Should I rent my inspection pit out ?

[WindsorRob]

My old man has an inspection pit in his garage, built it himself about 35 years ago. It's about 8 foot long and a proper 6 foot deep. Really useful if I want to do something to the motor. It got me thinking, that there :

- Can't be many people with one at home
- More people are keeping older vars and are skint, so they're trying to fix them, themselves
- Which may mean he could rent it out for an hourly rate

Do you think it would interest people ? Car types of course....we went to a show the other day and speaking to a few from car clubs they were saying ' give it a go' what do you reckon ?

[Mr MXT]

Presumably these days you would need some kind of liability insurance?

[NiceCupOfTea]

Yes, they are lethal if you don't know what you are doing.

[WindsorRob]

How can they be lethal, you get down it, work on the car and get back out ? Is the world is full of f*ckwits that can't get down a ladder and back up without falling off ? I guess the answer may be yes...but would they not be the type to take the car to the main dealer and get fleeced, or maybe buy a vauxhall or something ?

[NiceCupOfTea]

More to do with petrol vapours / exhaust gases IIRC. Fire/explosion/asphyxiation risk. I looked into a pit when we built our garage but decided against it. Public liability insurance would be a must I would think.

[BliarOut]

WindsorRob said:

How can they be lethal, you get down it, work on the car and get back out ? Is the world is full of f*ckwits that can't get down a ladder and back up without falling off ? I guess the answer may be yes...but would they not be the type to take the car to the main dealer and get fleeced, or maybe buy a vauxhall or something ?

dangerous things pits if you don't know the risks and the precautions you should take.

[henrycrun]

you might have a body to dispose of. Hold on though, that pit could come in handy...

[Mastodon2]

WindsorRob said:

How can they be lethal, you get down it, work on the car and get back out ? Is the world is full of f*ckwits that can't get down a ladder and back up without falling off ? I guess the answer may be yes...but would they not be the type to take the car to the main dealer and get fleeced, or maybe buy a vauxhall or something ?

Plenty of people have died in pits. Imagine a fire starting while you are down there, extremely high risk situation. To rent it out you would almost certainly need insurance to cover the potential mishaps.

[cahami]

As said already pits are dangerous places without proper ventilation and alarm systems, most deadly fumes and gases are heavier than air.
Setting it up as a business would lead you into a big can of st.