Hi all,
I wish I had taken 'before, during and after' photos of my internal double garage because I've done such a lot to it over the last few months.
Before I started it had a bare but polished concrete floor, unpainted and unstopped gib walls and ceiling, and two standard 60w bulbs at the back.
Since then I've:
- Put in a wall motion sensor switch for the lights.
- Put in a wall mounted TV.
- Painted the floor with 'Bondall' garage industrial paint.
- Had the gib board stopped.
- Painted all the walls and ceiling white.
- Lined the far wall with a full set of cupboards.
- Bought and mounted a winch for my Mercedes hardtop.
And the biggest improvement of all was completed today by a couple of trusty electricians:
- 4 fluorescent twin tube lighting connected to the motion sensor switch.
These are 5ft long, double daylight tubes (48watt each) which put out some massive light. The whole garage is lit up like day, and I'm seeing detail in my cars that I've never seen before - even compared to daylight.
The photo only shows one light, but the four are fitted running in the same direction as my cars. This gives very even illumination, and the sides of each car are well lit too for the first time.
I'm very pleased I took this final step, and I wonder how I ever got anything done properly with my previous lighting set up.
The final crunch that made me speed up my lighting decision was most unpleasant. Because the two incandescents were at the back of the garage, I used a tripod mounted halogen to get things done at the front.
Several days ago the halogen fell against the Merc door, giving it an expensive scratch. I vowed then to get lit up properly, and it was well worth it.
Now, what else do I have to wreck to get some motivation going!
Ken Silver
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1993 Mercedes SL500, 1991 Daimler (Vanden Plas), 1991 Miata MX5 ... Finish detailing them, then start all over again...
I wish I had taken 'before, during and after' photos of my internal double garage because I've done such a lot to it over the last few months.
Before I started it had a bare but polished concrete floor, unpainted and unstopped gib walls and ceiling, and two standard 60w bulbs at the back.
Since then I've:
- Put in a wall motion sensor switch for the lights.
- Put in a wall mounted TV.
- Painted the floor with 'Bondall' garage industrial paint.
- Had the gib board stopped.
- Painted all the walls and ceiling white.
- Lined the far wall with a full set of cupboards.
- Bought and mounted a winch for my Mercedes hardtop.
And the biggest improvement of all was completed today by a couple of trusty electricians:
- 4 fluorescent twin tube lighting connected to the motion sensor switch.
These are 5ft long, double daylight tubes (48watt each) which put out some massive light. The whole garage is lit up like day, and I'm seeing detail in my cars that I've never seen before - even compared to daylight.
The photo only shows one light, but the four are fitted running in the same direction as my cars. This gives very even illumination, and the sides of each car are well lit too for the first time.
I'm very pleased I took this final step, and I wonder how I ever got anything done properly with my previous lighting set up.
The final crunch that made me speed up my lighting decision was most unpleasant. Because the two incandescents were at the back of the garage, I used a tripod mounted halogen to get things done at the front.
Several days ago the halogen fell against the Merc door, giving it an expensive scratch. I vowed then to get lit up properly, and it was well worth it.
Now, what else do I have to wreck to get some motivation going!
Ken Silver
--------------
1993 Mercedes SL500, 1991 Daimler (Vanden Plas), 1991 Miata MX5 ... Finish detailing them, then start all over again...
But, looks like it might block the door.
