The back deck Is nearly finished. These are the views from the back deck, still in progress.  This crew has been very nice and friendly.

The stair builders are here. They nearly finished the front stairs (temporary) and made significant progress on the back stairs.  Would it be cliche to say “Stairway to Heaven”?  Surely not.  (And don’t call me Shirley.)

They were supposed to pour concrete into the piers on Friday, but it fell through, for whatever reason.    The pour was rescheduled for today, but we didn’t expect it because rain was predicted. Luckily it didn’t rain despite a 60% chance.  So the piers are now full of concrete.  Tomorrow they are supposed to build stairs.

Yesterday it rained so much that we were expecting flood level waters. Not in the house, but where the house used to be.  But the water didn’t even come close.  However, it rained too much for anyone to work. Today the workers are there.  Three of the columns look complete.  The photo is from yesterday during the deluge.

The house is at full height.  The workers are building the support columns.

This is the house at nearly full height.  The got it all the way today.  The next step is to build columns to hold it at that height.

They did several lifts today. So many we lost count. Each lift was around 14”.  We expect 5 more tomorrow.

They are here, preparing for the next series of lifts.  I am told that we should get to see them do some lifts this afternoon.

It’s Sunday, May 10, 2020.  Nothing has been done for the last week, waiting on the footings to cure. Tomorrow they expect to prepare for the final lift.  They hope to make a couple of lifts on Monday and expect to finish on Tuesday. The house has been lifted 48” already. The next series of lifts will take it up another 8.5 feet to at least a height of 12.36 feet. We hope rain doesn’t interfere.

They delivered supplies Wednesday and today.  Monday will be spent setting up.  It is possible there will be a couple of lifts on Monday afternoon, but probably not until Tuesday. They expect to be fully lifted on Tuesday.

For the last several days a crew has been digging footings.  This morning they poured concrete to create the footings. It took 5 concrete trucks. The next lift has been delayed until May 11 so that the concrete has sufficient time to cure.