7. Driveway & Mechanic's Pit

There was a mechanic's pit in the Garage.  It was a concrete-lined hole in the floor that you could climb down into & park your car over it so you could work standing up.  When not in use, it was covered by a series of heavy wooden planks that rested on a recessed concrete shelf around the rim of the pit.

 The pit had cracked sides and bottom surfaces & water leaked in during the rainy season.  It was really too shallow to be useful & rather than rebuild it,  while replacing the driveway we went ahead & had this filled in also.

The City of San Diego would not allow us to rebuild the driveway out of real red brick in the public right-of-way, which covered all of the apron & over 4 feet of driveway up from the sidewalk.  So we did the next best thing, using stamped concrete to approximat e the original look as much as possible.

Links To Blog Posts:
1. Discovering a Cliff May Home | 2. Comparing to known Cliff May designs | 3. Olive Tree | 4. Floor Plan | 5. Backyard Brick Path and Clothesline | 6. Pine Tree | 7. Driveway & Mechanic's Pit | 8. Wild Parrots | 9. Misc Pics