Recent content by karsty

How did you end up constructing the pads? Let's see pics of how it all turned out.

Thanks for everyone's input. I think I'll continue with my plan as I have it laid out. I got my fixtures awhile ago so I'd like to use them if possible. I could always buy 4 more 4' 2-bulb fixtures and add them to the ends of each row, making each row 16' long. Would just have to move each...

Any input?

Well, other things got in the way of getting my lighting done, but I'm finally at the point where I can drywall my ceiling and get the fluorescents mounted. I've done a new sketch showing the lighting layout I plan to go with. I'm using 4' long double tube T-8 strip lights. At the front of...

In your great room you were obviously looking for seamless light everywhere with no shadows. That's not my goal with my recessed lights on my garage. I know I will have some shadows with only 2 lights per side. But that's ok, because I don't really want 100% light across the entire side. I...

Thanks everyone for your input. I think I like the idea of lighting up the corners a bit more. This will provide that "relative darkness" as was mentioned, rather than having light all along the entire length of each side. The side facing the backyard(and my deck and house) is in no way...

Ya, I know I'm not being ignored. It's just that this little project came up last minute and it has to get done tonight, so I needed some help ASAP. Lights look good John. 23w CFL's are about a 100W incandescent equivalent based on a quick Google search. They look like they are just enough...

Anyone? Will be installing these tomorrow night and need some guidance first.

I have a 22x22 garage with a dutch gable style roof(1.5' overhangs around the entire perimeter). I plan on putting pot lights(cans, recessed lights, whatever you want to call them) in the soffit around the perimeter of the building. I was thinking of 2 per side, and installing them about 4' in...

So it turns out that the single row fixtures are only $3 cheaper/fixture than the double row fixtures. What if I were to go with my option 2 picture above, but instead of doing 4 single row fixtures, go with 4 double row fixtures...32 - 48" bulbs in the same general layout? Would that be too...

Looks great! Wouldnt you want to have that lift protected from the elements somehow?

Try a product from Mapei called Mapecem Quickpatch. It can be trowelled on from featheredge to 3" thick. I plan on using that in the low spots on my garage floor, sanding it smooth, then coating the whole floor in epoxy or a polyurethane coating. Been talking to professional concrete...

Concrete generally gains ~70% of it's design strength within the first 7 days. So after 1 week you should be ok to drive on it. However, your concrete design strength is only 20.68Mpa (3000psi) which is rather low IMHO, especially if you're driving trucks on it, like you probably will be...

I think I'm going to install one incandescent bulb fixture right above the hood of each car (two incandescent fixtures total), or slightly in front of them, for this reason. This will also allow me to turn on the incandescent bulbs when I just need to quickly grab something from the garage...

I will probably end up going with sketch #2 or a variation of that. Might make the interior two rows of lights closer together, say 4' instead of 5' (which would make the space above the vehicles 6'), in order to maximize the amount of light that shines on the sides of the vehicles instead of...