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Seems like a good idea, though I think getting greasy in the middle of a calamity only adds insult to injury. |
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I like the idea of a better garage and applaud efforts to justify one, but having a car fall on you in the middle of a hurricane would put a crimp in your style somewhat; I wouldn't have the grease-pit as the main access point. |
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I think I'd sooner not be bombed at all. |
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I had a similar idea for my place but was dissuaded by suggestions that the service pit or grease pit is not-to-code because of safety and environmental considerations. My approach to undervehicle access, then, is an elevated parking platform. |
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The idea of the e-refuge 'pillbox' is good. You could combine the e-box with some other functionality such as protecting the core plumbing in your house from freeze or other damage. & then you'd have water instead of... grease |
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My 'dream home' includes both a garage service-pit and an under-garage room, but I've variously envisioned the "lower garage" as a workout room, cold-room, storage or stormwater tanks... now I gotta add the idea of an emergency bolt-hole/"saferoom" to the list. The thing is if you're going to put a structurally intact room under the garage especially one with a big hole in the ceiling, then why not build a basement, it'd be easier. [+] for the brain-stretch though. |
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I tried to dig one of these when I was a kid in my
father's garage! |
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