On Mon, 9 Aug 2004 21:09:03 +0100, "G&M"
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"Mike Mitchell" wrote in message
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On Mon, 9 Aug 2004 10:28:30 +0100, "David W.E. Roberts"
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"Owain" wrote in message
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"Mike Mitchell" wrote
| By "on a domestic dwelling" do you mean the garage is attached
| to the dwelling ? If so building control will want to be involved.
| But I don't quite see why the council planning bods would be
| interested, as what could happen just by digging a pit?

Building control, not planning. An inspection pit presents issues of
drainage/sump and flammable liquids or gases building up in the pit as
well
as the obvious ones of trip / fall hazard.

Owain

Also consider a ramp - easier (and probably cheaper) to construct.
Much better access.
No problems with drainage or gas build up.

Only problem is the headroom :-)

Plus, unsightly. Oh, how I miss the wonderful hoists we had in the
Prototypenabteilung at Ford in Cologne!

Don't tell me you did the Capri 3100s !?

Yep, all Capris. We had to dismantle prototypes after they had been
round the test tracks at Lommel in Belgium. Once I had to remove
blood-soaked sandbags from a car that had crashed and killed the test
driver. Actually, the bags were filled with lead shot. We also built
the Escort, Granada, Cortina, and Fiesta, which was based on the Fiat
127 bodyshell.

MM