Car Pits to work on at home?

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Car Pits to work on at home?

Post by daib0 » Fri Aug 23, 2019 8:47 am

Hi boys, I know I'm in North Spain, but I'd like to sound you out a bit.

We moved to a new house a few months ago, house needs a lot of doing up, but an amazing size garden - 3/4 of an acre.

My son 23 years old now wants to put a 6' deep car pit near the entrance, but I'm just realizing that pits now in Spain are hardly legal. What's the situation in the UK, what basic requirements are required and are local town councils reluctant to agree? I think my son is wading into a stack of problems - doesn't want an elevator he says - but any thoughts from anyone who knows the scene much better than me? It's also a damp area where he proposing!

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Re: Car Pits to work on at home?

Post by Bodacious Benny » Fri Aug 23, 2019 10:14 pm

Bit of a niche area of expertise you’re looking for here! I’d be very surprised if you didn’t need some form of consent / building regs approval (if it’s even allowed). I can’t recall ever seeing a car pit at someone’s house, if it was straightforward I’m sure a lot of petrol-heads would probably have done it...
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Re: Car Pits to work on at home?

Post by Alfie » Wed Aug 28, 2019 10:28 am

I've got Carpets at home, the missus chose them though so I'm no use to you.
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Re: Car Pits to work on at home?

Post by daib0 » Wed Aug 28, 2019 12:16 pm

it's all on hold for the moment!
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Re: Car Pits to work on at home?

Post by Bodacious Benny » Wed Aug 28, 2019 12:34 pm

Plus there could be all kinds of stuff (gas pipes, water pipes, electricity cables, sewers, drains) running under the drive so probably best avoided!
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