08-15-2022, 02:29 PM
Since my coach is away, the owner will play... Or so it goes.
I was quoted just a hair under 20k to replace some hoses and lines in my coach. I am having them do some of the work such as newly discovered oil leaks. With their estimated time of 4-6 weeks of completion, I decided to build a service pit and extend the parking driveway another 8 feet. Concrete comes on Friday with more rebar to be installed. We are doing 16" footers with rebar reinforcement and a 6" slab in the bottom. 8" concrete blocks will be used for the walls filled with cement and rebar and a poured top cap thats rebar reinforced in to the existing slab and new block. I have a new sump pump installed and it works excellently during it's trial run. On the top side, I will install 3" wide by 3/16" thick angle iron that will be through bolted with bolts welded to the rebar encapsulated in the concrete. I would like to devise a "C" channel system to allow an oil change trolly to roll under the engine for oil changes. And finally, I will weld up a steel expanded metal cover for the whole pit. The only power in the pit will be the pump which is on a GFCI circuit. The power pedestal for the bus has its own receptacle for if I need something plugged in working under the coach. Lighting will be 12" thin strip 12v lighting that can articulate up and down. I will fabricate a steel staircase that can be unhooked from the wall and moved out of the way if need be. Headed to the steel shop tomorrow to pick up their prefabricated treads and some square tube. The pit is in an area far from the house and the coach is always going to be parked over it unless we travel. I will have about 7k into this with the concrete/block reinforcement costs being the bulk of it. Finished dimensions will be 44" wide x 16' long x 5' deep (I hired out the concrete cutting, backhoe and Personally removed the concrete waste and reallocated the removed soil to an unused area of the property for future use.)
I was quoted just a hair under 20k to replace some hoses and lines in my coach. I am having them do some of the work such as newly discovered oil leaks. With their estimated time of 4-6 weeks of completion, I decided to build a service pit and extend the parking driveway another 8 feet. Concrete comes on Friday with more rebar to be installed. We are doing 16" footers with rebar reinforcement and a 6" slab in the bottom. 8" concrete blocks will be used for the walls filled with cement and rebar and a poured top cap thats rebar reinforced in to the existing slab and new block. I have a new sump pump installed and it works excellently during it's trial run. On the top side, I will install 3" wide by 3/16" thick angle iron that will be through bolted with bolts welded to the rebar encapsulated in the concrete. I would like to devise a "C" channel system to allow an oil change trolly to roll under the engine for oil changes. And finally, I will weld up a steel expanded metal cover for the whole pit. The only power in the pit will be the pump which is on a GFCI circuit. The power pedestal for the bus has its own receptacle for if I need something plugged in working under the coach. Lighting will be 12" thin strip 12v lighting that can articulate up and down. I will fabricate a steel staircase that can be unhooked from the wall and moved out of the way if need be. Headed to the steel shop tomorrow to pick up their prefabricated treads and some square tube. The pit is in an area far from the house and the coach is always going to be parked over it unless we travel. I will have about 7k into this with the concrete/block reinforcement costs being the bulk of it. Finished dimensions will be 44" wide x 16' long x 5' deep (I hired out the concrete cutting, backhoe and Personally removed the concrete waste and reallocated the removed soil to an unused area of the property for future use.)
--Simon
1993 8v92TA #312