Fireplaces, Heating Stoves, Flues and Chimneys - How'd the Egyptians Do it? heavy Fireplace needs to rise.

Hello,
I built a little brick stand for my fireplace to go, but I had some extra bricks and decided to go up three levels (I should have only went up two levels horizontally) so here' my delema I have this fireplace that ways a good 700 awkward lbs I need to lift it up about another 6 inches on to my masonry.
its currently sitting on a little dolly with wheels (kinda like the ones you use to d work under cars).

any ideas on how to do this, I could take it off the dolly and start from the ground up again if need be.

Also i'm trying to do this without damaging the bricks, I was thinking dowling, but I'll wait for some solid advice before I throw my back.

also Man power is pretty limited, any way i could do this myself? or will i need to enlist the help of an older gentleman or woman.

Thanks fellas

also i should add that because of the weight of the fireplace its hard to keep the dolly still when trying to maneuvre the fireplace (off of the dolly).
The dolly is too far from any walls where i'd be able to jam anything, i tried keeping it still with some little angled ramps, the locks on the wheels wont really do the job either.
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Any suggestions?

You could always rent an engine pulling hoist. Most can be disassembled to get into the house. I know this sounds far fetched but....I didn't see any other answers. Good luck.
You could probably find two good size young guys and give them a few bucks for 30 seconds of work.

For a short heavy lift a pair of moving belts and two able people may do it.
You would thread the belts underneath your load, wrapping some of the belt around a leg or an object to prevent the belts from slipping.
You each would then hold onto the belt so that straightening your knees would raise the load.

Do not bend over or you will hurt yourself.

Hello,
I built a little brick stand for my fireplace to go, but I had some extra bricks and decided to go up three levels (I should have only went up two levels horizontally) so here' my delema I have this fireplace that ways a good 700 awkward lbs I need to lift it up about another 6 inches on to my masonry.
its currently sitting on a little dolly with wheels (kinda like the ones you use to d work under cars).

any ideas on how to do this, I could take it off the dolly and start from the ground up again if need be.

Also i'm trying to do this without damaging the bricks, I was thinking dowling, but I'll wait for some solid advice before I throw my back.

also Man power is pretty limited, any way i could do this myself? or will i need to enlist the help of an older gentleman or woman.

Thanks fellas
they used leverage....place the fireplace say 6 feet from your ledge...now place 3 or 4 2x4 6 feet long on the masonary ledge and the floor like a ramp..enlist one other person, i am sure you can walk the fireplace (one end at a time ) up the ramp...if need be one person could balance the fireplace a bit and the outher could use another 2x4 as a lever to lift and push at the same time untill you walk the fireplace into it's new place setting