Despite de weather which continues to be very moody, the construction continues with the stone walls on the ground floor. The contractors decided to start on the walls at the far back of the house (the furthest away from the crane) and to end with the South West wall which is the one with the large window bays.

The lifting tool my dad built to pick up heavy stones (see pictures in posting “Cellar #2”) has been very helpful. You will see in the pictures below the size of some of the stones that have been laid on the wall. These stones are still coming from the old house/ruin that was on the land and that we cleared prior to starting the construction. It would have been very difficult to use these stones without a lot more people, scaffolding and pulleys.