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Originally Posted by JJ 911SC
This should be an easy decision, 14' celling = full size lift.
I love my scissor lift but if I had had the ceiling room, it would have been a full size.
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Yes to the full-size lift--that's why I designed the high ceilings. Then I'll install the scissor next to it. Current plan is to have the lifts located at an angle along the south wall, so you drive into the garage and steer left, like into a diagonal parking space. And there will be lots of open space around the lifts.
The hole was dug down to the level of the footers, which need to be 24" deep around the perimeter. Here is the foundation detail.
Very little of the dirt removed will go back into the hole--just around the footer walls. Most of the dirt will be used to build up the area in front of the garage to backfill a retaining wall.
For the foundation, we'll bring in gravel and sand per the drawing. I plan to substitute a 20-mil reinforced vapor barrier (from my old company's crawl space kit).