Don't think that would be true in areas with basements. My hotwater
heater is in the basement.
Maybe they are concerned that someone will fall into it while trying to
rob you!
Max Heim wrote:
>I think the objection to residential garage pits is the fact that many
>attached garages also contain a gas water heater, gas dryer, or gas furnace.
>Any leaked gas would accumulate in the pit.
>
>A detached garage with no gas appliances would probably pass muster.
>
>
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>
>Max Heim
>'66 MGB GHN3L76149
>If you're near Mountain View, CA,
>it's the primer red one with chrome wires
>My garage has a dirt floor... might just start digging...
>
>
>on 7/20/05 8:28 AM, Stuart MacMillan at macgroup@comcast.net wrote:
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>
>
>>Well, the quickie-lube places have used them for years, but maybe that's
>>contributed to the apparent brain damage that most of the people working
>>there exhibit.
>>
>>My biggest fear would be turning it into a big BBQ pit with a fuel spill.
>>
>>Stuart MacMillan
>>
>>Paul wrote:
>>
>>There was also heavier fumes that would sink into the pit and
>>asphyxiate the owner.
>>
>>
>>Bob Howard wrote:
>>
>>
>>> In some communities a pit is illegal. I've been told that the reasons
>>>include auto fluids deep in the ground and fire hazards. The fluids
>>>objection makes some sense, though I don't see why fire would be more
>>>likely in a hole than on the surface of the earth. Some towns have
>>>forced pit owners to fill them.
>>>Bob
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