The "big wall" measures 30 x 14ft and we framed it and put the "ranchwall" siding on on the ground. As you can imagine it was heavy! However, Mike Malek, who is in charge of the construction, has these amazing wall jacks -- metal lever things that slide onto a 2 x 4. You hook them on the top edge of the wall while it is on the ground and start levering. We used two of them and little by little, with lots of pauses to rearrange the safety bracing, we raised the wall. Here's a little video if you want to see how it works...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzDtPOZ0y4A <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzDtPOZ0y4A>
(The music is by our friends Erratica)
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