----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark and Susan Miller" <marknsuz@pacbell.net>
To: "Shop Talk" <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, April 12, 2004 9:44 PM
Subject: It's the pits
> If/when you put in your pit there are a few interesting points raised in
> this tread that you can easily make non-issues if you so choose:
>
> Falling in hazard: when you pour the floor set 1 1/2" angle iron
> surrounding the opening so that you can place either a piece of grating or
> double thickness plywood over the opening. Nice to have for those times
> there isn't a vehicle over the pit to keep you, other people, and stray
> animals from ending up as guests of the pit. Probably good for keeping
the
> edges from chipping off as well.
>
> Ventilation: put a fan in there. Might keep you from getting too hot in
the
> summer as well.
>
> Drainage: mould in a sump in the bottom and slope the floor of the pit
into
> it. Plumb it to the sanitary sewer so you don't send any spilled oil into
> the storm sewer
>
> Electrical: consider having power suspended above the pit and/or set into
> the floor right outside the pit. Explosion proof wouldn't work as you'd
> most likely wish to plug things in and out easily, but using protected
> exterior boxes wouldn't be a bad idea (would allow for hosing it out that
> much easier).
>
> Some friends (two brothers) tried to convince their mom that she needed a
> pit when they rebuilt her garage for her. She thought they were nuts and
> said no, then realized that it meant her sons would visit that much more
> often. Her pit has been explosion free since 1975.
>
> Mark Miller
> no pit, some day a ramp.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Randall Young"
> > > Here's the first link I checked and describes the
> > > "MYTH".
> > > http://www.osha.gov/dts/hib/hib_data/hib19960613.html
> >
> > Interesting link, but doesn't seem relevant to me. The opening into
> Fred's
> > pit is a whole lot bigger than 3' by 3' and it's never closed.
> >
> > Randall
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