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Finally bought a lift :)
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I thought of doing that with mine in the UK - but then i'd have lost out on the effective maximum height by the height of the lift at rest. A good 6-8" - which I'd sorely miss.
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Yes. That would be my concern too. He installed a lift that had a 40" lift height to make up for it. Most lifts only lift about 30"-33".

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caschnd1 wrote:
noeltazz wrote:
do these lifts have to be bolted to the ground?
No. They have wheels so you can move them around. Takes some effort though.

One guy I know cut a hole in his concrete floor the size of the lift and installed it flush with the floor.

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Now that's not a bad idea!
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A deck around it was another solution I saw. Many homes especially those in the SW have tensioned cables in the concrete slab making cutting a hole a disaster.


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tomjasz wrote:
A deck around it was another solution I saw. Many homes especially those in the SW have tensioned cables in the concrete slab making cutting a hole a disaster.


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Yeah, the post tensioned slabs are a pain to do anything like this with. You definitely DON'T want to be cutting a hole in them. I have two houses in the same neighborhood. Both were built in 2000 but by different builders. One has a regular slab the other has a post tensioned slab.

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A few times a year Harbor Freight will run a sale on theirs for $299. I bought one recently.
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Lebo wrote:
A few times a year Harbor Freight will run a sale on theirs for $299. I bought one recently.
Thanks for the info. I'll wait to see if that sale price comes back before I buy, since I'm not in any hurry to buy.
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