On Thu, 16 Feb 2006 15:59:50 -0500, "Proctologically Violated©®"
wrote:

Digging down a foot would cause water problems? Hard to imagine.
Raise the house instead?? Goodgawd....

Note that I suggested digging down just for the footprint of the machine.
He could always pour concrete back on top of the base of the machine!

Actually, I've heard of a few people who dug down the whole area of their
basement to get that critical few inches of headroom back.
If you figger a 12x12 area (fairly sizeable), that's about 5 cubic yards for
each 6 inches you dig, ie, 10 yards for a foot of depth. I have easily dug,
bucketed and dumped 1 cubic yd in an hour (loose dirt). Well, not quite
easily--you do huff and puff.
A Bosch hammer, or an air hammer can usually make short work of most floors.
Here in pricey-pricey Westchester, NY, a 10 yard dumpster, unlimited weight,
is between 3 and 4 hundred bucks.
So, it's not for the faint of heart, or for those allergic to manual labor,
but it's still quite doable.
And that's 12x12.
For a mere machine footprint, hell, you could have the wife do it!
And put the rubble out with the regular garbage, little by little.

Perhaps he has a garage ?
--
Cliff