Meegan Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 What do you guys do with the big dark spot that is the garage door? Was thinking of POSSIBLY building some sort of frame in the door opening and fill it with lights. Ideas or suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mega Arch Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Here's something I've been looking at: http://forums.lightorama.com/index.php?/topic/32630-garage-door-covers/?hl=%2Bgarage+%2Bdoor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwhitehead Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 I have one and love it. http://www.mydoordecor.com/Pages/Christmas.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grump010 Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 I built pvc frames with rgb nodes around the garage doors and in the top corners I have 10 watt RGB floods aimed at the door that I can do color changes independent of the outside frame. Lets me do some pretty cool effects. CheersDaryl B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric walls Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 So does the thing roll up when you open the garage door? I'm in and out of my garage twice a day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sax Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Eric, it says you can use your door as normal.Read here:http://www.mydoordecor.com/Pages/default.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Simmons Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 We don't park vehicles in our garage so the doors don't get heavily used during lighting season. I've hung a 12-channel candy cane pinwheel down from the frame over each door. They can be easily and quickly moved in case I need to get the snow blower out or something. I've also mounted a CCR above the doors (hidden by a piece of molding) and use a couple of 10W RGB floods. No "big dark spot" in our driveway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Leonhardt Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 I use a banner that goes over the garage door.www.mydoordecor.com 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddm1919 Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 I use a banner that goes over the garage door.www.mydoordecor.comI have one and love it. http://www.mydoordecor.com/Pages/Christmas.aspxCan either of you comment on the actual usability of them when the garage door goes up and down several times a day? I know it says that you can use your door like normal, but was concerned about how they would hold up. Also, anyone know how they hold up in high winds and cold weather? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Leonhardt Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 We use the garage door as our entry into the house, so it goes up/down up to 10 times a day, and I have had it for 7 years now with hardly any wear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darryl Lambert Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 Heres what I did. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwertz Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 We hang a CCR from the soffit to color wash the doors. The cars in the garage don't come out in the winter. So we do a pair of large arches in front of the garage. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meegan Posted March 14, 2015 Author Share Posted March 14, 2015 Wow, good stuff guys, thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizywk Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 (edited) We wanted a fast install frame around the garage doors to support smart RGB strips that would cause the least amount of visible changes & holes to the house as possible. Our solution was to cut 1"x2" pine strips in half making a number of 1"x1" strips for the frame (About 4 at $1.25ea), and cut to length to create a 4 pc frame for our two car door, and a 3 part frame for the one car door. We used a forstner bit to cut shallow disk shaped holes in the top rails and glued in a bunch of strong disk shaped magnets which stick to the metal top rail. We drilled two screw holes to fasten each side rail. Painted the frame to match the house. We mounted smart strips to it using zip ties and used mini-waterproof connectors to attach the side strips to the top strips. We topped the installation off with ground mounted dumb RGB floods pointing at an angle, up at the white door for fill lighting. This gives us a great effect and the garage doors are still completely functional at all times. It takes about 5min to install and about that much time to remove. Once it's collapsed, it all stores on the garage ceiling on a couple of hooks. A photo of the installation is on our house's facebook page (See link below). Edited March 14, 2015 by Bizywk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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