1. Ironing is a pressing matter.
2. Are a plumber’s fantasies pipe dreams?  Is the quality of my jokes plunging?
3. The fence post installer felt holier-than-thou.
4. I became upset over the poor performance of the air conditioning system, so I vented.
5. The fence builder kept me posted.
6. People familiar with power tools know the drill.
7. The yard worker who gambled too much had rakish ways.
8. A self-evident saying about a chopping tool is an axiom.
9. The accomplished fence builder was a postmaster.
10. If one drops a saucer into dishwater, does displacement occur?
11. I wood say that the carpenter nailed it.  (Brace yourselves; I never grow board of these puns!)  Should I frame the issue differently?
12. The impending weaving work was looming.
13. Would an early repair be a prefix?
14. “When the substance that holds tiles together begins to smell like cabbage,” Reuben said, “one has sour grout.”