Lights on the garage door....

nova65ss · Oct 30, 2005

Talking with a friend the other day and wondered if there would be a market for this? I know when my door is up in my garage it blocks the front lights. It wouldn't be intrusive and no wires hanging around, they would extend/retract with the opening and closing of the door. Already taken into consideration safety type retainers to keep the bulbs from falling out. Any thoughts,

Jimmy

JasonK · Oct 31, 2005

Ya your sounds like a poor design. I recently bought a craftsman, and the lights are on either side and the garage door does not block them.

logical · Oct 31, 2005

I think he means it blocks his ceiling mounted lights in the front of the garage....not the ones on the opener. I think most garage junkie think of those opener lights as little more than a nightlight.

I like the idea if it is the only option. I have high ceilings and a few feet on either side of the door so I'm thinking about a few tubes mounted on the wall just below door level, at a slight down angle....maybe even switched to the opener.

Another option if enough height exists would be a framework suspended from the tracks....spanning between them, hanging low enough to clear the door.

sca037 · Oct 31, 2005

logical said:
Another option if enough height exists would be a framework suspended from the tracks....spanning between them, hanging low enough to clear the door.

This solution appeals to me more, since I have well insulated garage doors and wouldn't like anything to impede that :thumbup:

Brian

JasonK · Oct 31, 2005

Okay I understand. I didn't put lights above my garage door in it's upen position. I plan to put the lights above the door on a separate switch, just haven't made it that far yet...

TOMWELDS · Nov 1, 2005

Or run your fixtures parallel to the door track..ceiling and wall.. :thumbup:

BearHit · Nov 1, 2005

Put windows in the Garage door?

nova65ss · Nov 1, 2005

Thanks for the feedback. In my case I have a LVL beam running length ways in my garage. I know if the door is up it will be blocking the lights up front and the rears will not be bright enough unless I drop them down lower than the beam.

In my old garage I had one set in back and one in front, and when the door was up even during the day there was not enough light to work on my car under the garage door. I set it up this way on my old door and it worked pretty good and also had lighting when the door was down, it really lit up the underside of the car well. Thanks again,

Jimmy

logical · Nov 1, 2005

The more I think about it, I think the way to go would be to just fab up some hangers and put lights just below the door level under and running paralell to each of the two tracks....fewer moving parts and unless the door is really wide it should be enough light.

I don't know if flouresant lights are senstive to vibration but if they are it sems having them on the moving door will be trouble.

Lights on the garage door....

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