Three years ago, an article entitled "A Second Story in Five
Days," by Chuck Green, appeared in the Journal (3/93). In
that article, Chuck tells how he lifted the entire roof off of a
house with a crane, lifted preframed walls for a second-story
addition into place, then set the original roof back on top of
the new walls. The story couldn't have been more timely for
me: I was in the middle of negotiations for a second-story
master bedroom addition and was considering a similar
approach. The main difference was that I was contemplating
building the entire 600-square-foot addition on the ground.
The article gave me a good sense