By the way, Nick, the acid treatment that I and MOST coppersmiths use for the patina green color is a VEEEEEERY common acid........................................ uric acid.    (makes me squimish!!

     Chaz
 

[Nick Badame Refrig/ACC]

Hi Chaz,

He He He....uric acid is common around here too

If I were you, and wanting to stucco the walls, I would only use Flexbond tile adhesive as your stucco. The stuff is proven in moving

environments. I can valgue for that with it holding all my Marble in my bus for 2 years and 35,000 miles now.

The only down side of the flexbond is it's price [$50 a bag].

Good luck
Nick-

[Dallas]

  By the way, Nick, the acid treatment that I and MOST coppersmiths use for the patina green color is a VEEEEEERY common acid........................................ uric acid.    (makes me squimish!!

     Chaz
 

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[jjrbus]

 In my search for a bus I came across one in AZ that had a stucco interior. Looked like poo poo!
Not saying somebody with some artistic talents could not pull it off. But the inside of a bus is very confining and the stucco only seemed to make it worse.

[TomC]

Chaz- as far as electrical wiring, I would advise using wiring channels or races that make the wiring accessible anytime anywhere.  The only buried wiring I have is the items in the roof- 3 roof top air conditioners, 2 Fantastic fans, TV antenna, 5 ceiling mount Halogen puck lights-all in conduits.  All other 120v and 12v electrical goes on the outside of the wall along the lower part of the left wall with the wall covering screwed from the top just covering it so you can lift it up to access it.

I stripped the interior walls to the frame, repaired any rust (very little) and welded up two cracks over the doors from the thousands of times the air operated doors operated.  Sprayed Rustoleum primer on the walls and ceilings, then screwed 1x2's going fore and aft (horizontally) spaced about a foot apart.  This did two things- made the wall thicker so now I have 2.25" of sprayed in foam that goes over all exposed metal, and have a base you can screw the walls and ceilings to (nearly everything in my bus screwed so it can be easily taken apart if necessary).  Good Luck, TomC

[Len Silva]

Fast Fred, where are you??  "Do it your way"