Recent content by jamesgpeck

This is a mobile lift. Anybody ever use one? I have not. http://naautoequipment.com/MSC-6K_mobile-single-column-lift.html

This is dry stack concrete block made of a concrete with high insulating value. they claim R34. This looks like it can be laid by a DIYer. Has anyone had experience with the stuff. It looks like a way I could get a masonry garage at a reasonable price. http://crescoconcrete.com/

Insulating Block was Pole Barn or Stick Built This brand of block is self stacking, insulated, and has a fireproof exterior. You pour concrete into them. The advantage is that they are not plastic on the exterior. Jim Peck :bowdown: http://www.e-zblock.com/

I once saw an add for roll around auto lifts. You could roll the forks, which had rollers on the far ends under your car. When you had it psoition, you locked its rear wheels and pumped it up. I do not know how safe these are.

It might be rigid conduit that is required.

So what size of doors did you go with? How did they work? What would you differently if you had the chance to do them again?

Twenty-five years ago I worked on a Caterpillar project that involved electrostatic downdraft paint booths using water based engine paint. These had steel floor grid. The underfloor sloped down to a drain and had a constant stream of water down it. . All the over spray fell down through the...

Sounds like the floor drain idea is OK, but it needs to drain into a sump. You could then filter the water before you pump it anywhere else.

I think Tom and Ray, the Car Gurs on NPR, otherwise known as Click and Clack started out as hippy era people running one of these. A lot of the people just wanted them to not only rent the space but do the work as well. Jim Peck http://parshop.blogspot.com