Stunning. So well thought out and executed. But then it’s Tom Lamb, what do you expect. Apparently he does a bit of farming as well 😂 Loving the Celebs coming to view the hole. What is it with blokes and holes? 🤣
i found you due to collin furze but ive watched every video since you tipped your tractor trailer over and ive gotta say you put out some decent content keep up the great work!
I can understand ABC Concrete not giving Furze a discount but they'd better have given a discount for the fame of being on your channel Tom. Looking very neat and professional, I wasn't expecting that...
Nice job Tom, that pit is so clean and tidy you will be able to rent it out as immigrant accommodation. You have obviously given it a hell of a lot of thought, airlines. lights and even an emergency exit.
Mr Lamb, exceptional build quality, & well thought out! I've been a builder for 45 years, tho started with dad at 11 in 1970 (well onto the other side of the pond, lol!). Glad to see someone that does a proper job! Not to mention entertaining with quite a few chuckles!! Thanx !
Tom we had a saying in the building trade for some people, a jack of all trades a master of none, well you are a jack of all trades and a master of a hell of a lot well done :)
Dropped his trowel 😂 reminds me of when I was a kid and all farm walls were 9” hollow blocks. Nobody ever caped them off and everything ended falling down the holes never to be seen again 😳 very tidy job sure gobbled some blocks
Crackin' Thought the blockwork might bring the sides in a bit too much but it looks fine. Very sensible to have the lights recessed but I hope they throw the light up a bit rather than just side to side. Modern 4 postlifts have LED lights that shine up ~45 degrees from the inside of the rails up and across. The white paint will help a load, too. Be great to see you install the rails. Will you have a central jacking system on the rails like MOT testers do to get the wheels off the groud also. Great and quick work and a great team!
Excellent Tom! Looks so good, almost so I want to do the same in my garage now.. But I don't know, I do want a two post lift however.. haven't decided yet, your project looks fantastic!
As a bricklayer I can tell you those lads have done a nice neat job there. The only advice I would give them (apart from that trowel is too big) would be buy yourself a magnet with a hook eye off of Amazon and tie a few meters of good brick line to it. I am not the best trowel but I am popular onsite when a trowel goes down the cavity
Grand job....only thing missing there was you could have carried the visqueen up the sides as well (called tanking) to prevent damp coming though the blockwork especially as you want to paint the walls.... better off just sealing them ....but its your pit...last thing make sure you have an escape route before you use in case of fire......well planned and a good job
I think you could have a small recess all around the pit perimeter to fit in covering planks. That way if you have to work on something small you can just drive over them, line up and remove the covers where they are clear of the wheels. And there's less danger of falling in and breaking an ankle, I guess.
i helped build an inspection pit once we shuttered the sides and put mesh and conctreted the sides then faced the concrete with 9 inch hollow blocks with rebar drilled into concrete base and filled voids in blocks with concrete and rebar a structural engineer worked it all out because if you only use block the weight on machine ie trailer tractor etc could push the sides in with a person in it
Very good Tom thanks for sharing. Are you going to paint the block work white ? Obviously your going to link it up with Furzies underground tunnels 😅😅😅
Too late now but might of been an Idea to put a square sump in the corner on the floor so if you get water in it, you can put a pump it out easy. The one in my work gets water from the trailers etc adding up over time. handy to be able to suck it out. Brush the water to the corner and the pump over pumps it out. Looking good love the work btw
You would’ve been a whole lot easier just putting in a set a wood steps all pressure treated lumber easier way less expensive, but brilliant design !! And I really like how you did the recess down the side for air fittings, and all your lights !! one thing would be very nice. What did you spend on everything when you’re done?
What a novel idea, using blocks as walls and support rather than some complex, elaborate metal framework and sheet steel that is really difficult to fabricate and assemble below ground level 🤔
There's Civil Engineering, There is Civil Over Engineering and then there is Tom Lamb Civil Over Engineering - looks like Military Spec to me but it won't fall apart. 😹
Only just starting watching this channel, I think at Makers Central this year I'll queue up to see Colin Furze then get him to take a photo of me and Tom 😆
Another Tom Lamb excellent project . Tom I'll give you credit mucka you do a top job on all your projects . This one's looking good . No sump for any floods ?
