www.ConcreteCottage.com Main Home Current Home for Sale In Peninsula, Gulf Shores, AL
| Mary and Jerry Nasello's Gulf Coast DAC-ART waterfront house construction 2006-2007 | ||||||||||
| Nasello HOME & Site Prep |
Pilings | Foundation | 1st Course | Slab Prep | Slab | 2nd Course | 3rd Course | 4th Course | 5th Course | 6th Course |
| Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | Page 6 | Page 7 | Page 8 | Page 9 | Page 10 | Page 11 |
| First Floor | 7th Course | Porch #1 | 8th & 9th | Weathershield | 10,11,12 | Second Floor | 16th Course | 17,18,19th | 19-20th Course | 22nd Course |
| Page 12 | Page 13 | Page 14 | Page 15 | Page 16 | Page 17 | Page 18 | Page 19 | Page 20 | Page 21 | Page 22 |
| Cornice | Fireplace | Roof-1 | Roof-2 | Roof-3 | Cornice-2 | Arches | Garage Doors | Porch Arches | Roof Decking | Windows |
| Page 23 | Page 24 | Page 25 | Page 26 | Page 27 | Page 28 | Page 29 | Page 30 | Page 31 | Page 32 | Page 33 |
| Tile Roof | Concrete | |||||||||
| Page 24 | FloorTile | |||||||||
This huge crane is here to place the heavy Italian style flattened arch blocks. Early May 2007
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| 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. | |
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