What is the preferred method of getting lights under a roll up door in a garage? I have a two-car wide garage door with a walk-thru door next to it, something like 26 feet wide total from wall to wall, and I would like some light under the thing so I can work with the door up as well as down. Anyone have a solution they want to show off? In a narrow garage I've used wire rope but that was a temporary solution.
I was reminded of this by the Barina LED light thread and didn't want to thread jack and I don't think this topic has been brought in a while.
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UberDork
10/8/24 12:43 p.m.
Probably not what your looking to do, but loading dock lights could be an option:
Dock lights
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SuperDork
10/8/24 2:23 p.m.
In my old house I mounted a bunch of those Barrina lights to the door itself. Grabbed an extension cord on a reel to mount at the end of the track on one side. I just disabled the locking mechanism. I could power them with the door up or down.
John Paige (RIP) aka Rad_Capz aka NOT A TA attached light fixtures to his garage door tracks:
Brilliant
The light brackets he fabbed are on page 6. Do yourself a favor, read the whole thread. Dude was seriously inspirationally clever.
My solution wasn't anywhere near as elegant as Rad_Capz..
I just drilled holes in the rails and used those really shallow/wide head bolts to screw into the light housing:
