Thread: Shed remodel, more room

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Great job well worth the time and effort!!

Rich

Pits are great solution for those who don't have the height required for lifts. The Shop mods were great and really seemed to open your space!

Rita looks great in there. Just think if you combined the 2 trucks. All that cab room in an older truck would be sweet along with all the trinkets.

And wouldn't a slightly crusty '41 Plymouth sedan look good right there with 'em.........

Oh darn you Seth!!!!

I didn't think too much about it when I asked about the pit........but.

Yesterday when we had Cade's car in the shop I was looking around and got to thinking that though I don't have room for a lift I could do a pit and make some jobs a lot easier on myself.

Anyway just in the thinking stage right now but I was wondering how deep and wide did you make your pit?


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Nice; love the high ceilings. You have a bathroom out there?

Originally Posted by falconvan

Nice; love the high ceilings. You have a bathroom out there?

Depending on the wind direction it's either the north or south door

Originally Posted by Mike P

Oh darn you Seth!!!!

I didn't think too much about it when I asked about the pit........but.

Yesterday when we had Cade's car in the shop I was looking around and got to thinking that though I don't have room for a lift I could do a pit and make some jobs a lot easier on myself.

Anyway just in the thinking stage right now but I was wondering how deep and wide did you make your pit?


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That's funny! This is actually the second pit I've done and I measure them according to my height. I made them so I wouldn't have to crouch down or duck changing oil on a regular car, but then when I have a pickup over it, I will step on my 6 inch step stool I made. I much rather step up once in a while vs ducking anytime. I'm about 5'10 or 11 ish and the pit measures 66" deep and it seems good for me. The width is 44 inches so I can put a small car over it, but I have a 3 inch overhang over the block part so I could put a light under the ledge and have a bit more elbow room down below. The inside of the pit is 4' wide and I put some damaged hog building slats I got for free down for a floor and laid plywood over top of them. One thing I don't like about a pit is the mess on the floor with floor dry and spilled liquids so that was my fix for that. I have a six inch gap between the slats and the gravel floor below that. I would put a raised wooden floor with some drains in if I didn't have the hog slats. I'm not a mason so with both pits I've done we stacked the blocks on one another put rebar in the holes and poured the insides of the blocks full.