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.
** progress pics in the replies.
They probably already had calves of steel. Now they have cows of brass.
Bulls of Iron, even.
Steers of steel
Cattle of Cast Iron
Heffers of Creamed Corn