Comments on: Finds: S900L Lift http://toolmonger.com/2006/12/26/finds-s900l-lift/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:00:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Krul http://toolmonger.com/2006/12/26/finds-s900l-lift/#comment-68297 Krul Fri, 25 May 2007 03:07:36 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2006/12/26/finds-s900l-lift/#comment-68297 <strong>Krul</strong> Krul

]]> By: dac http://toolmonger.com/2006/12/26/finds-s900l-lift/#comment-9521 dac Thu, 28 Dec 2006 22:01:12 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2006/12/26/finds-s900l-lift/#comment-9521 Toolaremia, at least around here they won't let you put a floor drain in the garage, because of the fear that people will send oil/etc down the drain. Sigh!! Toolaremia, at least around here they won’t let you put a floor drain in the garage, because of the fear that people will send oil/etc down the drain. Sigh!!

]]> By: Myself http://toolmonger.com/2006/12/26/finds-s900l-lift/#comment-9418 Myself Wed, 27 Dec 2006 22:33:41 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2006/12/26/finds-s900l-lift/#comment-9418 I keep thinking that one of the old AT&T Long Lines system buildings would be great. Cut a roll-up door into the back of that sucker and call it a day. I keep thinking that one of the old AT&T Long Lines system buildings would be great. Cut a roll-up door into the back of that sucker and call it a day.

]]> By: Toolaremia http://toolmonger.com/2006/12/26/finds-s900l-lift/#comment-9396 Toolaremia Wed, 27 Dec 2006 19:44:58 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2006/12/26/finds-s900l-lift/#comment-9396 "I think the solution is just to get an old auto shop that’s zoned mixed-use and live in the upstairs flat." I've been trying to do that for years. I'm the closest I've come right now. The house I'm renting uses the basement as a four-car garage. The living area above it is just a place to keep my clothes and bed. ;-) No clearance for a lift, though. :-( I'm still shopping for the 3000 sq-ft truss-beam-supported (no support poles) cement floor ranch house with a subterranean 15'-tall basement with a double wide door on one end. Ooh, with a super-flat/level pad for suspension setup. Oh, and real area drains so I can wash cars without opening the door. “I think the solution is just to get an old auto shop that’s zoned mixed-use and live in the upstairs flat.”

I’ve been trying to do that for years. I’m the closest I’ve come right now. The house I’m renting uses the basement as a four-car garage. The living area above it is just a place to keep my clothes and bed. ;-)

No clearance for a lift, though. :-(

I’m still shopping for the 3000 sq-ft truss-beam-supported (no support poles) cement floor ranch house with a subterranean 15′-tall basement with a double wide door on one end. Ooh, with a super-flat/level pad for suspension setup. Oh, and real area drains so I can wash cars without opening the door.

]]> By: Myself http://toolmonger.com/2006/12/26/finds-s900l-lift/#comment-9299 Myself Wed, 27 Dec 2006 04:09:43 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2006/12/26/finds-s900l-lift/#comment-9299 I'm holding out for one that'll tip the vehicle back 90 degrees so I don't have to work over my head the whole time. :) Fluids, schmuids! Seriously though, I wonder whether any architects are designing houses with vault-ceiling garages for these things. Seems to me that most folks with the dough to have a house custom-designed are paying someone else to work on their cars, but there's the Jay Leno factor to consider. The trouble with detatched garages is that, not sharing any walls with the house, they're even less efficient to heat in the winter. Garage doors aren't very well insulated, if at all. And you'd certainly want a heated garage if you spend enough time on the car to justify a lift. I think the solution is just to get an old auto shop that's zoned mixed-use and live in the upstairs flat. :) I’m holding out for one that’ll tip the vehicle back 90 degrees so I don’t have to work over my head the whole time. :) Fluids, schmuids!

Seriously though, I wonder whether any architects are designing houses with vault-ceiling garages for these things. Seems to me that most folks with the dough to have a house custom-designed are paying someone else to work on their cars, but there’s the Jay Leno factor to consider.

The trouble with detatched garages is that, not sharing any walls with the house, they’re even less efficient to heat in the winter. Garage doors aren’t very well insulated, if at all. And you’d certainly want a heated garage if you spend enough time on the car to justify a lift.

I think the solution is just to get an old auto shop that’s zoned mixed-use and live in the upstairs flat. :)

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