Garage workshop lighting.

[Richard J Petruso]

Hello, In the next couple of months I will be building my workshop in the garage.Right now its not insulated or don't have the electricity hooked up yet. I am going to insulate it and drywall it. I want to get flush mount lighting for the shop since my ceiling is just a little more than 6 feet high. Any suggestions on some flush mount lighting. Also what types of bulbs. I live outside Chicago and it would be cold in the garage sometimes. Thank You Rich Petruso

[Mike Marlow]

Oh hell... from the "Why Not?" department...

As long as you're going to be fixing the place up to do woodworking, and you know that 6 feet is going to make for a lot of "oh sh_t's", as you bang 8 foot boards into your new ceiling, why not make you first woodworking project in your new garage... the project to raise the roof 2 feet? Really. It's not that hard. It's harder than hanging sheetrock, but hanging sheetrock is a pain in the butt and this way you get to put that off for a couple more weeks. Break free the cap plates on top of the walls, jack up the whole roof 3 feet, throw in a knee wall on top of the cap plates and set the roof back down on it. Presto - done. Do it in a weekend.

[Myxylplyk]

Oh my aching back...lmao!

[Matthew]

Don't laugh too hard. I raised my garage roof 18", and have never regretted it once. About $2000 for a 3 car garage. Just make sure to get internal bracing in place before you start, and work from the OUTSIDE.

Matthew