PH DIY'ers, lifting matters.

[eltax91]

Hi all

I am having some work done at the moment to turn my 2 single garages into 1 garage. The builder has removed some plasterboard today to reveal that I have the ability to take out the false ceiling one side and give myself the full height of a pitched roof.

Now, of course, my first thoughts turn to getting a lift fitted. Most of the 2 post lifts appear at first glance to be too wide to fit in the width that I have. It's complicated to explain but I have about 2.4m width.

So, 2 post lifts are out of the question, so I started looking for alternative methods. 2 options appear, which I'd like your opinions on! I could go for a single post lift and I also could go for a "scissor" lift that goes under the car. Does anyone have any experience or opinions of the relative merits/ safety cencerns with either type of lift?

For reference, I'm talking about either something like this or something like this

[Night Runner]

1. 1 looks like it would limit what you can actually do/get to underneath the car.

[EDLT]

The scissor lift won't give you much access to the exhaust, brake pipes or anything else underneath the car. It doesn't go very high either so you'll still be bending down to work on the brakes/suspension. On the single poster you'll be kicking or tripping over the legs all the time, but it seems to lift high enough if its the same as this one:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SINGLE-POST-CAR-LIFT-VEHICLE...

[Redmax]

I think Strongman Tools do a narrow 4 post lift.

[mgtony]

A bit of info on this thread:

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...