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[Big Rod]

And it'll need 'tanked' to keep the water out and the contaminants in.

[RolandL]

So I guess its about a metre deep or so?  Do the sleepers give you ground clearance to drive over for parking? or are they recessed into the floor?

I take the point about CO build up.   Anyone know if there are building regs for such things?   While I don't particularly intend to have the motor running when I'm in there, I'm not sure how long it would take for CO to disperse , or indeed if it would accumulate over time  - bit concerning.

The sleepers are recessed so they don't interfear at all. When working under any of my cars I don't have them running. If I need to run them I push the car back a bit so exhaust is outside garage

[SteveD]

Here's what he told me...

Get a proper builder

Here's what the builder did...
Dug hole about 1.5 feet wider & longer than required
Install visqueen(sp?) sheet
Drop in concrete base
Build walls on concrete base
Backfill gap between walls and ground
Finish off floor

Get a proper builder (although you can labour to save some dosh)

I'll get some photos of his current hole   if they would be any use and measurements too. I've also got some photos somewhere of a local garage who had problems with a pit filling with water so they got a steel tank made to drop in. They came into work after the weekend and the car they left over the pit was 3ft up in the air on top of the floating tank  

[Tony H]

Pits can be very useful for car repairs but one thing to be very aware of is the potential fire hazard. A mate of mine was welding underneith his car and burnt through the petrol pipe resulting in a fire in the pit fortunately he was able to push the car from underneith and climb out of the pit however the car caught fire and ended up a right off