newell house.....

[Arcticdude]

Tom,

I truly apologize. I meant to get you some pictures when we last spoke and completely forgot about it. Here's what I've got at this time in my 60x40.

This one is down the side of the bus to show that I've got about 4' between the side wall and the bus.


This one is from ground level at the rear of the bus to sort of show the open floor space I've got.


This one is taken from the very front of the bird on the roof to give you an idea of the amount of left over room I've got currently.


This last one is the fluorescent bulb I'm using in the overhead lights. I've got 4 pair of bulbs on each rafter, with a total of 5 rafters with lights (20 fixtures, each with 2 bulbs total). None of the other pictures were taken with a flash and all the overhead lights were on. For this particular picture, there's only one rafter's worth of overhead lights on, thus the shadow.


Yes, I do often need a work light for the exact area I'm working on, but nothing more than that. And that's only if I'm under or inside one of the bays of the bus, or under/in a vehicle/tractor, etc.

Hope this helps.

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As an addendum, my fixtures came out of Home Depot, right off the shelf. There's more than enough light to do any normal work when I have direct lighting. I have no issues with lack of light in this building. The T8's work very well and the newer T5's should do as well or better.

I've got 16x14 doors on each end, but currently use only the rear one. The walls are 16' as well with a 3/12 roof pitch. I had custom rafters done to eliminate much of the crawling I'd have to do when on top of the bus. I still have to bend over at each rafter, but nothing like I'd have to do with a straight across rafter type.