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All I can say is that sawyers don't get paid enough... Can I get an 'Amen' out of @Spanky?

Thats so true Ross, i've known a few sawyers and none of them were woodworkers, i think its because they were too tired at the end of the day

Felt good to have some shop time, and to finally make more headway on this project. Just need to cut the french cleat and hang it now.

First rainy day in a long time here, so I couldn't find anything better to do than to go back to work on the rental house floor. It's a bad job by myself, but looks like that's the way it will be for a while. Every piece requires getting up and down off the floor more than once. I got the hall finished, and am going into the big living room. I have the two bedrooms at the end of the hall done, and their big walk-in closets. Still have the other two bedrooms to do, off either side of the hall. I had been dreading the angled meeting of the slate floor in the entryway, but it went right

Yeah, I'm glad today's crew is led by Juan. I got to familiar with Manuel yesterday. Manuel Labor, that is... Between removing gravel from the flowerbeds and digging out that pipe, I think I shoveled close to 5 tons of material.

I can't speak to Ross's soil, but here in Middle Tennessee, we have clay for soil. In lower valley's the soil looks great, but in the flatter areas, ..clay. 75% of the private homes that were built here before the 1990's were clay brick, and still standing. There are older neighborhoods with nothing but brick homes. In order to get a good garden space, $$$$$$ for compost, manure anything that will build soil. I use all that plus Sheet composting. Which is a 6", 8" or 10" layer of leaves spread over your garden space in the Fall when the leaves fall and let Ma Nature break them down

Dang, I bet that was some frantic digging too! Seems like you got out mostly unscathed except I'm sure the bill from the plumber. Just got back from picking up a decent chunk of wood from a local guy who was clearing out his shop. No real plans for it, but for $50 the 14 board feet of semi-curly soft maple was a deal. With the rest of the curly maple, some walnut and cherry thrown in I think I made out okay. I guess some boxes or picture frames are in my future with some of the 18" long curly maple pieces.

State of my house this morning - Foundation repairs under way. Of course, the main water line is between 2 of the holes, and we heard water running about 15 minutes after the crew left. So I spent the next 4 hours digging this out: The plumber had to install the offset because of how much tension was on the line from movement when they started jacking up the house. I hated to call a plumber for a simple pipe joint, but no DIY plumbing job I have ever attempted has gone well, and the local hardware store was closing, anyway.