Well.. I should have went in more detail sand is not all i use . 1. I will check to see how fast the ground drains. 2. If it doesn't drain out in about a minute I will dig down about 4 to 5 ft realy depending on what i am going to plant. 3 I will then backfill my hole with sand and the soil from the hole I dug until i can put the rootball even with the top of the ground. 4. I then use miracle grow mixed with sand to completely fill my hole . 5. Then to sturdy everything i use the remainder of the dirt from the hole. I know this way the plant doesn't stay wet all the time.

UPDATE: Its been over two years since we first got the tub. The tub it self has been great! i have not had any issues with the functionality (no technical issues). we have the blower blow in maintence mode and turns on every day for a few mins. This doesnt clean the "jets" and we occasionally get small black pieces when we run the pumps. we need to run bleach through the system regulary to address this. The only othr issue is the waterfall is a waste! The motor is noisy and kills the sound of the running water. Overall - we are very happy with this tub and have had no technical issues since we bought it two years ago.

Yea…Aga range is in place but not hooked up yet!SS behind range then tile sorry…not a very good picture. this is the light that hangs to the left of the range over the lower cabinets. Getting down to the small stuff now….touch up painting, adjusting cabinets…etc.

What I've come to find out lately is that for residential work, not commercial work which is higher skilled labor and more expensive than residential, almost all plumbing companies in the greater Seattle/Tacoma areas will not give you an hourly rate over the phone. They will say they only bid jobs. What they actually are charging is between $400 to $600 per man hour once there on your job. I have a friend who was charged $500 to remove and install a standard two piece toilet that he provided. It took the plumber one hour labor, plus one hour round trip to and from the job, plus a wax ring and bolts. Another plumber told me he was told by his company to charge a customer $600 instead of $400 which he wanted to charge for an hours work on a job he just finished. I was told by a plumber that the "Don't start freak'in" company is the most expensive. Once a journeyman, or not nessassarily a journeyman, plumber is on the job, the labor alone to remove and replace an exposed shower valve per line with Pex is $350 for the hot, $350 for the cold, $350 for the line from the valve to the shower head. That's $1,050.00 for around 2 to 2-1/2hrs labor. If it's a tub valve add another 1/2hr to 3/4 hr and $350 for the tub line. If it's ProPress with type L copper, or type L sweated copper it's $550 per line now. That's $2,200.00 for a tub valve. It takes about 3 to 3-1/2 hours to install a tub valve with sweated copper and half the time with Pex. 3/4 the time with ProPress. Two years ago labor ran $550 to $650 to remove and replace an exposed shower valve with type L copper sweated. An 8 hour for one journey can run $3,200 to $4,800 labor including travel time and use of tools and van. My son is a commercial plumber in Salt Lake. His company is union and figures it runs them $100 hr. to employ him with vacation, sick leave, medical, and taxes. Thats $800 a day cost for a commercial journeyman. I don't know what yhe company charges for his time. It's all competative bid work and they dont like to loose bids. My suggestion is if you need a resude tial plumber is to try and find a good independent plumber with a good reputation and referalls, or move to Portland. Portland still runs about $150 hr. for a journeyman plumber...and so does Texas!