As we left the house at 7:00 on Monday morning the truck arrived with three absolutely massive I-Beams to span the length of the house for the raise and restump of the house. They used the crain on the back of the truck and position the steel under the house as much as possible. Below are some photos of them getting the steel under the house:

While they were knocking the walls down they actually discovered that instead of the block walls being filled with concrete they were instead mostly full of beer cans. To be precise they were Castlemain XXXX Gold beer with labels from the 1982 Commonwealth Games, which made me laugh a bit. I also picked up a few pop cans from that era, including a Coke can with a pull tab lid…

Previous Posts in the House Lifting Series:

• Preperation for the House Lift has begun
• Day 2 of the House Lift
• Day 3 of the House Lift