Hiya Royce,
Thursday was one of those days where a lot "came together". What I mean by that is that things are remembered, inspections made, and decisions made weighing cost/benefit
Cost/benefit is where the lights come in... I had been dead set on a flush mount HO light. My inspector and I were talking about future plans etc, the firewalls, and how that would interact. If you remember, my "give" to the county bldg dept in exchange for small house connected to a big shop was additional fire protection. This comes in the form of two sheets of 5/8th drywall on the ceiling/walls between all living areas. This means any flush mounted lights would have to be boxed in by framing, sheeting, and (2) 5/8's drywall. I just did not believe it to be worth it... I don't lose any clearance as the garage doors come lower than the lights. In the "interior" shop we not only had the same issue, but the garage door is snugged tighter against the ceiling to we were having difficulty figuring out what we would do. However, we finished up the soffits in there last week which gave new light, so to speak. The soffit essentially surrounds (on three sides_ the garage door when rolled up. we will frame a slight angle from the bottom of the soffit to the ceiling/edge'ish of the garage door and then mount a "ring" of HO's on the 3 sides a 'la body shop in a way... Should work out great and make for some great workspace lighting.
Good stuff.
I was on the lift yesterday and we took some random shots. Will post up in a bit.
Thursday was one of those days where a lot "came together". What I mean by that is that things are remembered, inspections made, and decisions made weighing cost/benefit
Cost/benefit is where the lights come in... I had been dead set on a flush mount HO light. My inspector and I were talking about future plans etc, the firewalls, and how that would interact. If you remember, my "give" to the county bldg dept in exchange for small house connected to a big shop was additional fire protection. This comes in the form of two sheets of 5/8th drywall on the ceiling/walls between all living areas. This means any flush mounted lights would have to be boxed in by framing, sheeting, and (2) 5/8's drywall. I just did not believe it to be worth it... I don't lose any clearance as the garage doors come lower than the lights. In the "interior" shop we not only had the same issue, but the garage door is snugged tighter against the ceiling to we were having difficulty figuring out what we would do. However, we finished up the soffits in there last week which gave new light, so to speak. The soffit essentially surrounds (on three sides_ the garage door when rolled up. we will frame a slight angle from the bottom of the soffit to the ceiling/edge'ish of the garage door and then mount a "ring" of HO's on the 3 sides a 'la body shop in a way... Should work out great and make for some great workspace lighting.
Good stuff.
I was on the lift yesterday and we took some random shots. Will post up in a bit.
