Lighting is DONE!!

[jdaallen]

Finished hanging the lights in the new garage yesterday. I'm pleased the way they turned out. They are suspended direct/indirect fixtures. The doors go above the lights when open so there is no loss of illumination with doors up. Bulbs are T5 54W and are only 45" long and 5/8" in diameter. Amaizing the amount of light they put out.

 

[jdaallen]

Also have one row of indirect/spot lighting. The fixture has the T5's shining up and adjustable track flood/spots below. The flood/spots are adjutable 360 degrees so I can focus them anywhere in the garage.

 

[CreteCoater]

Beautiful!

 

[kngkong]

Wow! Thats looks awesome and I love your ceilings. Whats is that?

 

[jdaallen]

Wow! Thats looks awesome and I love your ceilings. Whats is that?

Thanks. The ceiling is laminate flooring. Lumber Liquidators has sales from time to time on really cheap laminate flooring. This was 29 cents per sq.ft. I'd never use it on a floor but it worked great for a ceiling I think.

 

[jlckmj]

That ceiling looks great, I am sure it was a lot of work, but well worth the effort.

Light look good bouncing off it also.

Jim

 

[Norcal]

This the electrical forum but how was the laminate flooring attached? The only way I can think it could be done is a mastic, like the way ceiling tiles were installed.

 

[jdaallen]

That ceiling looks great, I am sure it was a lot of work, but well worth the effort.

Light look good bouncing off it also.

Jim

Thanks,
The work wasn't bad but sure had a few days with a sore neck installing a floor on the ceiling

 

[jdaallen]

This the electrical forum but how was the laminate flooring attached? The only way I can think it could be done is a mastic, like the way ceiling tiles were installed.

I hung 7/16 OSB on the trusses. The laminate flooring is attached with liquid nails and 23 gage finish nails. The 23 gage is about the diameter of a human hair so you cant see them, even up close. I did a mock up first to make sure it would work. I can't pry the laminate off the OSB without the OSB seperating or the laminate snaping into slivers. I think it will be ther for awhile!!

 

[jdaallen]

Another nice thing about the these lights is they didn't cost me anything. In fact, I got paid to get them. We do interior demolition and these came out of an office building demo we did last spring in downtown Denver. I just couldn't see sending them to the landfill??

 

[Super Sport]

Wow that looks great!

 

[mark94tt]

The lighting looks incredible! I'm actually trying to figure out out lighting layout for my garage right now. I too have a garage that has high ceilings (goes from 11' to 19'), so I'm concerned with getting enough light down low, but without impeding the lift. Did you do any calculations for lumens/sqft? How many fixtures total and for how many square feet?

Thanks,
Mark

 

[Robert156]

Another nice about the these lights is they didn't cost me anything. In fact, I got paid to get them. We do interior demolition and these came out of an office building demo we did last spring in downtown Denver. I just couldn't see sending them to the landfill??

 

[jdaallen]

The lighting looks incredible! I'm actually trying to figure out out lighting layout for my garage right now. I too have a garage that has high ceilings (goes from 11' to 19'), so I'm concerned with getting enough light down low, but without impeding the lift. Did you do any calculations for lumens/sqft? How many fixtures total and for how many square feet?

Thanks,
Mark

Mark,
I did not do any calculations or anything, I did see these lights in operation before we did the demo so I had a pretty good idea as to how they would fit my application and how much light they put out. I liked how these were direct/indirect which allowed me to use the ceiling to reflect light into the space. My theory on lighting has always been lots of lights with lots of switches then you allways control how much. Each row here is on it's own switch. My ceilings here are 12' at the wall and 16' at the peak. I will have two storage lifts.

 

[PETE14]

That looks really sweet - both the ceiling and lighting. Functional and classy.

You do realize, though, that getting all of the lights for free is going to get you an official YOU ****!! HA HA, just kidding. Great job.

Pete

 

[Falcon67]

I'm..too **** for my lights, too **** for my ceiling - so ****. Nice job!

 

[jdaallen]

That looks really sweet - both the ceiling and lighting. Functional and classy.

You do realize, though, that getting all of the lights for free is going to get you an official YOU ****!! HA HA, just kidding. Great job.

Pete

Sticks and stones!!

 

[rickb801]

Everything looks great! Now I know how I'm going to do my ceiling!

 

[marty_p]

Now THAT is some true GJ creativity!!!

 

[kyles974]

I better not show my wife..... your ceiling looks nicer than our kitchen floor. I would really hear it

 

[robarosa]

Sharp looking chit right there.

 

[Zogman]

Where can I find those light fixtures. I am in the planning stages of my shop and I love the way the look and work. That's an insane ceiling!!!!!!

 

[jdaallen]

Where can I find those light fixtures. I am in the planning stages of my shop and I love the way the look and work. That's an insane ceiling!!!!!!

The style I have were discontinued in 2005, however the manufacturer still makes a variety of suspended lighting. Here is their web site

http://www.cooperindustries.com/content/public/en/lighting/brands/corelite/suspended.html

I still have about 10 8 foot fixtures and a bucket of parts. As I explained in earlier post, these came from an office building demolition we did last spring.

 

[Zogman]

Thank you very much!!!!

 

[cderalow]

Was going to say those are either cooper, selux or zumtobel fixtures.

Look good in a garage application, I'm used to seeing those in offices.

 

[Zogman]

Wondering how hard is it to replace those bulbs? Is there a trim piece that comes off for access or do you have to replace them from the top? Thanks

 

[jdaallen]

Wondering how hard is it to replace those bulbs? Is there a trim piece that comes off for access or do you have to replace them from the top? Thanks

The bulbs are very easy to replace. The fixtures are open on top and the bulb is accessable from the top, no trim to remove. The bulbs are only 5/8" in diameter so a tool makes it a lot easier to "grab" the bulb. The "tool" is simply a plastic fuse puller that electricians use. I can show photos if interested.

 

[jdaallen]

Was going to say those are either cooper, selux or zumtobel fixtures.

Look good in a garage application, I'm used to seeing those in offices.

They are actually Corelite which is owned by Cooper. I'd hate to see what they cost if I had to purchase them new.

 

[cderalow]

continuous linear pendants? figure $1200-1500 each.

Are they 277 or universal ballasts?

 

[jdaallen]

continuous linear pendants? figure $1200-1500 each.

Are they 277 or universal ballasts?

They are universal ballast. Several of the fixtures have a built in battery back up system also. I didn't use the backup system but it's pretty cool. There are 4', 8', and 12' fixture lengths. The 12' fixtures are what allowed me to span the garage doors.

 

[cderalow]

Battery backup units will allow for short periods of emergency use in the event of a power loss. Nice little feature to have on lights in your office space and a pretty common thing.

I need to score something like that. Last few jobs I've worked on have all been 277V, nothing universal.

 

[kbs2244]

As said, I like the imagination of the floor on the ceiling.

But I like the door track above the lights even better.
Did you need to do any extra stiffening of the fixtures so they would not sag?

 

[Steevo]

That is beautiful. I would have guessed art gallery, not garage.
Very nice!