Matt Meiser
01-12-2004, 9:01 PM
I made a little progress on the shop this week. My wife and I got two of the steel panels up so I can start installing the furnace. I also picked up the furnace and associated duct work and ordered my lighting.
A picture of the first ceiling panels is attached. The panels are 3'x16' and aren't very heavy, but were hard for us to manage due to their size and flexibility. My brother is hopefully coming this weekend to help me put up the rest of what I got. The lumber yard mis-ordered and I only got half of what I need so I'll have to finish the rest in a few weeks. The panels are attached with 1" self piercing screws which go in quick.
The second picture is of the furnace, which is a Beacon-Morris 75,000 BTU garage furnace. It is very similar to one of the Modine Hot Dawg heaters. One of the lumber yards chains around here (Carter Lumber) carries the Modine, the Beacon Morris, and one by Hamilton Home Products and sells them interchangably. I also had to get a kit to convert to propane, which I installed yesterday. The vent will go through the wall beside the furnace.
For lighting, I went with 14 8' High Output industrial fluorescent fixtures. They look similar to a typical shop fluorescent, but much better quality. For bulbs, I am going to end up using 4100K low CRI (60 something) tubes because of cost. It would have cost over $200 more for only marginally better bulbs, or REALLY big bucks ($600+) for the high CRI bulbs. I also would have needed more fixtures, driving the cost even higher. The lighting designer I was working with recommended using some 12" diameter incandescent fixtures with halogen bulbs over my main bench for accurate color reproduction.
A picture of the first ceiling panels is attached. The panels are 3'x16' and aren't very heavy, but were hard for us to manage due to their size and flexibility. My brother is hopefully coming this weekend to help me put up the rest of what I got. The lumber yard mis-ordered and I only got half of what I need so I'll have to finish the rest in a few weeks. The panels are attached with 1" self piercing screws which go in quick.
The second picture is of the furnace, which is a Beacon-Morris 75,000 BTU garage furnace. It is very similar to one of the Modine Hot Dawg heaters. One of the lumber yards chains around here (Carter Lumber) carries the Modine, the Beacon Morris, and one by Hamilton Home Products and sells them interchangably. I also had to get a kit to convert to propane, which I installed yesterday. The vent will go through the wall beside the furnace.
For lighting, I went with 14 8' High Output industrial fluorescent fixtures. They look similar to a typical shop fluorescent, but much better quality. For bulbs, I am going to end up using 4100K low CRI (60 something) tubes because of cost. It would have cost over $200 more for only marginally better bulbs, or REALLY big bucks ($600+) for the high CRI bulbs. I also would have needed more fixtures, driving the cost even higher. The lighting designer I was working with recommended using some 12" diameter incandescent fixtures with halogen bulbs over my main bench for accurate color reproduction.