Garage Lighting

Are you looking for new garage lighting? Potomac Garage Solutions has been offering a wide variety of garage lighting solutions for many years throughout the Maryland, Virginia and Washington DC areas.

Today the garages are not only space where you park your car, but in the modern houses, garages are used for multiple purposes. These motives include utilizing the place as a work space or as the site for recreation and storage facilities. And this is exactly what makes garage lighting important.

It is of supreme significance that your garage has proper lights. The best lights has to be bright, easily accessible, safe and bright. So, here in this article, we will discuss some types of lighting that your garage space can use.

1. Selecting Garage Lighting

Now while there are different types of lights that your garage can use, still there are some basic guidelines that can be followed while selecting the perfect lighting, like:

Use an 8-foot fixture for per vehicle space.

Florescent lighting are usually the top choice for people while lighting garage space. However, if      you are residing in a colder space then choose a fluorescent fixture that is based on the lowest              temperature of your garage.

Buy fixtures that have electronic ballasts.

Try to install light fixtures that use 4-foot bulbs.

2. Install additional garage lighting

With indoor lighting, your garage can usually use some supplement lighting as well. You can choose-

Camp-on lights

These lights are inexpensive and easily portable. You can easily use these lights for when you are working and then put them away after your work is over!

Under-cabinet fixtures

While choosing the under-light fixtures you will have to pay attention to your nature of work. You can either go with the individual lights or tube lights depending upon that.

Task lights

This lighting can be used to focus right on your work area. Install these lights while taking care that the light beam does not direly fall into your eyes.

3. Florescent lights

Florescent lights have become a popular choice among people in the past few years. This is probably because the cost to replace these florescent hangings or ceiling fixtures can be prohibitive especially when you are lighting a big space.

4. Shop lights

Shop lights are the traditional choice of people when it comes to lighting the garage space. This is basically because these lights are easy to install, quick and an inexpensive way of lighting it up.

So these are some types of lights that you can install in your garage depending upon your choice, your budget, and your nature of work. Now if you need some pro aid in installing these fixtures and lighting up your garage space, then feel free to contact us at Potomac Garage Solutions!


For a free garage makeover consultation with one of our experts, or for more information about our garage lighting services, contact Potomac Garage Solutions today at 240-650-2622.