One of the most popular structural changes to make is raising the roof.
Short bus roof raise.
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This dramatic option basically involves chopping off the entire ceiling of the bus fabricating support struts to elongate the existing ones replacing the severed roof onto the higher struts and then sealing all the gaps with sheet metal and so forth.
I am new to this sub as me and my partner just purchased our short school bus yesterday and are working on the floor plan.
Things we had to consider.
Apr 25 2017 explore amanda mendoza s board bus raised roof on pinterest.
We plan on living in it full time so we definitely want a decent kitchen shower and permanent bed space.
So we prepped the bus for the raise most of the day on saturday removing rivets removing windows setting up the scaffolding and putting the whole bus up on blocks.
Our new 6 ton car jack.
They fit our rented scaffolding.
This turned out to be unnecessary even for bart who is 6 4.
We originally planned to raise the roof a full two feet.
A raised roof coach is easier to sell and usually is about 15 000 20 000 more value.
We have been tossing around the idea of raising the roof just past.
View from under the bus.
In order to keep things legal the bus cannot be more than 13 6 in height.
By raising the roof 8 you now can be standing and look out your windows without leaning as much.
Our bus was a little less than 9 tall in its original state.
Short bus skoolie roof raise.