I have 8 cool white tubes in my ceiling, and a portable 50watt led light on a tripod, I am looking to fit some floodlight leds inside mounted to the wall but not sure wether to position them up high pointed down, or else on the centre of the walls
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I have 8 cool white tubes in my ceiling, and a portable 50watt led light on a tripod, I am looking to fit some floodlight leds inside mounted to the wall but not sure wether to position them up high pointed down, or else on the centre of the walls
big_pete
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Ideally both, we have ours mounted high then use mixture of other light sources to move round the car. It's easy to get carried away though lol
Jaystar77
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Finally got things in order.. it's only taken 6 years!
That looks to be a pretty awesome view as well @Jaystar77 ?
Jaystar77
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Yeah, the location is pretty in summer and pretty scary in winter..
Blatant disregard for costal erosion. She will be a boat house eventually!
Blatant disregard for costal erosion. She will be a boat house eventually!
@Jaystar77 where did you get the storage boxes? Could do with about 20 the same!
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The poundland type places usually do them at a reasonable price and various sizes.
Yeah, the location is pretty in summer and pretty scary in winter..
Blatant disregard for costal erosion. She will be a boat house eventually!
You couldn't get much closer to the beach than that!
Jaystar77
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I used bigdug to buy around 25 of them initially then worked out it was cheaper/easier to just buy them from homebase during a sale.
I'll add a few pics of the build once I rescue them from the old garage pc. Definitely a stones throw from the beach Paul!
I'll add a few pics of the build once I rescue them from the old garage pc. Definitely a stones throw from the beach Paul!
big_pete
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Floor redone, doors glossed and it looks great now. Last of the signage up in the next few weeks and the remainder of the lighting and it's done 
Mark King
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Floor redone, doors glossed and it looks great now. Last of the signage up in the next few weeks and the remainder of the lighting and it's done
Looks well. The orange bus will be in there soon
big_pete
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Can't wait to see it @Mark King
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m00k
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Very smart looking!!!!
My garage is at point that I need to decide what way to finish it. It's single block construction, flat roofed. Draughty roller door. Is it worth while insulating just the roof with insulated ply ? I don't fancy insulating the walls as I like the idea of having solid brick to tie to if I ever want or need to screw in.
Or just leave it as is and don't get to bothered and just skim the walls and basic plasterboard ceiling.
The way I see it is the door is always going to be the cold spot and I'm definetly not bothered enough to fit some sort of insulated super sealing main door
Or just leave it as is and don't get to bothered and just skim the walls and basic plasterboard ceiling.
The way I see it is the door is always going to be the cold spot and I'm definetly not bothered enough to fit some sort of insulated super sealing main door
Do you plan to heat it? If not, probably little point spending money insulating it, especially with the drafty roller door. I wouldn't even bother skimming the walls - just paint the block work white. As for the ceiling, it can be handy to have the rafters their to screw things into the hang from - not sure if there is any advantage to plasterboarding it.
I just prefer a finished look to walls and the ceiling and to conceal the many wires etc. I could heat it very easily as the boiler is in a small sectioned off area of the garage.
No bother, crack on then. Just ensure any concealed wires are protected properly in ducting before plastering. Heating it from a boiler will mean either you heat it any time you heat the house (which might be wasteful, unless you have a wood pellet burner) or you will just open up the rad when you go out to do some work and the garage will only be getting warm as you are ready to quit for the night. Up to you really but if you plan to pump heat into it from your boiler, I would insulate it, including the door. Otherwise just buy a space heater or similar which will heat the space much quicker on demand.
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For all it costs I would insulate...
Would be some job when insulated with a rad in it.
Like another room in the house
Would look at insulating walls with kingspan sheets etc. There's a place in Ballymena that sells seconds slightly cheaper.
Then board over that with ply = can screw most things to wall...
Would be some job when insulated with a rad in it.
Like another room in the house
Would look at insulating walls with kingspan sheets etc. There's a place in Ballymena that sells seconds slightly cheaper.
Then board over that with ply = can screw most things to wall...
Done a quick calculation. Need roughly 90-100 square meters to cover walls and roof. Soon adds up.
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Aye. Rough price of about 6-700 quid I think there...
I might still pay it if it were me
Depends if you intent on staying in house etc
I would spend as long in garage as in kitchen I reckon. So man maths could justify it!! Lol
Insulate loft with rolls from b&q. And are all walls external?