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Originally Posted by dad911
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Love those 1 post lifts! I used to have a 4 poster, hilariously called a
Backyard Buddy, that was a nice piece of equipment, but four posts get in the way. I left it back in Virginia when I moved. I'm currently figuring out which 2 post or 1 post to get for working on the car. I'm paranoid about cheapo lifts. Hopefully I'll find something good quality used.
I already have a Bend Pak low rise lift, and I like it a lot, so in the garage it will go. If I mount it flush in the floor, it will serve as a nice height-adjustable table for things like engines.
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Originally Posted by dad911
As to the excavation, think seriously about what Java said. On a slab that large we pour 4-6 pads on virgin ground(when we pour footing), and dry stack open core cement blocks to grade. When you pour the floor, they will fill in with concrete. I would aim to place them in the vicinity of the lifts.
I also made a "grade beam" when I poured my current garage, when we levelled the stone I left a channel 4" deeper across the floor, in the vicinity of the 2 post lift, so the concrete was 8" thick in this area. Extra rebar in channel, make sure contractor supports it in the concrete, not lying on the bottom.
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Yep. I appreciate advice from everyone. That's why I like this place.
My contractor likes his concrete guy a lot. I'll talk to him and get a good idea of what he plans and run opinions and ideas I get here and on my GJ thread at him. We are lucky that the grund here is really hard, almost clay. My house is over 70 years old and it had not settled much if at all in that time as far as I can tell.