When placing your garage lighting one of the most important safety factors is ensuring that your fixture has enough clearance from any moving parts on the door.
Soffit lights above garage door.
Flood lights can illuminate a stairway dark garage or entryway making them a great safety and security lighting option.
They discourage intruders and light the way for you and your family when you return home after dark.
Liinc garage door lighting systems produce 6000k daylight white to bring brilliant light turning your garage into a more usable and safe space.
For people concerned with cost soffit lights can be a solution.
Recessed in ground well lights are best but can be costly as they require core drilling through the concrete.
Soffit lights aren t all bad and sometimes they can offer the most cost effective solution as in lighting around garage doors.
For a single car garage one outdoor garage light may be sufficient if you size up and install the lantern on the side between the house and the garage.
1 5 from top of garage door to soffit line.
With a concrete driveway in the way ground mounted up lights can be tricky to install.
I assume most people are installing in the soffit above the door or on the lintel the ones i ve seen are just there as a feature so dont seem to be bright just a glow.
Other options for a single car garage include one or two outdoor lights across the top of the garage door or two smaller lights on either side of the door.
12 5 from ground to gable ridge.
4 5 from soffit line to gable ridge.
Normally 2 lights above.
These systems will work on two car and single car garage doors.
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In other words where would the light look best a foot above the garage top.
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How to place garage lights above a door.
Position led flood lights at least 9 feet from the ground so they cast a wider beam of light and are not readily accessible.
To place your garage light at the center of the door take the width of your garage door and divide by two to determine the location of the center of your garage door.
Installed above the garage door two black gooseneck lights provide the right amount of light in the early morning.
Utilizing our liinc active harness technology when your door fully opens the garage door opener light is automatically turned on.
The soffit has a solid joist beam directly above it so recessed lighting isn t an option but the customer doesn t want anything too high profile just wants ambient lighting for the front of the garage.