For scale, the boys are about 40" tall. Of course, they had several comments on how the work was progressing and how they could help.
The synchrony in Farley's crew was impressive. Short calls and hand signals were all that was necessary to get the jacks and cribs in order. But the real work was done by this machine.
The system can run 30 jacks simultaneously. And yes, he's pulling a single lever to raise the hole house. Mark even let me run the lever for a 14" lift. Some of these guys helped raise and move the Hatteras Lighthouse, so we were pretty sure this would be a flawless job.
Nine of these raises the whole house using the 3 i-beams and a few outriggers.
Okay, this one still makes us a bit uneasy. the back of the house looks unsupported.
And a final shot of Farley's crew finishing up the job. The house is still about 2 feet shy of the final height. . . still need to figure out the real wall height after the foundation is set.
Chris spent most of Saturday morning collecting the old bricks from the foundation and chimneys and moving them to the back yard. Along with the chimney we took out in 2005, the bricks will line some piers, stairs, a walkway and (phase 2) an outdoor kitchen!
Next. . . footings and foundation
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