New guy looking for ideas and suggestions

[bjones]

Hello everyone! First time poster here.

Need some help with ideas for our new three car attached garage. I'm not really a motor head and probably will never work on anything, but I might tackle a restoration some day. We'll probably keep two cars and maybe a bass boat in it. I live in the Northeast.

Here are the specs:

36' wide x 26' deep 10' ceilings

Two big laminate beams running front to back for open floor design (no lally columns) The beams define each of the three bays because they hang down about 8 inches.

Floor isn't poured and it's not sheet rocked yet (I'm putting in radiant floor heating)

Stairwell to top floor attic space that I'll make a man-cave someday.

I'm installing a 100 amp panel.

Looking for suggestions on:

Lighting - LED? Recessed? Surface Mount?
Outdoor lighting ideas?
Garage door openers?
Garage door suggestions?
Floor paint?
Work benches?
Anything else I'm not thinking of?

I know, it's a tall order for a first time poster, but I'll contribute the results when it's all done.

Thanks in advance for the ideas and suggestions.

 

[Glenn M.]

Welcome to the GJ from VA!
Search some of the other forums for your questions - Lighting and Electrical, Flooring, General Garage Discussion - a lot of your concerns have been touched upon before...
And as you are building, take pics and post them in a thread, don't wait until you're all completed. We love pics here! And, as another long time poster says, if you don't post pics, another puppy dies!!! LOL...