So the excitement of rebuilding the house continues , now need to sort out lighting in the bathroom, ensuite, landing and hallway.
So for context.......upstairs the ceilings are plasterboard between exposed beams mostly, with the loft space above which will have rockwool insulation laid between joists. Downstairs the plasterboard has a small gap (100mm) to the bottom of the floorboards above
I want to go mains LED rather than faff with transformers and realise I need IP65 for the bathroom but some questions...
1. Fire rated or not - whats the benefit/requirement (being an old farmhouse with lots of exposed wood modern building regs on fire related don't often apply)
2. Insulation "hats" for the ones that go through to the loft, or downlighters with insulation covers/supports - needed for LED or just a gimmick - some say they are OK for fitting in insulation, some say not - how do you tell
3. Seems to be lots of difference on connections, basically planning to run switched line to first one in run and daisy chain to the others
4. GU10 LED or fixed/non replaceable?
Any other pearls of wisdom on fitting these?
Cheers,
Paul.
So for context.......upstairs the ceilings are plasterboard between exposed beams mostly, with the loft space above which will have rockwool insulation laid between joists. Downstairs the plasterboard has a small gap (100mm) to the bottom of the floorboards above
I want to go mains LED rather than faff with transformers and realise I need IP65 for the bathroom but some questions...
1. Fire rated or not - whats the benefit/requirement (being an old farmhouse with lots of exposed wood modern building regs on fire related don't often apply)
2. Insulation "hats" for the ones that go through to the loft, or downlighters with insulation covers/supports - needed for LED or just a gimmick - some say they are OK for fitting in insulation, some say not - how do you tell
3. Seems to be lots of difference on connections, basically planning to run switched line to first one in run and daisy chain to the others
4. GU10 LED or fixed/non replaceable?
Any other pearls of wisdom on fitting these?
Cheers,
Paul.