downlighters on ground floor!

HappyHippyDad · Mar 15, 2013

I have been asked to fit downlighters to a hallway and also a kitchen all on the ground floor.

The customer would prefer me not to take up the carpet and floor boards above, but I cant see anyway around this? I might be lucky with the hallway and have them all in a straight line running the same way as the joists and manage it with cable rods but the kitchen will have the lights all over the place.

Is there anyway of doing this without taking up the floorboards?

Cheers all...

Stroppy · Apr 13, 2013

Yes, they are a real pain in the botty, but trap a finger between a spring and the light when the spring should have the least tension on it and oh don't you know about it!

Spudnik · Apr 13, 2013

If the light is not pulling up against the ceiling it could one or both of two things...

Spring is hitting a joist close by

or, the spring is being held of off the back of the plaster board by some debris etc...

However, sometimes it can be cheapo fittings.

telectrix · Apr 13, 2013

or sometimes the cables are up against an obstruction and push down on the fitting. seen this mainly when some idle bugger has taken T/Es into the fitting, instead of switching to flex (i use line enclosures, but click connectors or various types of JB are also acceptable)