The plan to restore an aged school bus had never occurred to me, until I wound up with one on our property.
This beast had no tires, nor an engine, but the structure of the automobile was still strong.
Since I couldn’t haul it off – there was no site to take it – I opted to be creative and convert it into a spare room to use as a home office. I have people come to visit from time to time, and with the right touches the bus could also work as a guest cottage, or a mother-in-law suite. The cosmetic changes were all easy enough, but it got more complicated when it came to electricity, plumbing, and air conditioner. There was no way to make a livable space without having running water and weather conditions control. I wanted to do this absolutely on our own time, separate from the help of an electrician or an Heating and Air Conditioning tech, so I turned to the source of all modern knowledge – Youtube! I spent minutes on end searching for the best channel, so I could find some insight into how to handle the weather conditions control methods on the bus. After multiple afternoons of watching videos, I arrived at the conclusion that it would be far too dangerous to install an Heating and Air Conditioning method myself. Instead I should just find a small, portable Heating and Air Conditioning method capable of heating and cooling, and mount it on the roof of the bus. By doing it this way I will save myself thousands of bucks worth of Heating and Air Conditioning equipment, and a superb deal of time. The Heating and Air Conditioning methods on the roof might not look great, but it will get the task done.