Day 2 of the House Lift

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Sorry that these are a bit late. We ended up having to spend a good chunk of Tuesday night at the hospital as my son Caleb was having problems breathing. The doctor was thinking that it was because of a cold that he had but that it could also indicate asthma, which would really suck. I had asthma as a kid and it’s not a fun thing to have to deal with…

Back to the house though.

When I first got home from work on Tuesday it didn’t look like there was much change from Monday besides the front stairs being removed. After taking a closer look at it though I could see that they had started to install the steel joists on the bottom of the house to strengthen it and start to level it a bit.

Below are the photos for this…

New Steel Cross Beams Under the House
Some of the new cross beams under the house

No Front Stairs on the House Anymore
There are no more stairs up the front of our house anymore…

House Raise and Restump Day 2 - Under the House
A view of under the house, there are a few new holes in the wall

Previous Posts in the House Lifting Series:

Preperation for the House Lift has begun

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Northern House Raising showed up this morning to start the preperations for the house being lifted later in the week.

I’m going to be posting pictures of the raise and restump every day that they work on it. Below are the photos that I took tonight after I got home from work. It was dark already but the flash did a pretty good job.

House Lifting Day 1 - Blocks removed from the front
Day one of the Raise and Restump – Front of the House
(I always wanted to be able to drive the car in there)

House Lifting Day 1 - Back - Blocks being removed
Day one of the Raise and Restump – Rear of the House

House Lifting Day 1 - Under the House - Blocks being removed
Day one of the Raise and Restump – Under the House

It looks like now we will only need to be out of the house for one night, either Friday or Saturday. That is a lot better then when we thought we had to be out for the full week.

Buying Shares at Bunnings

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A few friends of mine have joked that I really should have purchased shares at Bunnings before I started doing all my renovations. Bunnings is pretty much the Australian version of Revy (for you Canadians) or Home Depot.

Although we did not purchase those shares, which I sort of wish I had now, we did get a credit card that gives us a point for every dollar that we spend. We can then transfer those points onto our frequent flier program with Qantas, which is a pretty good deal. By putting every expense that we can on our credit card, not only our renovations but also our every day expenses, we were able to fly Tamara and Caleb down to Adelaide for half price when I did the move from our old house to this one.

Now just to clarify things a little, we only use the credit card to spend money that we have and we pay it off every month so that we don’t have to pay interest on it. As long as we do that this credit card deal works pretty well for us.

I actually read about a pretty good little deal on a credit card in the US that is specifically designed for renovators. Basically it gives a refund of 1% on all your purchases, but if you use it at a home improvement store you get back 3%.

You can read more about that credit card deal here, houseblogs.net: A Credit Card with Home Improvement Rewards.

What do the Symbols Mean on my Oven?

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I really like the oven in our new house. It actually works!!! The one in our old house would take about 30 – 45 minutes to pre-heat. This one usually pre-heats even to the highest temperature in about 5 – 10 minutes! It’s great.

There is one thing that confuses me though. I think that the oven is a multi-function fan forced oven but I don’t know what the functions are.

I would love your comments about what you think these do.

Below is a picture of the function dial on the oven. If you know what each function is please let me know in the comments on this post.

Fan Forced Oven Dial

Let me know what you think…