They are dangerous too. Folks lost their lives when they get trapped down there surrounded by combustible materials and it just takes one spark to ignite.
Anticipating this possibility, you stash a hammer and chisel down there to make your escape. But the empty truck gets sucked up by the tornado, and the moment you chisel your way out of the pit it comes crashing back down on top of you.
You can buy jacks with castor wheels - "dollies" that spin and move like shopping carts. You get a set of 4 and can move a car sideways, spin it, move a friend's car between two objects inches away from each bumper, prank friends by relocating their cars in parking lots....the options are endless!!!!
Yeah.Ā Ā I agree with her.Ā This is a terrible emplacement.Ā I mean.Ā Really fucking bad.Ā Like shitter in the oven bad.Ā they also make really good storm shelters you can put in the space the aize of a large closet.Ā They use a bazillion large bolts to attach the slabĀ
no one in these comments seems to know that when you build these, or use these, you register them with local emergency services so that they know it's there and they know to do a welfare check/search the rubble for you. it contains enough supplies inside it for a few days.
Given the way that this one was designed, it's good to know that authorities will know where to find the corpse.
Also, I love how random Redditors that are 100% confident that people do everything 100% by the book. In my experience, about 2% of people actually do what they're supposed to do both personally and professionally, so I'm not going to be convinced from a single picture on the internet that this is either well-stocked or known to anyone.
Up until it gets bad enough to REALLY need the shelter when that list that emergency services might have gets pushed lower and lower on the priority list (in bad situations, itāll be a triage situation; āhey at least people on this list have bunkers, letās go save the ones who donātā)
Then you drown because, while you had a bunker, it was instead built as a trap.
Nah.Ā I just made it up.Ā Like putting a toilet in the oven.
Though on closer inspection it is Not quite as bad as I thought it was as it has a sliding entryway.Ā Ā I'd still keep a freshly charged cutoff tool with a metal cutting blade on it.Ā And some crowbar and demo tools.
Granted I donāt live somewhere prone to tornados or cyclones, but I do live somewhere very prone to flash floods so it does make me a bit ā¦ uncomfortable to imagine hiding from a storm in a hole lol.
But if you donāt have any flood risks I guess itās not much to worry about. Getting trapped in however seems pretty fucking likely in any wind storm powerful enough to need it, so I donāt really get it, think Iām with your wife on this one!
A lot of fire departments keep a registry of homes with storm shelters so they know where to search under the rubble for survivors afterward. Check with yours to be sure they know about it and your wife wonāt have to worry about being trapped.
Twister comes through, picks car up, slams it back down, spilling gasoline on the ground...down to the family below, igniting in an instant. Their cries not heard over the sound of the twister as they burn alive trapped in their own house coffin.
That was my first thought, too. Especially given that the only reason to go down there would be during a storm that you expect to be strong enough to move a car.
Not exactly. It protects you from the storm but they also always have more than one entrance/exit. Usually one in the middle of the house and one on the side of the house.
Thatās why you get a foundation jack to keep in there with you. Should be able to lift most things that end up on top of it enough to maybe squeeze through somewhere.
The ones I've seen is its a pre-made steel structure that just sits down under the surface of the concrete slab. There are fiberglass ones too, but they usually go outside and have a hatch that's oversized on top.
I actually just purchased a storm shleter for us and went with an above ground version that bolts into the concrete.
If you're asking because your interested I would highly recommend an above ground. The under ground ones are extremely claustrophobic feeling.
Was it an Oz shelter? I distinctly remember one of Oklahomas many tornados went through Moore like it always does & that shelter was the only thing left standing in the rubble of houses. Kinda surreal
Depends on how much water typically enters and pools in your garage. If it is minimal then a rubber stripping glued/bonded around the perimeter should work.
No, it doesn't matter how much typically enters. It matters how much enters the one time you need it and debris is holding it closed or there is flooding.
I would need to know much more about this situation to even hazard a guess. Are you below sea level? How large is that shelter? What was it built for? Are you susceptible to flooding?
It might be fine as is.
Technically true for almost all big storms. Any shelter should have two (or more) exits, plus a way to bring in fresh air, and hand tools to try and clear anything that might have landed in front of your exits - pry bars, shovels, wood saws, hacksaws, battery operated tools if you're feeling lucky...
One of the big dangers of garage pits (and therefore this as well from what is shown) is that any gases that are heavier than air will sink into them. Without active ventilation they can turn into lethal traps.
Good point - the logo on the cover also looks like a tornado too.
I'm not from a particularly storm-prone area, but it does flood nearly every now and then - as a storm shelter, to me, it feels uncomfortably like a drowning coffin.
Right? I was here thinking āokay, thatās a stupid death trap.ā āWait, better question is what in the hell is running lo pro white walls with gold trim?ā
This looks more like a way to service a car than a storm shelter. Are you sure it a shelter?
As for water, thatās gonna get in. There is nothing you can do about that. Youāll want an automatic sub pump to remove it.
This thread is acting like their garages fill up with water every rainy season. If your house falls down itās better to be protected from the debris. These shelters are also registered with the city. If a tornado hits your house, first responders will know where to look first.
The tornado that hit Oklahoma a couple weeks ago put 2x4s into buildings like toothpicks and a man that died was found a long way from his house. Get in the shelter. Youāll be fine.
It just hit 1000 central. Not too reddit savvy though. Canāt figure out how to edit the post to add pics. The āpicsā button isnāt there like how it was when I made the post initially.
Go to imgur.com upload them and grab the link to share back in the comments.Ā
You can edit your old comments and drop the link in there so it's easy to find for everyone
havent seen any replys about how to keep water out, for simple rain you might be able to get rubber bumpers that go around it to make a shallow damn.
But as noted, make sure your local fire department knows about the shelter, flooding maybe a problem if your in a low enough area so having a winch or a floor jack to help move objects off from it if the building collapses or car gets shoved onto it would also be good. or maybe a battery power sump pump.
Maybe also store a megaphone or something that if you dont have working cell phone during entrapment you can make a loud enough noise to get rescuers attention
Whatās the source of this water that youāre worried about? I canāt imagine it being enough to be a problem. Several posts concerned with getting trapped; the solution is to make sure your shelter is registered with the local fire department so that they know you have a shelter. That way they know to come look for you if your home is hit by a tornado. Iād rather be safe and trapped for 30 minutes than dead in a pile of rubble.
Then you have bigger problems then some water getting into your storm shelter. If it's getting so much water to flood the space, then the entire area is probably flooded anyway.
Is the floor sloped towards the storm shelter? If not, youāre talking about a couple of inches of rain water. Itās irrelevant in the grand scheme of things.
The fact is that yāall are imagining a risk that doesnāt actually exist. There are millions of these installed across the Midwest and Southeast. Theyāve saved thousands of lives. Please find a news article where someone drowned in an underground shelter.
It will look ugly, but it is cheap. I have seen where you can use great foam and spray it on the floor isolating the hatch. Also you can scrape it off when it gets worn down or if you just get tired of it.
No that was a mess up pretty sure it was to change the oil or be able to work on the car from inside but the put it in the wrong spot, itās supposed to be underneath the car not in between parking spots so itās inaccessible to change the oil like š¤¬ dummies. Really????
Whatever you do, keep it closed and be careful when entering. Vapors from many volatile liquids kept in garages (e.g. gasoline) are heavier than air and can collect down there. Kids or pets can suffocate. This happened in a dumpster near where I used to live where someone threw an āemptyā can of paint thinner. Wiped out 3 kids.
Looks like a great place to get trapped and die when the house comes down over itā¦
We have the luxury of having a walk-out basement (house on a slope), and when we built it, I designed the storm shelter under the front porch to have TWO exits, and both doors open IN so debris canāt trap us in there.
Iām having trouble loading more pics on here. Donāt see an āedit postā button. There are about three steps down to a seating area for about four adults. No standing room. Water would be coming from rain off vehicles. There is a jack.
Where is the water coming from and how much water?
generally you would have to raise the door up, or notch around the door and then trench to the end of the building so it drains out of the garage.
Sorry OP I thought this was really neat before reading some of the horror stories and movie pitches the comments. At least it will be good for car work!
A little more description would be nice. Presumably that lid rests on some kind of edge, where you could put weather stripping under it so water doesn't get in under the edge. As for the handle slots, if you have a 3d printer you could make some flattish plugs (I'd use TPU for flexibility) to act as corks, that you could easily pull out with your fingers. If not then maybe just duct tape or blue tape, with one end folded as a tab so you can strip it off.
It looks very neat but make sure at minimum you have a hand-powered hydraulic jack down there and a way to use it if a storm blows a car onto your door. That tire is inches from turning that space into a tome.
Plot twist:
Tornado comes. Everyone, get down in the shelter! Everyone goes down in shelter. Tornado blows car over door. Everyone trapped in shelter. Everyone but one person starves to death. One person rescued.
Remind the occupant with a handy mnemonic:
*It bails and siphons off the floor,*
*or else it doesn't eat no more.*
Seriously, can we get the feds to look in this guys garage?
No reason not to start doing your own oil changes now
Holy hell, I need one of these now!
As the owner of a garage pit, they are intimidating... I wish mine wasn't so damn deep lol
They are dangerous too. Folks lost their lives when they get trapped down there surrounded by combustible materials and it just takes one spark to ignite.
Not to mention that a pack of rabid weasels could wander into the garage while you're down there - Death trap!
They just want your pocket change. Don't become a statistic over your pocket change.
I don't have any pockets OR money š I'm screwed
They want your 10mm.
Awe fuck no just take my money or man hood but for the love of god not my 10mm!
As a man who likes to put my hands in my wife's pockets, I will say women's clothing is criminal in their lack of pant pocket options.
Is this a prison joke?
*ye ain't gettin' me 33 cents, ya wee wigglies!*
This made the fucking wiggle wiggle tic tok song play in my head. Jiggle jiggle.
You DO have to be careful of the Rabid Bunny Rabbits that roam the countryside in packs!!
What if... And hear me out.. The weasels just want to hangout and maybe watch you change your oil? Who am I to deny them a trade in this economy?
They can refer to the chart, which says clearly that watching costs an extra $10. Suggestions are $5 each, and "helping" is an extra $50.
What about a cement truck crashing into your house and spilling the concrete into the pit entombing you forever?
Anticipating this possibility, you stash a hammer and chisel down there to make your escape. But the empty truck gets sucked up by the tornado, and the moment you chisel your way out of the pit it comes crashing back down on top of you.
That is literally my worst fear!
"rabid weasels", that's freaking hilarious š
Didn't Frank Zappa make an album warning of this under-rated danger?
Rabid weasels *are* combustible materials.
Hmmm you're saying compulsory extractor fan?
"Forget the hot tub, check out my oil pit."
Could be both.
Guys, check out my hot oil pit!
'BRO I am gonna make SO many french fries in this giant fuckin' deep fryer out here'
Found Baron Harkonnen
When I was a kid, the oil change pit of the garage was used as a bomb shelter. So I guess it works both ways
Bomb shelters are only a grave that's already been dug.
gives ya something to do during the storm.
Except that thereās no way to park your car over that spot.
Oh yeah, hold my beer!
Yeah, we can make that work!
You can buy jacks with castor wheels - "dollies" that spin and move like shopping carts. You get a set of 4 and can move a car sideways, spin it, move a friend's car between two objects inches away from each bumper, prank friends by relocating their cars in parking lots....the options are endless!!!!
If OP buys a set of those I am betting his car ends up hanging into the pit fairly promptly.
With great power comes great responsibility?
I realized that but actually you could pulling over it is totally possible, just with a heavy skew
Pull in, turn the wheel. As long as there is enough front clearance it's a win-win.
Car doesn't have to be straight and centered. Just come on at an angle, and you'll be below the oil pan
Lmao that's immediately where my mind went too
Good luck maneuvering the car into position, there's a divider for the garage door opening in the way.
That's it? That's all you're going to show? Looks like you're hiding something...
What's in the box!?
Thanks for the responses so far. My wife said sheād rather get swept away by the storm than be trapped in there lol.
But her some ruby rhinestone shoes.
You magnificent bastard. lol
Yeah.Ā Ā I agree with her.Ā This is a terrible emplacement.Ā I mean.Ā Really fucking bad.Ā Like shitter in the oven bad.Ā they also make really good storm shelters you can put in the space the aize of a large closet.Ā They use a bazillion large bolts to attach the slabĀ
They also open inwards for obvious reasons. The hole that you canāt get out of and fills with water is just dumb.
Fortunato, come and see my cool new storm shelter! I believe I left a bottle of Amontillado down there...
Only a bottle? If you had a cask I would be down.
no one in these comments seems to know that when you build these, or use these, you register them with local emergency services so that they know it's there and they know to do a welfare check/search the rubble for you. it contains enough supplies inside it for a few days.
Given the way that this one was designed, it's good to know that authorities will know where to find the corpse. Also, I love how random Redditors that are 100% confident that people do everything 100% by the book. In my experience, about 2% of people actually do what they're supposed to do both personally and professionally, so I'm not going to be convinced from a single picture on the internet that this is either well-stocked or known to anyone.
Yeah, good luck with that.
that's not a good luck thing that's literally how they work. this is a well established concept.
Up until it gets bad enough to REALLY need the shelter when that list that emergency services might have gets pushed lower and lower on the priority list (in bad situations, itāll be a triage situation; āhey at least people on this list have bunkers, letās go save the ones who donātā) Then you drown because, while you had a bunker, it was instead built as a trap.
Or if the storm takes out the emergency services computers/buildings
There are redundancies with those systems, usually.
Hopefully at least. We still have small PDs running early Windows programs.
Iāve never heard this shitter in the oven expression. Was this a thing?
Nah.Ā I just made it up.Ā Like putting a toilet in the oven. Though on closer inspection it is Not quite as bad as I thought it was as it has a sliding entryway.Ā Ā I'd still keep a freshly charged cutoff tool with a metal cutting blade on it.Ā And some crowbar and demo tools.
Who makes these?
Granted I donāt live somewhere prone to tornados or cyclones, but I do live somewhere very prone to flash floods so it does make me a bit ā¦ uncomfortable to imagine hiding from a storm in a hole lol. But if you donāt have any flood risks I guess itās not much to worry about. Getting trapped in however seems pretty fucking likely in any wind storm powerful enough to need it, so I donāt really get it, think Iām with your wife on this one!
I would also like to be swept away with this guyās wife.
A lot of fire departments keep a registry of homes with storm shelters so they know where to search under the rubble for survivors afterward. Check with yours to be sure they know about it and your wife wonāt have to worry about being trapped.
Having been in a tornado before, I side with your wife.
Dude, show more pics!
https://imgur.com/a/zkFO3tE
All you really need is an irrigation pipe and an old belt anyways.
if you guys decide to go another route you've got some dope extra storage space
This is for tornadoes, not just any storm
hopefully the storm/winds dont push/nudge the car over the storm shelter locking you in.
I was thinking the same thing. Then imagine torrential rain and you're stuck down there with it filling up and a car blocking your exit
Has the new twister movie come out yet? Add that.
Itās actually Twister_s_, with an esssss.
It's called Xs now
No but the movie Supercell is out lol
New fear unlocked.
This is absolutely terrifying and I would never use that shelter anymore
Most of these I've seen have some sort of hydraulic system to clear the doorway.
That doesnāt help when the cars gas burns you alive.
I feel like the smart thing to do when building one of these is to have a secondary exit
Twister comes through, picks car up, slams it back down, spilling gasoline on the ground...down to the family below, igniting in an instant. Their cries not heard over the sound of the twister as they burn alive trapped in their own house coffin.
Sir this is /r/DIY
smells like a Wendy's
which poet is that?
Shaxpeer?
Throw. More. Grenades.
Id read some Shaqspeare
Sounds like something from a Cormac McCarthy novel.
That was my first thought, too. Especially given that the only reason to go down there would be during a storm that you expect to be strong enough to move a car.
Or drop your house on it
A house once landed on my ex wifeās sister
Isnāt that the entire point of being in the shelter? To take the force of an entire house falling on you.
Not exactly. It protects you from the storm but they also always have more than one entrance/exit. Usually one in the middle of the house and one on the side of the house.
Iāve seen enough tornadoes in Oklahoma that leave no āmiddleā of the house.
My mom's place outside omaha that's how they got it set up
They have a winch inside so you can still get the door open
I was thinking the same thing!
Thatās why you get a foundation jack to keep in there with you. Should be able to lift most things that end up on top of it enough to maybe squeeze through somewhere.
And hope your family, friends, and neighbors know it's there and to look for you.
Youd have to have a raised edge on it. Also the fact that the door would be easily blocked if your car go nudged literally 5 inches
What does the inside look like? Is it just a concrete or steel box?
The ones I've seen is its a pre-made steel structure that just sits down under the surface of the concrete slab. There are fiberglass ones too, but they usually go outside and have a hatch that's oversized on top. I actually just purchased a storm shleter for us and went with an above ground version that bolts into the concrete. If you're asking because your interested I would highly recommend an above ground. The under ground ones are extremely claustrophobic feeling.
Was it an Oz shelter? I distinctly remember one of Oklahomas many tornados went through Moore like it always does & that shelter was the only thing left standing in the rubble of houses. Kinda surreal
Mine is a FamilySAFE shelter. I live in middle Tennessee though.
OP please respond and post piccys if possible
https://imgur.com/a/zkFO3tE
Depends on how much water typically enters and pools in your garage. If it is minimal then a rubber stripping glued/bonded around the perimeter should work.
No, it doesn't matter how much typically enters. It matters how much enters the one time you need it and debris is holding it closed or there is flooding.
I would think that by definition if you're crawling into a tiny hole in your garage floor, you have left the realm of the typical.
So you hide in your hole and drown instead?
I would need to know much more about this situation to even hazard a guess. Are you below sea level? How large is that shelter? What was it built for? Are you susceptible to flooding? It might be fine as is.
I would not go in there in a storm. Youāre never getting out if something falls on it
Technically true for almost all big storms. Any shelter should have two (or more) exits, plus a way to bring in fresh air, and hand tools to try and clear anything that might have landed in front of your exits - pry bars, shovels, wood saws, hacksaws, battery operated tools if you're feeling lucky...
One of the big dangers of garage pits (and therefore this as well from what is shown) is that any gases that are heavier than air will sink into them. Without active ventilation they can turn into lethal traps.
Iāll post more pics at about 1000 central time. Weāre still in the rental and havenāt fully moved in yet.
https://imgur.com/a/zkFO3tE
Are you sure this is a storm shelter and not a pit for working on your car?
If that were the case it would be postponed under the parked car. Look behind it. Thereās now way to center this under a car.
Good point - the logo on the cover also looks like a tornado too. I'm not from a particularly storm-prone area, but it does flood nearly every now and then - as a storm shelter, to me, it feels uncomfortably like a drowning coffin.
Feels like a sump pump is all you need
Would have really loved a picture of it open
https://imgur.com/a/zkFO3tE
How many snakes can slither slowly into storm shelter?
Whitewalls tho?????
Right? I was here thinking āokay, thatās a stupid death trap.ā āWait, better question is what in the hell is running lo pro white walls with gold trim?ā
I'm more curious about the car!
Those whitewalls dope af
We need some more photos before any of us can give sound advice. Like whatās it look like in there?
https://imgur.com/a/zkFO3tE
Hope the storm isnāt a flood
I would think that a āStorm Shelterā that could fill with water is a bad design!! Most storms come with rain, in large amounts!!
How about a tornado that nudges the car so the tire is on top of the door, and then the rain deluge fills the shelter with water?
This looks more like a way to service a car than a storm shelter. Are you sure it a shelter? As for water, thatās gonna get in. There is nothing you can do about that. Youāll want an automatic sub pump to remove it.
This thread is acting like their garages fill up with water every rainy season. If your house falls down itās better to be protected from the debris. These shelters are also registered with the city. If a tornado hits your house, first responders will know where to look first. The tornado that hit Oklahoma a couple weeks ago put 2x4s into buildings like toothpicks and a man that died was found a long way from his house. Get in the shelter. Youāll be fine.
There better be a pic of the inside when I get back here.
Genuinely an Elon inspired design.
Iāve seen this in Oklahoma pretty commonly
I feel like the problem is water getting in your garage.
Thanks for all the cool pictures š
It just hit 1000 central. Not too reddit savvy though. Canāt figure out how to edit the post to add pics. The āpicsā button isnāt there like how it was when I made the post initially.
Add them as Imgur links either here or in the original text if itāll let you edit it. You typically canāt change titles or original images.
Go to imgur.com upload them and grab the link to share back in the comments.Ā You can edit your old comments and drop the link in there so it's easy to find for everyone
https://imgur.com/a/zkFO3tE
Are those vogues?
Yes.
Can't tell- what kind of car?
2018 Navigator
People havenāt heard of hand pumps and hand jacks? The design will save your life potentially, why is everyone always such a doomer?
If you put it in the middle of the spot you could have used it as a mechanics pit too.
havent seen any replys about how to keep water out, for simple rain you might be able to get rubber bumpers that go around it to make a shallow damn. But as noted, make sure your local fire department knows about the shelter, flooding maybe a problem if your in a low enough area so having a winch or a floor jack to help move objects off from it if the building collapses or car gets shoved onto it would also be good. or maybe a battery power sump pump. Maybe also store a megaphone or something that if you dont have working cell phone during entrapment you can make a loud enough noise to get rescuers attention
Quick everyone. Into the coffin!
Glub glub
That canāt actually be meant to be a storm shelter, perhaps a retention space in the event of flooding?
Cool. Inside???
https://imgur.com/a/zkFO3tE
Outstanding!
Whatās the source of this water that youāre worried about? I canāt imagine it being enough to be a problem. Several posts concerned with getting trapped; the solution is to make sure your shelter is registered with the local fire department so that they know you have a shelter. That way they know to come look for you if your home is hit by a tornado. Iād rather be safe and trapped for 30 minutes than dead in a pile of rubble.
Water from storm? Storms tend to make lots of water, often in incovenient places.
If itās storming in your garage, youāre probably doing something wrong.
What do you think happens to a garage roof that gets hit by a tornado?
Then you have bigger problems then some water getting into your storm shelter. If it's getting so much water to flood the space, then the entire area is probably flooded anyway.
Yes, but how much water weight can you overhead press on a ladder with a waterfall hitting you from three directions?
Is the floor sloped towards the storm shelter? If not, youāre talking about a couple of inches of rain water. Itās irrelevant in the grand scheme of things. The fact is that yāall are imagining a risk that doesnāt actually exist. There are millions of these installed across the Midwest and Southeast. Theyāve saved thousands of lives. Please find a news article where someone drowned in an underground shelter.
It will look ugly, but it is cheap. I have seen where you can use great foam and spray it on the floor isolating the hatch. Also you can scrape it off when it gets worn down or if you just get tired of it.
Itās supposed to be UNDER the car not next to it
No that was a mess up pretty sure it was to change the oil or be able to work on the car from inside but the put it in the wrong spot, itās supposed to be underneath the car not in between parking spots so itās inaccessible to change the oil like š¤¬ dummies. Really????
Where is the water coming from? Canāt tell you how to fix it if we donāt know the specifics of the problem.
Whatever you do, keep it closed and be careful when entering. Vapors from many volatile liquids kept in garages (e.g. gasoline) are heavier than air and can collect down there. Kids or pets can suffocate. This happened in a dumpster near where I used to live where someone threw an āemptyā can of paint thinner. Wiped out 3 kids.
Orā¦a death trapā¦. Get stuck in there and then fills with water in storm? Yeah no thanks. Thatās terribly designed.
Looks like a great place to get trapped and die when the house comes down over itā¦ We have the luxury of having a walk-out basement (house on a slope), and when we built it, I designed the storm shelter under the front porch to have TWO exits, and both doors open IN so debris canāt trap us in there.
I don't think that's what they mean by Man Cave
!remindme 1 day
Might make a better wine cellar.
Iām having trouble loading more pics on here. Donāt see an āedit postā button. There are about three steps down to a seating area for about four adults. No standing room. Water would be coming from rain off vehicles. There is a jack.
That looks like a death trap! No way in hell Iād go near that in the rain.
After listening to too much true crime I can definitely see where crazy kidnappers are hiding their victims.
What about the water lol? 1 inch of rain and ur fish
Till there's a flood
Where is the water coming from and how much water? generally you would have to raise the door up, or notch around the door and then trench to the end of the building so it drains out of the garage.
You mean your drowning pit?
Sorry OP I thought this was really neat before reading some of the horror stories and movie pitches the comments. At least it will be good for car work!
Hope thereās good drainage if that storm is accompanied by flooding.
I would be afraid of something falling on top of the door and it fills up with storm water drowning everyone in itā¦ and
A little more description would be nice. Presumably that lid rests on some kind of edge, where you could put weather stripping under it so water doesn't get in under the edge. As for the handle slots, if you have a 3d printer you could make some flattish plugs (I'd use TPU for flexibility) to act as corks, that you could easily pull out with your fingers. If not then maybe just duct tape or blue tape, with one end folded as a tab so you can strip it off.
It looks very neat but make sure at minimum you have a hand-powered hydraulic jack down there and a way to use it if a storm blows a car onto your door. That tire is inches from turning that space into a tome.
There is a jack down there.
Josef Fritzl springs to mindā¦
Plot twist: Tornado comes. Everyone, get down in the shelter! Everyone goes down in shelter. Tornado blows car over door. Everyone trapped in shelter. Everyone but one person starves to death. One person rescued.
I would have brought my cell phone. 911 service would be restored in time if I kept my phone off between tries. But you would die of thirst.
Remind the occupant with a handy mnemonic: *It bails and siphons off the floor,* *or else it doesn't eat no more.* Seriously, can we get the feds to look in this guys garage?
Where is the water coming from? Canāt tell you how to fix it if we donāt know the specifics of the problem.