12-12-2009, 12:12 AM
You make some very good points, Wayne.
Considering recessed lights:
Pros - "clean" look
Cons - more costly at $50 each!
- lots of extra time and work for the ceiling joist construction
- less light directed on backdrop results in less light on layout
Surface mounted fixtures would be the opposite of above. So now I am in agreement that surface mount is the best option and I like your arrangement of the fixtures... will probably go with the "wraparound lens" type fixture.
I would like to cove the corners, but my issue with that is that my existing layout/shelves which will be incorporated into the new layout have square corners. And the GERN facility sits in one of the square corners. I'm not sure I want to dismantle/modify it!
I agree that no windows is the way to go. The layout will be at 54", so that makes a problem for windows anyway. Not a lot of room between layout and ceiling for windows, except maybe a 15" x 24" glider type window. And that interferes in the backdrop.
My only concern with no windows is the future value that the building will add to the property. Not that I will be looking to sell the place, but when my daughter inherits the property, she'll probably want to sell it. Now, I am probably being a bit too proactive worrying about that. On that note, I have even considered framing the walls with openings for a garage door, and then filling it in with studs, just in case the next owner wants to have a shop or whatever with a garage door. Is that being a bit crazy?
As I sit here typing this, it just started raining again. I'm glad the foundation was completed when it was, because it seems like it has been raining ever since. The yard is a pond! Don't know when I'll be able to start framing. I have been accumulating lumber though, and storing it in my garage. About every other day, I stop at the HD and get a load of 2x4s or 2x6s so I'll have the material I need once I start.
Wayne, thanks for helping me with all this. I do appreciate it! I'm sure I will be asking more questions. And, if you can think of anything as I am building all this, please feel free to give me your opinions, as I value them highly.
Thanks!
Gary
Considering recessed lights:
Pros - "clean" look
Cons - more costly at $50 each!
- lots of extra time and work for the ceiling joist construction
- less light directed on backdrop results in less light on layout
Surface mounted fixtures would be the opposite of above. So now I am in agreement that surface mount is the best option and I like your arrangement of the fixtures... will probably go with the "wraparound lens" type fixture.
I would like to cove the corners, but my issue with that is that my existing layout/shelves which will be incorporated into the new layout have square corners. And the GERN facility sits in one of the square corners. I'm not sure I want to dismantle/modify it!
I agree that no windows is the way to go. The layout will be at 54", so that makes a problem for windows anyway. Not a lot of room between layout and ceiling for windows, except maybe a 15" x 24" glider type window. And that interferes in the backdrop.
My only concern with no windows is the future value that the building will add to the property. Not that I will be looking to sell the place, but when my daughter inherits the property, she'll probably want to sell it. Now, I am probably being a bit too proactive worrying about that. On that note, I have even considered framing the walls with openings for a garage door, and then filling it in with studs, just in case the next owner wants to have a shop or whatever with a garage door. Is that being a bit crazy?
As I sit here typing this, it just started raining again. I'm glad the foundation was completed when it was, because it seems like it has been raining ever since. The yard is a pond! Don't know when I'll be able to start framing. I have been accumulating lumber though, and storing it in my garage. About every other day, I stop at the HD and get a load of 2x4s or 2x6s so I'll have the material I need once I start.
Wayne, thanks for helping me with all this. I do appreciate it! I'm sure I will be asking more questions. And, if you can think of anything as I am building all this, please feel free to give me your opinions, as I value them highly.
Thanks!
Gary
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