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Re: Clever Window Well Idea: Is this allowed?

2006-05-31, 4:21 pm

Goedjn wrote:
> On 28 May 2006 22:01:12 -0700, "Nate" <nate_public@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Is this window serving as a means of egress? If so, you're hosed.
> If not, then dig the hole, and drop in a concrete well low
> enough to put steel grating over it. In fact, trench across
> the whole driveway, 3' wide, put a steel grill over it with
> pop-out panels, and use the resulting pit as an easy place to do
> oil changes and repairs on the car.

Amen to that. I had a rented garage once with a maintenance pit built
in. Since then I've been driving the car up on ramps and crawling
underneath. Man, those pits are worth their volume in gold. If you're
going to build a garage, put one in.

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