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Mary and Jerry Nasello's Gulf Coast DAC-ART waterfront house construction 2006-2008    
Nasello Home Site Prep Pilings Foundation 1st Course Slab Prep Slab 2nd Course 3rd Course 4th Course 5th Course Page 11
First Floor 7th Course Porch#1 8th-9th row blocks Weathershield 10,11,12th Second Floor 16th Row blocks 17,18,19th row 19,20th row Page 22
Cornice Fireplace Roof-1 Roof-2 Roof-3 Cornice-2 Arches Garage Doors Porch Arches Roof Decking Page 33
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Upper Story Italian Flattened Arch Blocks

This huge crane is here to place the heavy Italian style flattened arch blocks. Early May 2007

30 Ton crane getting ready to place flattened arch blocks Closeup of crane
Lintel on ground ready for placement big-crane-cab.jpg

Raising the lintel for the italian style arches

lowering the lintel into position
Started out we knew that we had to put in five 16,000 pound arches on the porch for the top floor. We also knew that due to the size and weight of the crane we needed that we wouldn't be able to position the crane in the ideal location which would be the southern side of the house. If we located it there, it , no doubt, would have gotten stuck in the wetlands because the crane needed to move the 16,000 lb.  arches was a 90 ton crane with a 110 ft boom. Therefore we positioned the crane on the eastern side of the house where we had already poured sand with a crushed limestone 4" surface. We knew we would have to reach over the entire porch which is 26 ft long and 45' high in order to drop the arch on the western side of the porch. This monstrous size crane was a bargain at $2,800 a day. We actually shopped around and one crane co wanted $3,600 a day. Ours came from Mobile. The reason the arch weighed so much is because they were solid DAC-ART concrete reinforced with extra thick rebar. 
Placing the lintel Lowering the stone arch into place
Lintel Placement Closeup of concrete stone arch
Man Lift Interior view of Italian Flattened Arch

Concrete Block Arches Workmen on upper porch
Lowering end block of the arch Concrete stone Italian Arch
Stone Arch and workmen Concrete Arch in Place
View of Arches from above Arches viewed from above
View of Gulf and Arches Arches framing view of Gulf

 

 Site Prep Pilings Foundation 1st Course Slab Prep Slab 2nd Row Blocks 3rd Row Blocks 4th Row Blocks 5th Row Blocks 6th Row Blocks
First Floor 7th Row Blocks Porch-1 6th & 9th row Blocks Weathershield Rows 10,11,12 Second Floor 16th Row Blocks 17,18,19th Row Blocks 19th &20th Row Blocks 22nd Row Blocks
Cornice Blocks Fireplace Roof-1 Roof-2 Roof-3 Cornice-2 Arches Garage Doors Porch Arches Roof Decking Windows
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