Learning to Improvise

I decided to replace the tiny old range hood we had over the stove. I got the biggest one I could find that still fit in the space over the stove. My main problem was that the cooking area is all brick enclosed and there is no access from the top or the sides and I had to install it by going straight up. I got the old range hood out and all of the extraneous framing that was in there and was ready to install the new insert. It weighed about 60 lbs, but I managed to wrestle it up onto a small shelf I placed on the stove. Now the hard part. How to lift the insert up into the space and hold it there while I screw it in place. I didn't have any scissor jacks (that would have been too easy). I then got the brilliant idea of placing a deflated exercise ball between the shelf top and the shelf top the insert was on an slowly inflating it until we had success. It worked like a charm. Jan video taped the whole thing and her boss wants to post it on the Darwin awards youtube channel.