From: tllaz <tllaz@cros.net>
>I just finished buiding my new workshop/garage and have some questions if
any one out there can help.
>
>!. What are the beat type of lites to use in a heated garage/shop.
Beat lighting? Very dark and shadowy, with sudden splashes of light. Goes
well with the black-and-white decor. :-)
For a garage, though, I think either scads of naked soft-white bulbs (I have
12 in my garage area and 18 in my shop) or fluorescent. Will probably put
in a few 4-foot doubles over the benches. There are some who say the 4-foot
units are not as dependable and insist on the commercial 8-foot units. I'm
not that dedicated.
>2. Hase any one ever used a suspended ceiling in a graage. I need to put
up something over the insulation and hate to lift drywall 11 feet.
The drywall lift I rented easily went to 8 feet. I think it would have done
twelve. I did all the 20x30 ceiling in one day. Ask your local rental
place how high their lifts go. You must have a tall enough ladder, or how
did you get the insulation up there?
Don't forget to put a vapor barrier on the shop side of the insulation and
ventilate the other side. I put up the insulation, stapled 4-mil plastic
under it and then slapped up 1/8" hardboard (drywall was in short supply and
nearing 9 dollars a sheet).
Phil Ethier Saint Paul Minnesota USA
Lotus Europa, VW Quantum Syncro (SOLD), Saturn SL2, Chev Suburban
LOON, TCVWC, MAC
pethier@isd.net http://www.visi.com/mac/
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