A view from the back of the house. One of the guy ropes is temporarily tied off to a tree behind the camera. |
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A closeup of the block and tackle rigging and guy ropes attached to the top of the pole. |
A view of the rigging from under the pole. |
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Looking through the future basement double door. |
The fourth pole in place, after being dragged over the left wall. The butt end is tight in the corner and the tackle ropes are hanging over the wall for now. |
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Here's a look at one of the rear poles which is sitting in a 4-foot-deep square pit. Thiese pits were originally supposed to be filled as footers for these poles, but leaving them open proved useful for the poles. If only we had thought ahead for the front two. |