John and I are in a phase of caboose restoration where there are many
fiddly not-very-photogenic projects. He has been installing the
insulation and wood facing for the new wood window frame in the
bay window cut out by the prior owner. We found leaks caused by
that prior owner having drilled hard-to-find holes in the steel. It
is a good thing we are doing this work during the rainy season. It would
have been a pain to find out about these little holes after the wood
facing was installed! We had enough original wood to replace the
damaged facing above the intact bay window but we are using new wood for
the other side.
Stained glass artist
Vince Taylor brought by the new window frame. Vince is working on
the design for the 3 windows he will install in WP668. See my
December 17, 2007 blog entry for more.
I have been filling little holes in the walls with wooden pegs. Once the
glue dries, I cut the excess peg flush with the wall then fill cracks with wood
filler paste. Some holes are too small for pegs and just need the paste.
91 years of bolts, screws, and nails have left many dozen little
holes. If it do it right, none of these will be visible once the walls
are painted. Bigger holes are covered with round tin patches. About
a dozen old patches were in place when we bought WP668 two years ago.
Our cat Valentino is contributing the bottoms of his special treat cat food
tins to the caboose restoration. Tino is happy to accept a treat whenever
we need a patch.
Valentino
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Bay Window Leak
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Vince’s window frame
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Reused boards above old window
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Pegs filling wall holes
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Cat food tin wall patch
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