House built in 1922 with less than 6 ft ceilings. Dug out 100,000 lbs of material and hauled it off in buckets. Took me about 3 months. Now we have 8ft ceilings. Foundation work handled by professional with proper permits.

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[–] 3 points 3 months ago (3 children)

That’s quite the achievement. The only time I’ve been involved in work like this, the team made use of a slope beside the house (sloping away) and dug through it to get a small skid steer in. Still, was a massive amount of work because digging stable soil with a loader bucket essentially doesn’t work.

Did you get quotes on the labour? Must have saved a big pile of money!

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    I did get a couple quotes. One was 20k the other somewhere around 30k. I knew going in we didn’t have the funds for foundation work plus excavation. I ended up spending 2500 for a dumpster drop off/pick up. This was a weekly event.

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