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.

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        1 day ago

        I would put it to you that Horrible Freight buckets are superior to Lowes pails. But I’m not sure I could win that argument thanks to your demonstraion of effort and tenacity.

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          As someone who owns multiples of both, Harbor Freight buckets are definitely worse than Lowe’s buckets. The Harbor Freight ones never have a flat bottom, which makes it super hard to scrape out all the thinset/hot mud/joint compound/cement/whatever else you’re mixing in a bucket.

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            15 hours ago

            That’s a feature, not a bug. Like mixing bowls have a rounded bottom also so it’s easier to mix things in.

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        15 hours ago

        I give him the benefit of the doubt. I suspect he was using what he had available to him in a time of great need.