Thread: Shed remodel, more room

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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.