The height hasn't been decided yet- the architect is on her way over right
now...
The existing garage has a 10ft ceiling, but the new section isn't limited by
that. I'm expecting to have 10+ at the lowest point with a much higher peak.
I think if I plan it right, I'll have at least 12 feet over the lift.
Thanks,
Larry
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Rambour [mailto:mikey@b2systems.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 7:11 PM
> To: Ed Van Scoy
> Cc: Spector, Larry; Shop-Talk (E-mail)
> Subject: Re: 2 post lift for both storage and repair?
>
>
> At 04:39 PM 12/4/2001 -0700, Ed Van Scoy wrote:
> >What is the ceiling height of your garage?
>
> BINGO ! that is the big factor in deciding if you can even have a
> lift. In my case (don't laugh now) I had a 9ft ceiling and
> if I folded
> down the windshield on both my cars I could store one on top
> of the other
> with about 6inches to spare but I could only get a little
> less than 5ft. up
> and it was extremely very uncomfortable to work on the car
> bent over like
> that...very nice to sit back in a chair and work though :).
>
> I finally removed 4 joists and can now lift a normal car to a
> comfortable working height with just some thought about
> positioning it so
> the roof of the car moves up to the peak of the garage and I
> have to watch
> the hood of the car on the slope of the garage roof. I can
> get my wife's
> Honda up too high to work on and my GMC pickup is really
> tight but its ok,
> I have to bend/stoop a little. The lift is primarily used on
> my British
> toys and with the top down and windshield folded down I can
> get them high
> enough that I have to stretch to reach the bottom of the car
> so it works
> really nice for me.
>
> I think you are supposed to have 12ft. for a lift and I
> have 13 to the
> peak of the roof but it comes down quick from there. What
> can I say, I
> have 3 British roadsters and a Motorcycle (non-brit) in a 2
> car garage
> along with a workbench, table saw, band saw, air compressor,
> glass beading
> cabinet, mig and all the other tools needed to keep a old
> Brit toy on the
> road, I had to do something to get those toys in the garage.
>
> http://www.singercars.com/restoration/images/finished.jpg
> you can see how
> tight it was until after I removed the ceiling over the lift
> ( if you care
> to see ).
>
> mike
>
>
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