Caboose Roof Done, Floor Done Tomorrow

Today has been a busy day for WP668, our backyard caboose. After much preparation,
the metal roof was installed (by
Wildcat Metals
) and the subfloor went in (by

Armstrong Carpet & Linoleum
).

Tomorrow
, the linoleum floor covering goes down. This is also a school day
Paul, plus Jessica’s first in-person work day at Stanford University Library
(she has been programming for them part-time from Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh,
PA). So, I drove the kids and worked in Menlo Park and John stayed home to work
in San Jose and keep and eye on the two work crews in the backyard. The
photos below show the progression of roof and floor development since
January 2006 when we bought WP668.

Original Roof-January 2006

San Francisco-Golden Gate Railroad Museum

WP668 Caboose Original Roof Golden Gate Railroad Museum January 2006
photo: copyright 2006 John Plocher
Original Roof-January 2006

San Francisco-Golden Gate Railroad Museum

WP668 Caboose Original Roof Golden Gate Railroad Museum January 2006
photo: copyright 2006 John Plocher
Original Floor-January 2006

San Francisco

WP668 Caboose Floor, January 2006
photo: copyright 2006 John Plocher
Floor-Jan 2006

San Francisco

WP668 Caboose Floor, January 2006
photo: copyright 2006 John Plocher
Roof Rebuild-September 2006

San Jose

WP668 Caboose Roof Rebuild, September 2006
photo: copyright 2006 Katy Dickinson
Roof-Sept 2006

San Jose

WP668 Caboose Roof, September 2006
photo: copyright 2006 Katy Dickinson
Roof-September 2006

San Jose

WP668 Caboose Roof, September 2006
photo: copyright 2006 Katy Dickinson
Roof-Sept 2006

San Jose

WP668 Caboose Roof, September 2006
photo: copyright 2006 Katy Dickinson
Floor Rebuild-January 2008

WP668 Caboose Floor Rebuild, January 2008
photo: copyright 2008 Katy Dickinson
Floor-January 2008

WP668 Caboose Floor Rebuild, January 2008
photo: copyright 2008 Katy Dickinson
Floor-Jan 2008

WP668 Caboose Floor Rebuild, January 2008
photo: copyright 2008 Katy Dickinson
Floor-Jan 2008

WP668 Caboose Floor Rebuild, January 2008
photo: copyright 2008 Katy Dickinson
Metal Roof Install-May 2008

WP668 Caboose Metal Roof Install-May 2008
photo: copyright 2008 John Plocher
Metal Roof Install-May 2008

WP668 Caboose Metal Roof Install-May 2008
photo: copyright 2008 John Plocher
Metal Roof Install-May 2008

WP668 Caboose Metal Roof Install-May 2008
photo: copyright 2008 John Plocher
Cactus Garden from WP668 Roof

Cactus Garden from WP668 Roof-May 2008
photo: copyright 2008 John Plocher
Metal Roof Install-May 2008

WP668 Caboose Metal Roof Install-May 2008
photo: copyright 2008 John Plocher
Metal Roof Done-May 2008

WP668 Caboose Metal Roof Install-May 2008
photo: copyright 2008 John Plocher
Subfloor Install-May 2008

WP668 Subfloor Install-May 2008
photo: copyright 2008 John Plocher
Subfloor Install-May 2008

WWP668 Subfloor Install-May 2008
photo: copyright 2008 John Plocher
Subfloor Install

WWP668 Subfloor Install-May 2008
photo: copyright 2008 John Plocher
Subfloor Done

WWP668 Subfloor Done-May 2008
photo: copyright 2008 Katy Dickinson

Images Copyright 2006-2008 by Katy Dickinson and John Plocher

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