Kerouac

Bought a house with an old two car brick garage. Floor had some cracks in the cement, so I brought in a guy to put in a new floor.



The guy takes a look at the floor and announces, "I think you got a pit under here." So he starts to chip away at the edge and we see this:



We keep chipping and soon we have this:



As we dig down, in amongst the dirt and rocks, we find stuff like this:



They dig and dig... the rocks and dirt pile up...




The end result is this:



I made a 5 piece cover that I can remove in sections.



Just goes to show you... you never know what's under the floor.

gibs04

Awesome,,great find...

65hihp

you didn't find Jimmy Hoffa's bones in there?

did it look like that was ashes in that can?

hey, congrats on your one year on the CF!

427Hotrod

Cool place.....

JIM

Kerouac

Not unless they're in that old coffee can.

3JsVette

Nice find. Just a thought when you use it it's a good idea to leave plenty of room in case for any reason you have to get out in a hurry.

rob1961

love the brick garage. what year was the house and garage built?

'66BarnFind

Beautiful red brick walls. How old is the garage? Has a lot of charm!

daz_au

Love it ! Really cool.

OldKarz

Nice find! Great space!

69z28&ss396

Make you a staircase now! And paint red and yellow around the opening!! Do it now before you fill the garage up! Dont make me tell you the story of my buddie Falling Into his pit and breaking both wrists and both arms.. He looked like the kid from a Christmas story!! He really couldn't put his arms down!!

That is awesome by he way.. Sorta jelly..

rayvaflav

This photo reminds me of an episode of M*A*S*H, the one where Franks Burns yells "You can't park a Jeep on top of a superior officer !"




Ray

Zoomin

Lots of character in that garage.

Kerouac

1914

Kerouac

House was built in 1914, and I'm guessing the garage was too.

WICKEDFRC

Cool beans!!!

Kerouac

Thanks for the positive feedback, folks. Here's some more pics of the garage. Suffice to say, my wife doesn't see a whole lot of me these days.

59BlueSilver

Wow, I love your garage, and the pit makes it even better!

dkleather

You're one lucky guy to have it. Should come in handy. Are there steps down into it?Dave

Kerouac

I have a collapsable ladder down there that I extend to go in and out. I was going to do steps, but I thought it would eat up too much room down in the pit.