Garage Pit - Page 2

Gairloch · 05-19-2008, 07:30 PM

All I can say is this proves you are certifiably crazy. I love it.

You should consider running electric and pneumatic lines down there before you pour the cement so you can use power tools

surfer8 · 05-19-2008, 08:45 PM

Looks like a lot of work. I'm probably wrong but I heard that pits are dangerous because Carbon Monoxide is heavier than air and it tends to settle in the pit. Carbon monoxide has a tendency to kill things. Until you do a little research on it, I don't advise running the engine while While you are in the pit. At the least, put a fan in there.
Hope I'm wrong.

Gairloch · 05-19-2008, 09:11 PM

If the exhaust is intact you could also just put some drier tube on the tips and make sure the end leads the gases away a bit.

sickof5sfe · 05-19-2008, 10:15 PM

jeff we're doin this at my house...come over lets get started..

Gairloch · 05-19-2008, 10:57 PM

I'll watch while you dig. Make sure you have beer.

sickof5sfe · 05-19-2008, 11:00 PM

firesk8ter · 05-20-2008, 01:25 AM

Ouch! This looks messy guy. Love youre enthusiasm but please be very carefull. I have done excavation for one of my very many contracting jobs and what you are doin is out of the ordinary and very unsafe.I Like the idea of what you are doin but you are gonna have ta dig the hole wider then that and build some sort of retaining wall for the walls not ta cave in from the weight of the car. Then you can cement over it. You can use green treated so the wood does not decay as fast but youre best bet would be ta make the retaining by a none corrosive alloy. And while pouring the cement dont forget ta mesh rebar into it for support. Another thing you can do for retaing support is mason it. Might prove more cost efective. Again just use lots of rebar and poor the walls thick. Being that its gonna be under dirt and the elements till you can close it off. Keep it up ta maintnince. Cracks in the mud and season changes will change the outcome of how you built it. The ground always shifts! You want sometin done do it yourself but be safe

skidkidz · 06-17-2008, 08:31 AM

wat i saguest is the you make a floor and side that are already made like a retangle the has no roof so you can jus drop the bitch in the hole once your done and you can have a about a foot thick becuase if rain and mud around the side its gunna start to sink so have suport under the slabes

MarKill · 06-17-2008, 12:05 PM

wow....this actually inspires me to do that but keep posting....I want to see how it turns out

PETC · 06-17-2008, 02:33 PM

OP hasn't been around for a while. Probably got lazy. lol

Denz · 06-18-2008, 06:28 AM

or tried it out with the car on top and we were all right about the dangers :\

GINA2MR2 · 07-11-2008, 07:11 PM

pits are nice ... untill your walking in the garage at night and fall in then your calling in 3 yards of sand and filling it.. (family story)

im interested to see how this works.. great start..
but a lift is cheaper and easier (if your in the states)

fvillota · 07-11-2008, 10:10 PM

...is he still alive?... lol

NewForm · 07-11-2008, 10:47 PM

uh oh

fvillota · 07-12-2008, 10:10 PM

haha!!!

Mr2crazybyong · 07-14-2008, 12:52 AM

well guys, the project is still on halt right now due to lack of time and money, coz my dad just died and i am still processing the damn insurance!

NewForm · 07-14-2008, 07:55 AM

damn sorry to hear that man, just glad your alive

Mr2crazybyong · 07-14-2008, 03:06 PM

and yesterday, my bestfriend and I almost died when his landcruiser flipped.. miraculously we came out with only some scratches and bruises and i had a couple of stitches on my knee..

hmong337 · 07-14-2008, 03:33 PM

HOLY FFCK! that's some scary shhit. glad you're okay man. seriously!!! damn...

fvillota · 07-16-2008, 09:06 PM

daaammnnnnn glad ur ok and still alive. seriously... i think the pit ur digging is the last thing to consider dangerious right now. sorry for ur dad too bro.. ( i know that must be hard)

05-19-2008, 07:30 PM	#21 (permalink)
Gairloch Dreaming of apexes Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 5,269 Thanks: 139 Thanked 289 Times in 258 Posts Blog Entries: 4 My Google Map iTrader Rating: (7/100% )	All I can say is this proves you are certifiably crazy. I love it. You should consider running electric and pneumatic lines down there before you pour the cement so you can use power tools __________________ "Inside the car, the world beyond the driver's immediate horizon ceases to exist. Alone with the solitude of his desire, survival sense numbed by the speed, he's outrun the mediocrity of the outside world, slipped the shackles it tries to clamp on us all. He is running free, chased only by a fear of failure, for failure is to risk ejection into the real world." ~Mark Hughes 1mz build and install blog

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05-19-2008, 08:45 PM	#22 (permalink)
surfer8 tenacity Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: SE Indiana Posts: 165 Thanks: 10 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts iTrader Rating: (4/100% )	Looks like a lot of work. I'm probably wrong but I heard that pits are dangerous because Carbon Monoxide is heavier than air and it tends to settle in the pit. Carbon monoxide has a tendency to kill things. Until you do a little research on it, I don't advise running the engine while While you are in the pit. At the least, put a fan in there. Hope I'm wrong.

05-19-2008, 09:11 PM	#23 (permalink)
Gairloch Dreaming of apexes Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 5,269 Thanks: 139 Thanked 289 Times in 258 Posts Blog Entries: 4 My Google Map iTrader Rating: (7/100% )	If the exhaust is intact you could also just put some drier tube on the tips and make sure the end leads the gases away a bit.

05-19-2008, 10:15 PM	#24 (permalink)
sickof5sfe doing a secret build >:D Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Richfield Minnesota Posts: 364 Thanks: 11 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts iTrader Rating: (1/100% )	jeff we're doin this at my house...come over lets get started..

05-19-2008, 10:57 PM	#25 (permalink)
Gairloch Dreaming of apexes Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 5,269 Thanks: 139 Thanked 289 Times in 258 Posts Blog Entries: 4 My Google Map iTrader Rating: (7/100% )	I'll watch while you dig. Make sure you have beer.

05-19-2008, 11:00 PM	#26 (permalink)
sickof5sfe doing a secret build >:D Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Richfield Minnesota Posts: 364 Thanks: 11 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts iTrader Rating: (1/100% )

05-20-2008, 01:25 AM	#27 (permalink)
firesk8ter Retard destroyer Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Annandale,MN Posts: 120 Thanks: 2 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	Ouch! This looks messy guy. Love youre enthusiasm but please be very carefull. I have done excavation for one of my very many contracting jobs and what you are doin is out of the ordinary and very unsafe.I Like the idea of what you are doin but you are gonna have ta dig the hole wider then that and build some sort of retaining wall for the walls not ta cave in from the weight of the car. Then you can cement over it. You can use green treated so the wood does not decay as fast but youre best bet would be ta make the retaining by a none corrosive alloy. And while pouring the cement dont forget ta mesh rebar into it for support. Another thing you can do for retaing support is mason it. Might prove more cost efective. Again just use lots of rebar and poor the walls thick. Being that its gonna be under dirt and the elements till you can close it off. Keep it up ta maintnince. Cracks in the mud and season changes will change the outcome of how you built it. The ground always shifts! You want sometin done do it yourself but be safe

06-17-2008, 08:31 AM	#28 (permalink)
skidkidz No Skills Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 12 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	wat i saguest is the you make a floor and side that are already made like a retangle the has no roof so you can jus drop the bitch in the hole once your done and you can have a about a foot thick becuase if rain and mud around the side its gunna start to sink so have suport under the slabes

06-17-2008, 12:05 PM	#29 (permalink)
MarKill Lumber Jack Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: MD, but In OH for school Posts: 293 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	wow....this actually inspires me to do that but keep posting....I want to see how it turns out

06-17-2008, 02:33 PM	#30 (permalink)
PETC √(176400) Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Bellingham, WA Posts: 2,628 Thanks: 35 Thanked 60 Times in 51 Posts My Google Map iTrader Rating: (4/100% )	OP hasn't been around for a while. Probably got lazy. lol

06-18-2008, 06:28 AM	#31 (permalink)
Denz Cage Fighter Join Date: May 2008 Location: Hamilton, New Zealand Posts: 474 Thanks: 2 Thanked 16 Times in 16 Posts iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	or tried it out with the car on top and we were all right about the dangers :\

07-11-2008, 07:11 PM	#32 (permalink)
GINA2MR2 Not A VR6 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: J-Town Posts: 341 Thanks: 3 Thanked 7 Times in 7 Posts iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	pits are nice ... untill your walking in the garage at night and fall in then your calling in 3 yards of sand and filling it.. (family story) im interested to see how this works.. great start.. but a lift is cheaper and easier (if your in the states)

07-11-2008, 10:10 PM	#33 (permalink)
fvillota Cage Fighter Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: MIami Posts: 2,334 Thanks: 71 Thanked 45 Times in 45 Posts iTrader Rating: (10/100% )	...is he still alive?... lol

07-11-2008, 10:47 PM	#34 (permalink)
NewForm Low Expectations Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Honolulu, HI Posts: 381 Thanks: 6 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts Blog Entries: 1 My Google Map iTrader Rating: (1/100% )	uh oh

07-12-2008, 10:10 PM	#35 (permalink)
fvillota Cage Fighter Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: MIami Posts: 2,334 Thanks: 71 Thanked 45 Times in 45 Posts iTrader Rating: (10/100% )	haha!!!

07-14-2008, 12:52 AM	#36 (permalink)
Mr2crazybyong It's a toyota, nuff said! Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Philippines Posts: 494 Thanks: 23 Thanked 7 Times in 7 Posts My Google Map iTrader Rating: (1/100% )	well guys, the project is still on halt right now due to lack of time and money, coz my dad just died and i am still processing the damn insurance!

07-14-2008, 07:55 AM	#37 (permalink)
NewForm Low Expectations Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Honolulu, HI Posts: 381 Thanks: 6 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts Blog Entries: 1 My Google Map iTrader Rating: (1/100% )	damn sorry to hear that man, just glad your alive

07-14-2008, 03:06 PM	#38 (permalink)
Mr2crazybyong It's a toyota, nuff said! Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Philippines Posts: 494 Thanks: 23 Thanked 7 Times in 7 Posts My Google Map iTrader Rating: (1/100% )	and yesterday, my bestfriend and I almost died when his landcruiser flipped.. miraculously we came out with only some scratches and bruises and i had a couple of stitches on my knee..

07-14-2008, 03:33 PM	#39 (permalink)
hmong337 Emperor Jspec Join Date: May 2005 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 995 Thanks: 112 Thanked 55 Times in 54 Posts iTrader Rating: (1/100% )	HOLY FFCK! that's some scary shhit. glad you're okay man. seriously!!! damn...

07-16-2008, 09:06 PM	#40 (permalink)
fvillota Cage Fighter Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: MIami Posts: 2,334 Thanks: 71 Thanked 45 Times in 45 Posts iTrader Rating: (10/100% )	daaammnnnnn glad ur ok and still alive. seriously... i think the pit ur digging is the last thing to consider dangerious right now. sorry for ur dad too bro.. ( i know that must be hard)