The Final Push

Wednesday was a beautiful spring day with Carolina blue skies. The house movers arrived at 8:30 to start the final push out over the rails.

Tom cleaned a pallet of bricks from the old chimneys.

Rooster Cogburn crowing where the house used to stand.

Last minute measurements.

Easing it back.

The perfect spot to watch the move!

Moving the rails and cribbing further out.

It's moving!

Tom and Reese supervising.

A few inches more!

The 80 ton house is exactly positioned over the basement hole. Now the movers have to remove most of the cribbing and steel from under the house. Just enough will be left so that the house will balance there until the concrete basement and floors are poured. Amazing!

Almost There!

On Friday our house traveled about 100 yards from the highway to the very edge of the basement hole that we dug by our pond.

Last minute architectural engineering!

We did lose one limb of the apple tree that the house could not be maneuvered around.

Turning the wheels.

Whoa!

New view from the front porch.

My wonderful friends from WOW provided wine and a picnic!

View from the other side of the pond.

Building the cribbing that will support the house temporarily.

New view from the back door.

I think we are going to like the new location! It's been raining and is too wet to work until probably Wednesday when the house will be pushed out over the steel beams.

Unbelievable!!!!

Moving On Up!

Our 80 ton house is now up in the air with wheels under it! It should start moving today. Tom posted a No Trespassing sign since we are no longer spending the night at the house.



The day did not start well when the house movers pulled the back porch roof off right on top of my Japanese Maple! I think it will survive with some severe pruning.


Everything else went perfectly, though, with a great team working!















The chickens aren't sure what to think about the house moving up.




Lunch break!





Moving on up!!






















This is a quick edit because I've got to get back out there and watch the house move!