The Flying Crane

Today is Crane day at the Harris Residence. We have a 60-ton crane on our site lifting our roof trusses into place. This crane is much larger than what we actually needed, but they didn't have anything smaller available today. So, we got this crane for the cost of a boom truck.

The crane lifted the roof trusses off the ground and set them in place, to be nailed off.

Check out that crane!

Our roof is starting to take shape.

The trusses over our bedroom are set, now you can see some of the built in bonus area.

These trusses are over the front of the garage.

The back of the house.

The Flying Crane.

This is what the house looked like when I left it this afternoon.

We should finish up these trusses today. We still need to do the front and back porches. Then, we'll sheath the roof and put down felt. The hurricane tie-downs still need to go into place. There's a couple things to finish up, then the framing will be complete. Next on the list: roofing, windows, and brick.